Monday, August 2, 2010

Mark Grief, Walt Disney

Tinkering, from the London Review of Books.

Ostensibly a book review of three recent Walt Disney biographies, Mark Grief's essay is a fascinating survey of the psychological and cultural factors making up this uniquely 20th century entertainment industry giant. Herein, Disney is described as something of an old-fashioned, crafts-oriented artist, a hard-headed capitalist, a disappointed socialist, a daffy technical innovator, a theme park impresario, a futurist, and the prototypical American entrepreneur.

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