The Mouse Trap // It seems that's everyone's angry with Mickey, from the left and right. But the anger is really centered on the way the Walt Disney Co. reflects our culture and the values we all say we uphold.
Star Tribune; Minneapolis, Minn.; Jan 10, 1998; Martha Sawyer Allen; Staff Writer;
Sub Title: [METRO Edition]
Column Name: Faith & Values
Start Page: 05B
ISSN: 08952825
Abstract:
Religious conservatives decry what they say is the Walt Disney Co.'s move away from "family values and family entertainment to promote a homosexual agenda." Liberal women's-rights groups have been angry for years at what they say are the stereotypes of women in the cartoons. And politically liberal social-justice advocates decry what they say are the poverty-level working conditions in many Disney plants in the Third World.
Experts say that Mickey and Co. are targeted so often because they mirror our culture - too well. Disney isn't ahead of our culture - it is our culture. And......
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