What is your relationship to Disney culture? How does Christiansen validate or challenge your views?

 I grew up fascinated by watching the animated films of the Walt Disney Company. My family and I are a humble family where we have always had what the necessary to live in a dignified way and without deficiencies. For me, watching movies such as Beauty and the Beast, Snow White, The Little Mermaid, Alice in Wonderland, etc. was a privilege. My entire world became a world of dreams, fantasies, and magic where miracles could happen, perhaps becoming a beautiful girl full of luxuries, and prestige, and being able to conquer a strong, brave, rich man who was my perfect complement to achieve success and happiness. But the harsh reality was that I don't have blue eyes, nor am I blonde, nor do I have white skin, much less do I have elite social status. That's why I think that we viewers who are not represented in these important films tend to be conformists and we are only going to follow the same patterns (the working-class laborers who are ignorant) that the Walt Disney Company and family instill in us indirectly. 

Some examples of The Walt Disney Company in my opinion is that it is aimed at a universal audience regardless of race, beliefs, culture, sexual orientation, and social class. Although this is a highly diverse entertainment medium, I think it is centralized in highlighting those who belong to the elite of the social class, and hierarchy, and who have power. The reality of this powerful company is that it exerts a substantial, discriminatory, and manipulative influence on popular culture around the world through animated films, theme parks, merchandise, and other areas.

  In addition, the current Disney movies have received hundreds of criticisms and disapproval from modern society where racism, oppression, abuse of power, and prejudice continue to prevail. It has had to make some important changes in its content of concepts, stereotypes, inclusion, and impartiality. The minority of the middle and lower social classes have raised their voices and have claimed and protested against the favoritism, oppression, and discrimination that The Walt Disney Company has been inciting and feeding in its movies, theme parks, merchandise, etc.

Usually in the past the prestige, the power of the dominant white race, and the social status of the protagonists of the films were highly highlighted in the stories of romanticism and action to send both positive and negative messages of dominance and subjugation. In general, these tendencies of subtle misrepresentation tend to influence all of our communities, especially our children and young people. As a means for the propaganda of concepts of principles where we need our various representations where we see ourselves included by the color of our skin and that we can identify with the important protagonists of the movies leaving aside only representations of lower-class workers, ignorant, without intelligence or academic education, of thieves, of evil black people who can only afford old and dirty clothes.

I really liked reading about Christiansen, who through his chapter reveals the true intentions and hidden messages of The Walt Disney Company has put into its greatest hits of animated movies and theme parks and all kinds of commerce that they promote with marketing propaganda.

Christiansen does well to express his views that all people have the right to express their own views, his critiques of the pros and cons, and her perspectives on Disney culture. For some people, the generally optimistic and virtuous teachings where the meaning of love, friendship, and courage are highlighted may seem to their liking. These people may think that watching Disney movies can instill important life lessons in children. On the other hand, some more conservative or religious families may disagree with components in which some stories depict magic or witchcraft, or the moral areas portrayed in those stories. These types of hidden messages are not easily located by many adult and child viewers due to the high content of mental distraction and focus on illusion and fantasy magic. Many of the biblically conservative families who base their lives on the beliefs of the Bible may be concerned about the potential impact that exposure to content such as this could have on the beliefs and values that children form.