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The Disney Version: The Life, Times, Art and Commerce of Walt Disney
 
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The Disney Version: The Life, Times, Art and Commerce of Walt Disney [Paperback]

Richard Schickel (Author)
3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
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The Disney Version is a model of good judgment, exemplary in balance and impeccable in tone. (Epstein, Joseph Commentary )

The single most illuminating work on America and the movies. (Robert W. Butler Kansas City Star )

One of the best studies ever done on American popular culture...unfailingly, consistently intelligent, and eminently readable. (Stephen J. Whitfield Brandeis University )

The story of how Disney built an empire on corrupt popular culture...becomes a revealing part of American cultural history. (Pauline Kael )

Established the terms of interpretation and debate about Disney...Schickel's [version] remains the most analytically and aesthetically penetrating portrait. (Benjamin Schwarz Atlantic )

A classic history: the first to look behind the man's image. Enjoy a new introduction which reflects Disney's lasting influences. (Midwest Book Review )

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This classic history of Walt Disney's life and works asks penetrating questions about Disney's achievements and shortcomings, and the enormous popularity of the Disney version. One of the best studies ever done on American popular culture...unfailingly, consistently intelligent, and eminently readable. --Stephen J. Whitfield, Brandeis University. This may be the single most illuminating work on America and the movies. --Robert W. Butler, Kansas City Star
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4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent read, but how credible is the information?, Jun 11 2003
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Nikola Raguz (Dubrovnik Croatia) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Disney Version: The Life, Times, Art and Commerce of Walt Disney (Paperback)
Schickel does a good research and puts facts down as they are, but he analyzes those facts from his own point of view. He thinks Disney works have manipulated masses who were of an inferior intellect and the company made fortune out of it.
While this may be true, the book could have been more balanced, with an unbiased view, mentioning many favorable things the Company created.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Good, but not great, Dec 28 2002
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Jolene Vetterling (Arvada, CO United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Disney Version: The Life, Times, Art and Commerce of Walt Disney (Paperback)
The book is definitly an in depth coverage of what happened in the early years of the Disney company, but it's definitly more of a history of the company than a biography of Walt.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Are you sure this is a biography?, Mar 8 2002
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This review is from: The Disney Version: The Life, Times, Art and Commerce of Walt Disney (Paperback)
More of a social history of cartoons and the movies and the common man, than that of an unbiased look at Walt Disney.
I felt that the author believed himself above us common Midwest, small town folks, and felt pity on us that we didn't know that we were stupid and liked such low brow things like Mary Poppins, Snow White and Silly Symphonies. I think he equates pop culture with trash. I guess the millions and millions of people around the world that just want decent entertainment, and not some hidden meaning that needs interpretation, are fools. Or is he just jealous?
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