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I think that Cilla put it perfectly in her last sentence. The fact that this film is (loosely) based on actual historic events shows that Disney was trying to tell a legitimate story. They decided to show this part of America's past to their extremely huge audience, and that says something about their integrity as storytellers. I'm sure that it got a whole generation of children interested - if only superficially or temporarily interested - in learning more about this story. If the film encouraged kids to learn more, it can't be completely without value. - Celia | I think that Cilla put it perfectly in her last sentence. The fact that this film is (loosely) based on actual historic events shows that Disney was trying to tell a legitimate story. They decided to show this part of America's past to their extremely huge audience, and that says something about their integrity as storytellers. I'm sure that it got a whole generation of children interested - if only superficially or temporarily interested - in learning more about this story. If the film encouraged kids to learn more, it can't be completely without value. - Celia | ||
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| + | Although the representation is hard to come by, the film would hardly count as a legitimate primary source. However, as mentioned in class over and over again, films can act as both a primary and secondary source. In this case, we could easily look at Pocahontas and how the film fits as a primary source in regards to the 1990s views of Native Americans. To focus on Disney and its move to represent other ethnicities, Cilla's right that Disney really opened the floor by expanding the different ethnic groups discussed. Interestingly, there is a reference on the wikipedia article for the film to a native american website (please take with grain of salt), wherein they offered to provide Disney with information to make the film more culturally accurate, but Disney rejected their offer (see: [http://www.powhatan.org/pocc.html here]). Perhaps it could make an interesting study in Disney's continuation of factoring out the native's opinions? Certainly, a large jump for a conclusion, but the film points to Disney's ability to take up whatever mythos they want and twist it. | ||
== General comments for Pocahontas == | == General comments for Pocahontas == | ||
