What helped shape Walt Disney's identity?

Question

What important events helped shape Walt Disney's identity?

Answer 1

Two things: one that he beat an owl to death when he was a boy (about twelve years old.) You can verify on line that he actually did this. I didn’t believe it myself, when I first heard bout it. (You can find it in Paul Harvey’s book, The Rest of the Story.)

The other major influence is that he insisted on owning any and every character he animated. So he used defenseless animals that had no advocates (in those days) to speak up for their rights. He used their images without having to pay anything to anybody, because they were considered only dumb animals.

He exploited traditional fairy tale stories, so that he would not have to pay royalties to anybody else, because since the original creators were dead and could not be precisely identified, they had nobody to go to bat for them and restrict the use of their creations.

Just imagine how much better the world would be if Disney had agreed to produce and animated Superman or Wonder Woman back in 1939…! But they weren’t HIS….

29 APR 07, 0432 hrs, GMT.

Answer 2

I would characterize Walt as a "wannabe" artist. He could draw, but not that well, which put him in association with people that could do the dirty work while he attended to the creative end and business dealings. As a "wannabe" he was always free to pursue his own ideas for a company. His only drawback was he testified before Congress during the Red Scare calling everyone and anyone a Communist. Disney really was his own individual.

Answer 3

Huh? you'll have tickets to get interior the parks. you are able to purchase tickets for each park one by one or get a park hopper bypass that receives you into each and each and every of the parks or purchase annual passes so that you'll be able to flow to the parks all 12 months. Is that what you meant?

Answer 4

~His belief that evil commies were trying to infiltrate the US and corrupt all that the White Protestant Red-blooded American stood for!