From Dr. Seuss to Disney, a Surprising History of Propaganda
22 views - published on May 5th, 2013 in Disney News tagged Disney, disney news, disneyland, walt disney, walt disney worldWhen we was younger, we watched a lot of a Disney Channel. My favorite calm was a old-school cartoons, featuring a likes of Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, and gang, nonetheless a Goofy spots were my favorite. One time we held a module about Disney’s promotion films from World War II.
Those charcterised shorts are frequency shown today, since they enclose some depictions of a rivalry that many people would now find racist. They were a thoughtfulness of those high stress times, and it’s maybe not startling that such an heated inhabitant eventuality as a universe fight would pull in even illusory characters.
And so Donald Duck assimilated a fight effort.
Perhaps fewer people know that Theodor Geisel, Dr. Seuss, also worked as a domestic cartoonist, penning anti-Nazi pieces in New York newspapers.
The next infographic looks during some of this colorful story of propaganda, from campaigns by a church to Hitler, arguably a many scandalous proselytizer (with his henchmen). Some of a info listed is maybe debatable.
Some of my colleagues have “embedded” with U.S. and UN infantry abroad and they would strongly remonstrate with a characterization of their work as “propaganda,” yet others have forked out that it could be tough to news critically on those who are obliged for gripping we safe.
Similarly, a series of people have criticized a U.S.-led bid to rip down a statue of Saddam in Iraq, though is that technically propaganda, or a PR stunt? Is there a difference?
What do we think?
Source: WordFocus.com