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The Babylon Bee

Disney Is Winning The Culture War: The Samuel Lively Interview

The Babylon Bee

Seth Dillon

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality, Comedy

4.42.9K Ratings

🗓️ 14 February 2020

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

Editor-in-chief Kyle Mann and creative director Ethan Nicolle welcome Samuel Lively, a Christian teacher and the author of Trojan Mouse: How Disney is Winning the Culture War. He has a MFA in Screenwriting and worked briefly in Hollywood. Kyle and Ethan discuss with Samuel Lively how Disney is infiltrating our homes and revolting against historical cultural norms as they analyze a slew of Disney films.

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Subscriber Portion (Begins at 00:52:58)

Hidden Political Agenda in Disney films

-Sleeping Beauty claims women are lazy

-7 Dwarves: ableism, mocking disability

-Fox and the Hound - Clearly a Fox News reference

-Bambi - nuff said

-Cinderella - anti-woman, lies to get women to wear glass slippers and cut their feet

-Peter Pan encourages kids to snort pixie dust and take an acid trip to never never land

-Alice in Wonderland - Do drugs.

-Brother Bear - Bear propaganda

-Little Mermaid - Men love women when they shut up

-Jungle Book - Fathers can be replaced by bears

- Finding Nemo - it is a sin to eat delicious salmon sashimi

- Cars - Buy a Prius

- Tangled - Women with long hair are problematic

- Aladdin - Stealing apples is OK if you sing a Broadway song while running away from the city guards

Topics Discussed

  • Sam Lively’s story. Who is he? Where is he from? How did you start thinking about the topic of your book?

  • The culture war and how Disney is winning it

  • Cultural Commies

  • Children’s movies being a vehicle for transmitting worldviews and narratives

  • History of Disney (Golden, Silver, Dark Ages, Renaissance, Today)

  • Expansion and acquisitions

1937-1942 The Golden Age - Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Pinocchio, Fantasia, Dumbo, Bambi

1943-1949 The Wartime Era - Saludos Amigos, The Three Caballeros, Make Mine Music, Fun and Fancy Free, Melody Time, The Adventures of Icabod and Mr. Toad

1950-1959 The Silver Age - Cinderella, Alice in Wonderland, Peter Pan, Lady and the Tramp, Sleeping Beauty, One Hundred and One Dalmatians, The Sword in the Stone, The Jungle Book

1970-1988 The Bronze Age - The Aristocats, Robin Hood, The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh, The Rescuers, The Fox and the Hound, The Black Cauldron, The Great Mouse Detective, Oliver and Company

The Disney Renaissance 1989-1999 - The Little Mermaid, The Rescuers Down Under, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, The Lion King, Pocahontas, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Hercules, Mulan, Tarzan

Post Renaissance Era 2000-2009 - Fantasia 2000, Dinosaur, The Emperor's New Groove, Atlantis: The Lost Empire, Lilo and Stitch, Treasure Planet, Brother Bear, Home on the Range, Chicken Little, Meet the Robinsons, Bolt

The Revival Era 2010-Present - Princess and the Frog, Tangled, Winnie the Pooh, Wreck it Ralph, Frozen, Big Hero 6

Pixar -- counterfeit revival?

Live action remakes

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0:00.0

Real People Real Interviews

0:04.0

I just have to say that I object

0:07.0

Strain you as late to your use of the word hilarious.

0:10.0

Hard-hitting questions.

0:12.0

What do you think about feminism?

0:14.0

Do you like it?

0:15.0

Taking you to the cutting edge of truth.

0:18.0

Yeah, well last Jedi is one of the worst movies ever made

0:21.0

and it was very clear that Ryan Johnson doesn't like Star Wars.

0:25.0

Kyle pulls no punches.

0:27.0

I want to ask how you're able to sleep at night.

0:30.0

Ethan brings bone-shattering common sense from the top rope.

0:35.0

If I may, how double dare you?

0:38.0

This is the Babylon B interview show.

0:47.0

Yes, this is the Babylon B interview show and I'm Kyle Mann.

0:51.0

I'm Ethan Nicole.

0:53.0

Today we have a special treat because we're sitting digitally with Sam Lively,

0:59.0

who is the author of a book called Trojan Mouse.

1:02.0

How Disney is winning the Culture War.

1:05.0

Thank you for joining us today, Mr. Sam.

1:08.0

I think for Abemy, what big fan you got.

1:11.0

That's why we're having you on.

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