On Tue, Sep 7, 2010 at 12:37 PM, Mark J. <[email protected]> wrote: > > Meanwhile, Walt spins in his cryogenic chamber.
Walt never wanted to see Disney get stuck in the past. And he was in favor of whatever made money for the company. I don't want to demean him by painting him as a cold-hearted mercenary, as he contributed a whole lot to American popular culture and the years he really built up the company were the early years of the Depression when he couldn't afford to be generous and still have a viable company. He continually stayed a step ahead of other cartoon studios in licensing characters and exploring animated features. When the animated short was going into decline in movie theaters he got into television and theme parks while his contemporaries shut down their studios and the artists foraged for work in commercials. As with the redesign of the Warners characters, if the new Disney characters don't immediately appeal to their audience they will be discarded and forgotten. The classic characters will endure. I think Walt's spirit is with trying something new rather than relying on sales from the old catalog. -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
