Walt Disney

Walt Disney



Walt Disney

Introduction

'One of America's most important public intellectuals' Neal Gabler is an author, teacher, and television commentator. All his books, An Empire of Their Own: How the Jews Invented Hollywood, “Winchell: Gossip, Power and the Culture of Celebrity,” “Life the Movie: How Entertainment Conquered Reality” has been considered as the most successful and acclaimed books (Marc, 2001, 51).

Mr. Gabler was born in Chicago, Illinois and attended the University of Michigan where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa and was graduated with high distinction and highest honors. He received a graduate degree in film and taught at Michigan, where he won a prominent teaching award, and at the Pennsylvania State University. Leaving academe, Mr. Gabler spent three seasons on the PBS movie review program 'Sneak Previews.' He has also served as the host on the American Movie Classics network and has spent the last four seasons as a regular panelist on 'Fox News Watch.' (Neal, 2006, 12)

The author Gabler presents us with the life of this visionary artist since childhood, though slightly, and then his youth, until his death. "Blanca Nieves". It tells how the artist manages to achieve success starting first in the drawing, creating short films to be presented later in the best cinemas in Kansas City, came after the animations, which then coordinate their movements with music and colors, which led to public and critics adore him, then came to the celebrity with the fairy tale "Snow White." Later invented nature documentaries, built a railroad to walk around your house and ultimately devoted most of his time and energy in the creation of two parks: Disneyland, "which presents an imaginary world too perfect, which originated public criticism and critics, and "Walt Disney World", a work that could not see because of his death, but his older brother Roy continued.

Walt Disney, says the author, was born in Chicago, Illinois in 1901.. His parents were Elias and Flora Disney. From his mother he does not speak anything but his father tells us that he had financial problems, so his family exposed to constant changes. He tried farming, but failed because he had no talent for planting. In 1911 Walt lived in Kansas City, where his father bought a newspaper route, which helped his father, along with his older brother Roy. From child abuse suffered from her father, who was rude and moody and who beat him for several reasons, which ended its 14 years, when Walt took his arm, proving to be stronger than him. His father was always a negative force for Walt, but allowed him to enroll in an art course at the Art Institute of Kansas City, because he saw his ability and interest in drawing.

Walt was an introvert, says the author, naturally charming, optimistic, very confident in himself and professed ethic of work. At 14 he was a talented artist and longed to escape the dull life because of the abuse that his father had given him a child, so he ...