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This 6 page paper examines these two animated films in the context of four questions posed by a student. Various issues are explored including the times in which they were made. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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during which the film was released or influenced by important events of that same period. How are these represented in the film? What conventions do you think are a reflection
of that era and seem out of place by todays standards? Dumbo (1941) was created at a time when the nation was entrenched in a war. This is significant.
Laird and Everett remark that the opening scene of this feature shows "a sky full of parachuting baby animals that bears a striking resemblance to World War II newsreel footage"
(221). Other war related images are embedded into this film that demonstrates issues with the circus train journey (Laird and Everett 221). In the film "Dumbo accidentally drinks some beer"
(Laird and Everett 221). During the period, it was not only war that would invade cartoons, but adult social conventions were clear. This would be a scene out of place
in todays day and age where there is a war on drugs and drunk driving. Of course, interestingly, the time in which Dumbo was made was about two decades
after prohibition. The idea of alcohol abstinence was thought about and rejected. Clearly, it is rejected in this animated film as well and in fact, alcohol is flaunted, despite the
fact that the cartoon is made for a young audience. Dumbo also has a "drunken vision" (Laird and Everett 221). Yet, while this would again be out of place in
todays cartoons, it is perhaps appropriate to include a negative view of alcohol. Still, the fact that alcohol is an issue at all really does go to the times. In
fact, down the road, Le Beau would note that of Disney films surveyed, Dumbo was one of two which is thought to show an inordinate amount of alcohol use.
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