Disney Movies and the Family

Due to the holidays quickly arriving, I have found myself watching a lot of older movies, specifically Disney movies. I find it interesting how Disney's main focus revolves around the idea of family and yet in many of the movies we see the families broken apart with violence and killing. Beyond this point, I also find it interesting how we often see these movies being shown around the holidays on television as well. Not only does it send the opposite message to these people about families but they are being shown around the holidays which are supposed to promote family. Yes, I understand that Disney always has the underlying theme of a happy ever after but it still defeats the concept of the family being a unit. This I feel like also ties into the idea of our modern family. Perhaps they show these movies for people to realize how important family is around the holiday time. For instance, many children and families are split up, 50% due to divorces. With these families apart, it is difficult to be one single unit, yet by looking at what a Disney movie shows us, we can still have that happy ending of finding a solution to the problem. Perhaps these movies are shown during this time to promote the concept of changing your standards and norms to something that is appropriate for this season; a family enjoying being around each other and enjoying each other's company. Although I realize that many of our class is enjoying their break and enjoying their family, I hope that this allows them to realize how important family is to this time of year and that as Disney would teach us, how easy it is to change it to make your dreams come true. Happy Holidays everyone! It has been a pleasure blogging with you.