Harry-Go-Round is Harry McCracken's personal blog. If you're looking for one just about tech, please check out Technologizer. Here I am in The New York Times. And for an excess of info about a lost 1930s cartoon character, visit Scrappyland.

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Deutschland Dispute

Normally, I think of this blog as a refuge from controversy, not a hotbed of it. But John J. Powers, author of the play about Walt Disney and Hitler I reviewed recently, has written to me and Mike Barrier to protest our posts about his work. (I first learned about the play over at Mike’s [...]

Posted by Harry on June 19th, 2007
June 19th, 2007 | Category: Animato, Disney in Deutschland, Gary Hoo, Hitler, John J. Powers, Leonard Mosley, Walt Disney | 6 comments

A Disney Desecration

SPOILER ALERT! If you plan on seeing Disney in Deutschland at San Francisco’s Next Stage Theater–or simply have a weak stomach–read no further…

I’m just a slave to temptation: After reading about John J. Powers’ play at MichaelBarrier.com, I spent my Saturday night sitting through it. (The theater, incidentally, is in a church about a mile [...]

Posted by Harry on June 16th, 2007
June 16th, 2007 | Category: Hitler, John J. Powers, Leni Riefenstahl, Theater, Walt Disney | 8 comments

Springtime for Walt

I’m kind of ashamed to admit this, but after learning from Mike Barrier of a play here in San Francisco involving Walt Disney meeting Hitler–Mike, incidentally, has been blogging up a storm recently–I’m going to go see it tomorrow evening.

If nothing else, I figure that by buying a seat, I’m potentially denying one Disney-hater the [...]

Posted by Harry on June 15th, 2007
June 15th, 2007 | Category: Hitler, Mike Barrier, San Francisco, Walt Disney | Leave a comment