Wednesday, June 26, 2013

Mickey mouse in Vietnam: Anti-war propaganda [Video]

During WWII,  Disney put its creative force behind the US, persuading citizens to pay their taxes and support the war. However, during the Vietnam war. Disney’s most iconic character, Mickey Mouse, did appear in an animated underground  film created by two critics of the war, Lee Savage and the celebrated graphic designer Milton Glaser, demonstrating that protest can take many forms. Watch this.