Deconstructing Cartoons
Scott at Chronic Murmuring has an interesting post exploring the subtle bleakness of Toy Story 2:
I don't want to push this too far, but suffice it to say, it's a movie about hopelessness. From the perspective of the toys themselves, life is utterly impersonal and cruel. Their owners will forget them! They will abandon them, betray them, throw them away! And it's clear from the movie - it's explicitly stated numerous times - that the meaning of life is to be loved by these children, and then secondly, to have community with other toys. And yet, while this is the only thing to satisfy a toy in anyway, they must live with the knowledge that their owners do not really care about them. The love is apparently one-sided.
He goes on to contrast the "Disney Worldview" with the Christian one. It's a long post, but definitely an interesting take.
January 23, 2004 11:05 AM
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