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Think Happy Thoughts

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By Vicky Osterweil
| Public Seminar
Cover image for The Extended Universe: How Disney Killed the Movies and Took Over the World by Vicky Osterweil (2026) | Haymarket Books In the wake of the animator’s strike, Walt’s reflexive conservatism turned into a frothing anti-communism. But while his politics grew more unhinged and hateful, his creative output turned definitively toward the production of nostalgia.
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How an Animators’ Strike Led to the Making of Song of the South

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By Vicky Osterweil
| Literary Hub Verified
“Black people will not be fully able to breathe—a word I do not use lightly—until property itself is abolished.” –Rinaldo Walcott * Article continues after advertisement There is perhaps no film that so clearly illustrates the racial dynamics of cultural appropriation and IP-driven domination as Disney’s 1946 film Song of the South. So naked is its message that I am tempted to instruct people to watch the movie and end the chapter there.
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The Extended Universe: How Disney Killed the Movies and Took Over the World

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By Vicky Osterweil
| Library Journal Verified
. Apr. 2026. 320p. ISBN 9798888903667. $26.95. FILM COPY ISBN Based on interviews with filmmakers, screenwriters, and mostly anonymous union organizers, journalist and self-described anarchist Osterweil ( In Defense of Looting) counters the repressive political messages she finds in films from the consumerist global giant Disney. She opposes Disney’s business model based on intellectual property rights (copyright) for promoting uniformity and efficiency rather than freedom of thought.
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