Disney

 

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Carrie Castleman
 
 
 
 

Has Disney Tainted a Girl’s Real World Perspective of a Happy Ending? | February 12, 2010

When I read Carrie’s article on Disney/Pixar movies and the great messages that they often carried with them I couldn’t have agreed more.  I have always been a BIG fan of Disney!  I was born not far from Disneyland and from our backyard in Anaheim I remember early childhood memories of watching the fireworks every night.  I have such fond memories of princesses and Prince Charming, fairy godmothers and far away castles and happy endings that I am deathly afraid I may have transformed them into my real life.

Though I know that these movies often carry a great moral story … Read More »


 

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Carrie Castleman
 
 
 
 

Disney Movies From a New Perspective | February 1, 2010

Like many of you I grew up loving Disney movies.  I never dreamed that one day I would hate them so, but as I had children and they started watching them, I began to secretly curse them as we watched the same ones, over and over and over. Movies that I loved as a child became torture.

One movie that was not torture was Mary Poppins.  Mainly because it is like 2 1/2 hours long and you can push play, and take a nice nap while the kiddos watch “Let’s Go Fly a Kite” and “Step in Time”.

Sometimes I would stop … Read More »


 

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Allison Empey
 
 
 
 

My Love Affair with the Imagination Movers | January 18, 2010

It’s official: I’m in love.  Did I mention that it’s with a children’s television show and the characters on said television show?  Did I mention that I’m 28 years, 11 months and 29 days old?  (I’m trying to tiptoe around the fact that I’ll be 29 later this week.  Futile.)  Oh yes, there’s a new quartet of men in my life and I’m shouting it from the rooftops (or, from Twitter, at the very least).

For all you parents out there stuck watching Barney on a worn-out VHS tape, I have news for you:  There DOES exist a show that both … Read More »