When Disney talks about the story of "That Woman" again, no matter how shiny and touching it is, we still have to wonder if this is the true story? Can we hear another non-Disney version of "That Woman"? In this version, Travers is ruthlessly portrayed as a lonely, picky, closed and loveless old woman, facing an open, patient, loving and joyful Disney, and the final result is that joyful world. movie of. But, who won?
I don't know much about Travers, but even from the movies, she is just a weak and alone. She has no money, no relatives, and no friends. When she flew to Los Angeles alone, she faced the hottest capital factory in Hollywood. This woman was portrayed mercilessly as a nasty and sympathetic look, trying to convince us that justice is in Disney's hands. When we see Disney and his friends doing their best to please Travers, when we see the movie reviewing Travers’s past, don’t we really want to see what Hollywood does best: she finally opens Embrace the world with your heart? But the question is, is it possible for this story to have another ending? The perfect Disney nailed Travers to a pole and was beaten, and kidnapped Travers with his (imaginary) morality and power. The ending we see is the only ending.
Travers was defeated, and none of her suggestions for the film were rejected. Banks’ house is still too magnificent, the starring is still Dick Van Dyck, Mrs. Banks is still fighting for women’s voting rights, Bert and Mary Poppins are still ambiguous, and the whole story is still an attempt to deceive children "a spoonful sugar," "They are still cruel to Mr. Banks, the movie is still a musical, and even a large section of animation-if this is a confrontation, we can't help but ask what Disney has made and what has Traverse got? Unfortunately, no. If so, it's just that she embraced the light from the preset "darkness", and the light came from Disney.
Disney is naturally bright. He is a person who loves family, children, equality, keeps his promises, and believes in love and hope. He is the perfect father, the perfect leader, the perfect collaborator-this self-proclaimed trick is simply a perfect but botched whitewashing plan: we almost have to believe all this, until we know "that woman". story. As far as Travers is concerned, she is not as described in the movie. We heard the gossip that she has a rich and colorful life, has many lovers (including men and women), and adopted children. But these did not appear in the movie. She became an old woman who was troubled by the word "father" for life. While Disney is busy whitewashing itself, it is also busy turning a complex and multi-faceted woman into a flat object for transformation-only in this way can we happily accept that all transformations are legitimate.
But are all reforms justified? We seem to be unable to answer this question unless we can hear another version of the story, unless we are willing to understand the story of "that woman". The Healing Chicken Soup for the Soul kidnapped Travers and also kidnapped the audience, defending the legitimacy of "Happy in the World" again. But this kind of defense cannot stand scrutiny. After all, Travers was not invited to participate in the opening ceremony of the movie that year, and for the rest of her life, she seemed to have little affection for Disney. To this day, when we say that I like "Happy Man World" or I like Saving Mr. Banks, we just retell the story that Disney told us and affirm it again. And in this repetition and affirmation, maybe we just became accomplices of Disney, betraying "that woman" together. But only she has the simplest and most original idea of the whole story.
March 23, 2014 17:20:48
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