We all know that the unrealistic fantasy world of Disney World is one in which we all enjoy visiting, because it gives us the idea of escapism. “Disney is a great supranational bridge across which all human beings may communicate with each other. And amidst so much more sweetness and light, the registered trademark becomes invisible” (Dorfman, 123). When you enter the gates of Disney you are simply escaping into a new world, that could be nothing but a happy place, and this is because we want to enjoy it, because we are “supposed to.” Dorfman seems to have a problem with the animation of Disney because she thinks that it does not prepare kids for real life situations and its all just a fantasy world. I agree with Dorfman that Disney does not fulfill what is in the real world, but who ever said in the first place that Disney is a place that prepares us for the real world? Like I mentioned above, Disney is a place in which we can all agree, is a place of make believe and magic. Disney advertises itself as a place of magic and fantasy, they don’t advertise themselves as a place of teaching children how succeed in real world is. This is where I got very frusterated with Dorfman when she states, “In juvenile literature, the adult, corroded by the trivia of everyday life blindly defends his image of youth and innocence” (127). I think this offensively underestimates and diminishes that large amount of good people in our society and think that Dorfman has no right to make these assumptions their behaviors that could be completely false
Overall I found this reading extremely frustrating in how it centered all of its problems towards adults and how they are said to be a bad parent if they are a parent that exposed their child to a place like Disney. We all know that Disney is a popular place because it’s a place where everyone can come and have fun and do silly make believe things.
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You bring up some very good points about the role of Disney in a child's life. I think it's funny how a lot of people are taking an oppositional stance to his work! Disney is a place that makes itself known as the fantasy world, but at the same time since it makes itself so prominent in children's lives it should perhaps take some responsibility for its influence on children (just acting as devil's advocate!). One thing that caught my attention was your end sentence and the Disney ideology that shapes your conclusion of Dorfman - embrace the critical approach to it!
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