On Sunday, December 17, 1995, Irene Upshur wrote: >Why did the producers and/or director of TOY STORY go to such visual lengths >to make sure that the evil/dark "other" kid -- Sid--was depicted as being >poor???? ================ Well, the short answer is that they didn't. Sid is the next-door neighbor of Andy, the owner of Woody and Buzz, and Andy obviously is not poor. Sid lives in a two-story house, as does Andy, and has his own room; the barbeque in his large backyard and the tree-lined streets suggest a suburban middle-class neighborhood. Sid can even afford to order rockets through the mail. His room is loaded with toys and posters, and his toys are broken, not because they're old or second-hand but because he delights in breaking them. If Sid looks somewhat tattered and grubby, that's merely a punk or grunge look (his own choice) and is reflected, if I recall correctly, in the posters on his walls. --Richard J. Leskosky Richard J. Leskosky office phone: (217) 244-2704 Assistant Director FAX: (217) 244-2223 Unit for Cinema Studies University of Illinois ---- To signoff SCREEN-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF SCREEN-L in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask]