David Wilson
Assignment 1-3
HUMN341-E1WW (WI11)
Journal Article Analysis
Professor
Jessica Price
02/10/2011
The article that I have chosen to analyze is Walt Disney: The Triumph of the American Imagination. Written by Neal Gabler, of the New York: Knorpf, 2006
This article talks about one of the most successful men American business. The writer attempts to talk about the business of movie production than write about the art of animation. He quotes out the Walt`s biography from one of Walt`s employees `` Walt is not an artist as much as he is as great producer. `` (476). This is the way the article addresses one of the most successful companies in Hollywood ever. The article or writer wants to address the way that Walt was able to keep his dream together and how he was able to finance it. According to the article one would have never known that Walt`s world might not have been if it wasn’t for Walt’s also creative genius ways to help find the capital to start it and also keep it going. It`s a true Disney ending when it came down to all the pieces falling into place that allowed Disney to keep from bankruptcy, and allow it to grow into the most durable brand of entertainment.
The article goes on to talk about how Walt used all the dreams and myths he had growing up as a child of Missouri, and how he turned them in to the utopia of Disney`s magic kingdom. He writes about how Walt was fixated upon total control over the world of imagination. Walt is portrayed as a sometimes cruel and impatient man, that had to have total control over his dream, but it soon became an ugly battle once unionization started attacking his parks. The more money that Walt made, the more intense he became. He became a man totally focused upon business and one would never know it from the great entertainment he provided. He talks about how lonely of man Walt must have been, as he grew more intense on his business maters and Walt once stated that `` He loved Mickey Mouse more than any women he`d have ever known`` (550).
One would be hard to find anyone that hasn’t been touched by the magic of Walt. From the baby boomers to the present day spoiled kids, we all enjoy the magic of Walter Disney`s dreams.
References
Gabler (2006).Walt Disney The Triumph of the American Imagination:
The Journal of Popular Culture, Volume 40, issue 5 p. 895-896 Auther: Neal Gabler, New York: knorpf (2006)
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