Spectacle is Dead?

Spectacle is Dead? OR Charm over Fast-food Sleek?

Wider audience is probably the goal for an artist who seeks audience reaction. I did not know until a few hours ago that Disney recently purchased Marvel Entertainment-- in addition to its previous collection of purchases which included a share of Pixar; and now that I know that, I come to grasp how Disney is becoming more of an "Umbrella" term for "family entertainment," while its name derives from historically charming and reknowned "traditional" 2D animations.

Someday, in Merriam Webster's, "Disney" will include "family entertainment" as its secondary definition.

Recently, I was compelled to remind myself of past glories, after not being pleased with the results of two festivals; I spent few days watching Disney films and being re-enchanted with its "IT factor." There was such charm and so the modern me still enjoys the princesses (and of course, the princes)-- though, over the years, I have become more adult and practical.

Yet, I am not ashamed to say that if you look even slightly underneath the surface-- on the subterranean level-- these princesses were elevated for all the right or acceptable reasons. They may look to have been just lying around, "looking pretty," but their actions indeed are "pretty"too.

2010.10.30 Halloween Party at Woo Bar

I guess I go back to Snow White for a certain guidance, for she serves as a paragon, despite how old fashioned she appears to the modern me; having studied film/animation, being essentially a good director at any task is vital more than ever.

Snow White while being her pretty self, "directed" her animal friends and "earned" the friendship of her roommates the seven dwarfs. I don't think that would have been an easy task for her-- especially when all was at stake and so being genuinely nice would not have been a mere matter of play.