Lindsay Ellis

Sometimes in order to understand narrative, you need to start simple and state the obvious.

Disney Animation Studios has seen an uptick in quality and consistency in the last five years... as well as an uptick in red herrings and plot twists replacing the traditional villain narrative. Did the era of the Disney villain end a long time ago?

No. The answer is no.

You're not Mel Brooks.

But there's a benefit to losing... you get to learn from your mistake. So don't worry, we're gonna fix colonialism, y'all!

why I felt a feel

Disney's way of framing culture, history and stories may filter out a lot, but there is a reason why sometimes people need that Disney magic.

Hunchback is the metaphorical Quasimodo of the disney animated feature film canon--weird, hidden away, and relegated to its master's hairshirt. Some common and consistent criticisms of the film have cropped up over the years, but they often miss crucial context and the original goal of Victor Hugo's dark tale of human brutality.

yo-ho yo-ho, Eisner/King Lear analogy

Let's take a look at the idea of the 30-year cycle, and why 80's themed media is suddenly so lucrative.