VCC390H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: The Mickey Mouse Club
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Film clip #1: education for death (clyde geronimo, 1943: model of childish spirit, aimed at children. What is a child: closer to origin sin then anyone else, they need to be moulded, they will otherwise grow up in a sinful way, another stream is that the child is the best of us. Children should be teaching us the ways of the world. We could learn about the human nature: post era depicts children as we treat them as the best, disney steps in. Children can be exposed to new things. Safe environment is what disney offers to parents of the era of mass media. The mickey mouse club and consumption communities. Hercules (1997) and the strength of merchandising.