On Thu, 29 Feb 1996, Mike Frank <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >with reference to my comments on "correct" readings of disney's "b & b," >. . . my own cynical guess is that the bettleheim explanation works best . . >. but wouldn't it be lovely if in fact disney has really missed the boat on >the kind of politics these films actually articulate for their main audiences? > May I ask why you feel it would be "lovely" for the film not to act as a fairy tale would, as a kind of emotional instruction manual to the art of growing up? Is there another hegemony you would find preferable, and therefore support subversive texts as a means to create a new order, and in turn a new set of fairy tales? Or do you just like subversion? Jeff Apfel ---- To signoff SCREEN-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF SCREEN-L in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask]