[Daniel]
I’m just reading Neal Gabler’s excellent new biography of Walt Disney. And here is Gabler in the LA Times considering Disney’s reputation on the 40th anniversary of his death.
His piece includes this extraordinary comment from the critic Richard Schickel who:
called him in his seminal book "The Disney Version," the "rallying point for the subliterates of our society"
This ridiculous comment reminds me that when Baskin Robbins first came to London I stood in the shop for several minutes trying to choose the correct ice cream. After a while the man behind the counter exclaimed:
For goodness sake it’s only a bleedin’ ice cream
The Dish 