Christensen Argument

This author (Linda Christensen) argues that Disney and other major corporations teach young impressionable children the “codes” of society through there movie, advertisements, and shows. Her argument is that if really examined the Disney shows, they are geared to teach children the things that are valued in America, in reference to race, religion, sex, and more. Her largest issue though is that people that do take a long into the Disney movie mostly take away that all the main characters are white, rather than looking at the big picture. Her claim is that the big picture is the fact that the movies depict so many more issues than just race.  Things like sexism come to play by always having the main characters be male, and having the main female characters always just are looking for love. “Her goal, like Cinderella’s is to get her man. Both young women are transformed and made beautiful through new clothes, new jewels, new hairstyles.”(Christensen 7)  She wants young women to believe there is more to life then make overs and getting the guy, otherwise life is just shallow. Her point is that she believes that the way the Disney movies are set up they are basically brainwashing the children in the country to learn and follow the codes of power. She refers to this as “the secret education”. (Christensen 1) For Christensen, Disney should work on re-evaluating what is being portrayed to the children of our country and what kind of message they are trying to send. Are they going to really “improve” their movies to make better idols for young children or just keep perpetuating the same stereotypes? 

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If you take only a few mins you could find stereotype after stereotype just looking at this picture about let alone a Disney movie when they speak and plots are formed.