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March 9th, 2010 | Posted in Children's Literature, Events, UBC |
Our contemporary concept and image of a fairy tale has been shaped and
standardized by Disney so efficiently through the mechanisms of the culture
industry that our notions of happiness and utopia are and continue to be
filtered through a Disney lens, even if it is myopic. It seems that myopia
has come to dominate both reality and utopia, thanks to Disneyfication, or
that we are conditioned to view reality and fairy tales through a myopic
pseudo-utopian lens. Despite the domination of the fairy-tale film by the
Disney Corporation, however, it would be misleading to consider the Disney
productions as constituting a monopoly of fairy-tale films, or that they
have totally twisted our views of reality and utopia, for there have always
been competing films that offer a different vision of fairy tales and social
conditions. In this talk Professor Zipes will explore the different
endeavors of filmmakers to develop fairy-tale films which essentially
propose alternatives to the standard Disney fairy-tale film.
Event Details:
Robson Square Theatre, UBC Robson Square, 800 Robson Street, Vancouver, BC
6 - 7:15 pm, Wednesday, March 24, 2010
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