The Subliminal Influence of Disney: A Bastion of Family and Social Values?

Disney, as an entertainment institution, began in the 1920s spanning a time period close to a century. That's a long time when you consider that the Disney films have been a mainstay in the social, moral, intellectual, and even spiritual influences subliminally transmitted to billions of people.  Yes, the picture to your left is an example of that transmission of moral purity .

Few Amer­i­can icons have come to be asso­ci­ated with whole­some, vir­tu­ous images as Walt Dis­ney.The Disney empire spans across the universe...in classic cartoons, television shows, books, toys, baby apparel, music, video games, art, decor, etc. We have the Disney Channel, Walt Disney Studios, Touchstone Pictures, Touchstone Television, Hollywood Records, Hyperion Books, Hyperion Books for Children, Disney Press, Capital Cities/ABC, Pixar Animation, and television stations like A&E, Lifetime, History Channel, and ESPN...Disneyland, Walt Disney World, EPCOT Center, Tokyo Disneyland, Disneyland Resort Paris, California Adventure, Downtown Disney, Tokyo Disney Sea, and Disney Cruise ships.

So, is Disney really the bastion of family and social values?

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Early Disney (Personally, I think this film goes a little too far in its commentary, and even in its examples; however, there is no question that Disney ain't what it portrays itself to be):









The rest of the installments can be found here.

And the not so subliminal:



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