Comments on: Deutschland Dispute http://harrymccracken.com/blog/2007/06/19/268/ Harry McCracken's blog Sat, 09 Jan 2010 18:26:18 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Gary Hoo http://harrymccracken.com/blog/2007/06/19/268/comment-page-1/#comment-306 Gary Hoo Wed, 05 Mar 2008 09:26:59 +0000 http://www.harrymccracken.com/blog/?p=268#comment-306 Having reread this review for the first time in twenty years, I can't disagree with John J. Powers' contention that I was as vague as Mosley. I remember viscerally disliking the novelistic tone of much of the writing. I _can't_ remember whence my supposedly authoritative Disney information originated (almost certainly with OF MICE AND MAGIC, but probably from studio-approved books as well), and my fulminating review is of no help figuring that out. Mea culpa. Was I supposed to mention Disney's anti-Semitism? Alas, nobody told me. (Harry, you should have said something before we stapled the issues!) I detect a more fawning attitude to Disney in my review than he merited -- certainly more than I feel today -- but even so long-winded an article was not the place to hash out his life. The trouble with Mosley's book was not that it portrayed Disney in an unflattering light, nor that I disliked seeing Disney in that light. The trouble was that factual errors concerning Disney's work called the accuracy of the whole book into question. Enough of Walt. I want biographies of Friz Freleng and Carl Stalling! Having reread this review for the first time in twenty years, I can’t disagree with John J. Powers’ contention that I was as vague as Mosley. I remember viscerally disliking the novelistic tone of much of the writing. I _can’t_ remember whence my supposedly authoritative Disney information originated (almost certainly with OF MICE AND MAGIC, but probably from studio-approved books as well), and my fulminating review is of no help figuring that out. Mea culpa.

Was I supposed to mention Disney’s anti-Semitism? Alas, nobody told me. (Harry, you should have said something before we stapled the issues!) I detect a more fawning attitude to Disney in my review than he merited — certainly more than I feel today — but even so long-winded an article was not the place to hash out his life.

The trouble with Mosley’s book was not that it portrayed Disney in an unflattering light, nor that I disliked seeing Disney in that light. The trouble was that factual errors concerning Disney’s work called the accuracy of the whole book into question.

Enough of Walt. I want biographies of Friz Freleng and Carl Stalling!

]]> By: Kip W http://harrymccracken.com/blog/2007/06/19/268/comment-page-1/#comment-301 Kip W Mon, 11 Feb 2008 02:04:18 +0000 http://www.harrymccracken.com/blog/?p=268#comment-301 No, follow the rayon! No, follow the rayon!

]]> By: Anonymous http://harrymccracken.com/blog/2007/06/19/268/comment-page-1/#comment-305 Anonymous Tue, 05 Feb 2008 17:22:56 +0000 http://www.harrymccracken.com/blog/?p=268#comment-305 SATIN WILL LIVE ON FOREVER SATIN WILL LIVE ON FOREVER

]]> By: Anonymous http://harrymccracken.com/blog/2007/06/19/268/comment-page-1/#comment-304 Anonymous Tue, 05 Feb 2008 17:22:13 +0000 http://www.harrymccracken.com/blog/?p=268#comment-304 ien hein gritslin ien hein gritslin

]]> By: JOHN J POWERS http://harrymccracken.com/blog/2007/06/19/268/comment-page-1/#comment-303 JOHN J POWERS Sat, 17 Nov 2007 19:12:01 +0000 http://www.harrymccracken.com/blog/?p=268#comment-303 Just read the article you think is of such value. Hoo seems as vague and inconclusive about Disney as any of the biographers I've read. He mentions nothing, incidentally, about Walt's anti-Jewish attitudes. Mosley (mispelled by Hoo) calls his book DISNEY'S WORLD, not a biography. Much of the world around Walt is accurately portrayed both by Mosley and Schickel. Hoo may not like them, but he is far from specific in most of his observations. Just read the article you think is of such value. Hoo seems as vague and inconclusive about Disney as any of the biographers I’ve read. He mentions nothing, incidentally, about Walt’s anti-Jewish attitudes. Mosley (mispelled by Hoo) calls his book
DISNEY’S WORLD, not a biography. Much of the world around Walt is accurately portrayed both by Mosley and Schickel. Hoo may not like them, but he is far from specific in most of his observations.

]]> By: Thad Komorowski http://harrymccracken.com/blog/2007/06/19/268/comment-page-1/#comment-302 Thad Komorowski Thu, 21 Jun 2007 18:59:50 +0000 http://www.harrymccracken.com/blog/?p=268#comment-302 I don't have much to add, but I love that Dave Bennett drawing. I don’t have much to add, but I love that Dave Bennett drawing.

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