Monday, February 04, 2008

Beach Blanket Alley

I was thinking about how we think of Donald Duck as sort of a "loser." Here are some possible reasons:
1. Really insecure
2. Has a Speech Impediment
3. Greedy
4. Has a bad temper

Don't you think that's kind of cruel for Disney to have created a character with so many problems? Isn't that really fucked up?

In a way Donald Duck's not really a loser though, because he rose to the top of the Disney pantheon from among many characters, most of whom are all but forgotten.

But still, that doesn't make it right.

1 comment:

Geritopia said...

What about PegLeg Pete, Clarabell Cow, and Horace Horsecollar? At least people remember Donald. Peg, Clarabell, and Horsecollar wound up outside the Hollywood establishment and became opium addicts.