Did you know that Mickey Mouse wasnt always the kind, compassionate role model we know today? In the early days, Mickey was quite the violent troublemaker. His gradual change to the gentle, giving character we now know and love was significantly influenced by a Mormon Church member Floyd Gottfredson who took over the Mickey Mouse comic strip for 45 years! Hehehe.. Mickey Mouse actually is a Mormon convert? What do you think? J. Michael Hunter, author of The Mormon Influence at Disney and editor of Mormons and Pop Culture: The Global Influence of an American Phenomenon, writes: Under Gottfredson, Mickey evolved in the comic strip from little more than a mischief-maker to an emblem of right and good. Although Walt Disney had an influence in Mickeys development, Geoffrey Blum, a writer who specialized in animation art, wrote, Gottfredsons Mormon upbringing and his unflaggingly positive outlook made him the perfect keeper for this icon. Never complaining, choking back his hurts. . . this is the ethic he brought to Mickey. Gottfredsons mouse combines the virtues of good citizen and good soldier.
Posted on: Sat, 06 Dec 2014 03:33:33 +0000
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