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I'm occupied with work this afternoon, believe it or not, but I have no interest in the Super Bowl except that it means that pitchers and catchers report in the next week, so we can get down to business with an actual sport.
So I quote this statement to my classes: "Sometimes you make progress in the wrong direction." Huh? I point out that it is now possible to telephone people from airplanes. That's a technological advance, but is it really progress?
I also tell them the quote comes from a great…
I never cared all that much for Disney’s cartoons. The quality of the animation was first-rate but the humor didn’t get to me except for Jack Kinney’s Goofy cartoons. Bugs Bunny was much funnier and Warner Brothers cartoons were much more appealing to adult tastes, I think. The best cartoon directors were Tex Avery and Bob Clampett…lots of action, gags, so much life compared to the animated garbage that passes for cartoons today.
the ONLY selling point in Disney cartoons is the animation. that's it. I tend to think Walk wanted it that way. minimize controversy. and the older Disney features had some fabulous songs. what's a better song than "Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah (yeah, I know, the movie sucks, but the tune is great). and what movie has a stronger opening than 'When You Wish Upon a Star?" okay, maybe "The Wild Bunch" with those freeze-framed Kodaliths (I THINK that's the correct term) as the guys ride into town, obviously up to no good, intercut with the kids watching the red ants devour the scorpion (foreshadowing the famous ending, perhaps?)