Old and new Disney
Wednesday, 16 November, 2005
It's the difference between old Disney and new Disney. In the new Disney films, the villain is plopped down in a puddle of manure, and more lumps of manure falling on his head, and he says: “Curses, curses, curses—I have lost and children are laughing at me.” In the old Disney, the wicked queen in Snow White gets struck by lightning and dies, and that's that. Children's stories didn't use to be so safe and tidy, and I think the best kids' fiction today isn't always safe. And kids aren't stupid—they know the world isn't made of cotton candy. And they tend to have good instincts about what they can handle and what they can't.
(Neil Gaiman, interviewed by Will Christopher Baer [Source])
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