(no subject)

[bloodyrosemccoy]

During the making of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, one of the concerns at Disney was whether or not people could become in any way emotionally involved with cartoon characters, even if they looked human.

Now it's almost eighty years later and I just got a little misty watching Mr. Peabody & Sherman.

Just thought I'd share those two competely unrelated pieces of information with you. Enjoy them.

Comments

[stormteller.livejournal.com]

They were concerned about the uncanny valley, and not unreasonably. At the time, I figure the film was kind of like Avatar now- pretty surreal, but the brain would eventually adjust to it. I think the main reason we all easily identify with cartoons in the present is that we've had 100-odd years of being inured to their status.