[UA] Unknown 50s

[David M Jacobs]

On 24/11/06, Lassi Seppälä <lassi.seppala at tkk.fi> wrote:
>
> Thanks for all the great stuff! :)
>
> One more thing... Howard Hughes. This man is very UA. :)
>

In a similar vein, I just noticed a review of a Walt Disney biography in my
newsfeeds:
http://www.mg.co.za/articlepage.aspx?area=/breaking_news/breaking_news__international_news/&articleid=291133.

'Gabler portrays Disney as the emotionally driven son of a cold father who
sought to create a fantasy world for himself in which he would feel loved
and safe, and ended up spreading that invention to the world. "During a
peripatetic childhood of material and emotional deprivation, at least as he
remembered it, he began drawing and retreating into these imaginative
worlds," Gabler writes.

Yet those personal worlds would shape much of modern America and far beyond
through characters such as Mickey Mouse, films such as *Snow White* and
eventually theme parks.'


'But it was in his private life that the most disturbing images of Disney
emerge. In fact, he felt trapped by his creation and public image. "I'm not
Walt Disney any more. Walt Disney is a thing. It's grown to be a whole
different meaning than just one man," he once complained.

He was in effect married to his studio, ignoring his long-suffering wife. He
would retreat into his mansion and play with a huge toy train set with a
track that ran for an astonishing 800m in length.'


-- 
David M Jacobs
davidmichaeljacobs at gmail.com

"[N]ever hide a gun in a cat box. Some moron cat would manage to fire it."
-- Tim Powers.
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