Jeri Smith-Ready: Lewis lamented Disney's "vulgarity"

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Tuesday, December 06, 2005

Lewis lamented Disney's "vulgarity"

In a recently discovered letter from 1959, C.S. Lewis dreaded the idea of a live-action version of his classic fantasy tale, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.

Anthropomorphic animals, when taken out of narrative into actual visibility, always turn into buffoonery or nightmare....If only Disney did not combine so much vulgarity with his genius.

Come Friday people will gather around Lewis's grave to listen for that unmistakable spinning sound.

Labels: movies

posted by Jeri @ 7:45 AM
2 comments

2 Comments:

No fan of DIsney I, but I suppose if my grandchildren REALLY wanted to go to Disney world...well, I'd keep my rendition of It's a Small World running through my head, you know, the one by Lou Reed.

Posted by: Anonymous at 12/06/2005 5:37 PM

ah,forgot to sign my name to that last post.

Cecilia

Posted by: Anonymous at 12/06/2005 5:38 PM

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