Why Can't Disney be "Cool?"

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Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

Disney=cartoons=cutesy=chidlish=instantly uncool.

I agree this equation is likely at work in the US - but looking at the links, it kind of illuminates what's different in Japan.

First off the cartoon to childish linkage isn't there. Thank manga (and Hentai) for that. You know once upon a time (think Ub Iwerks) cartoons were adult pre-feature entertainment, somehow in our culture this evolved into a "kids only" medium. Perhaps Shrek and the works of Pixar are starting to broaden that pidgeon hole here, but we've a long way to go.

But I also have to agree with surfinmuse, outside the US, people are given alot more liberties with the Disney Cannon - which yields some rather interesting and provocative work that we rarely see at home.