Walt Disney: Impact on America
“The only thing predictable about life is its unpredictability.” This quote was spoken by Remy from Ratatouille (Economy), one of Disney’s inspiring movies. Walt Disney is an inspiring figure to many people. He was admired by his coworkers and was recognized for his entrepreneurial ability (Crowley). Walt Disney had a positive impact on the American culture, entertainment, and movie industry.
In order to understand how Walt Disney impacted America, one must first know a little about him. Walt Disney was born on December 5th, 1901, in Chicago, Illinois and died on December 15th, 1966. Walt married his wife, Lily Bounds, in 1925. Disney started out running a paper route for his father. He was interested in local …show more content…
At this time, the television was becoming a more common household item. The increasing popularity of the television gave Disney the opportunity to expand his company into individual homes. Disney introduced the concept of vacationing at an amusement park to the American culture. At this time this was unheard of, and was unlike anything else they were accustomed to (Johnson). America as a whole has traveled through a huge distance in the world of animation. For example: 42 years ago Disney's audience was shedding tears over his film “Snow White”, when the dwarfs thought Snow White was dead and now the same audience is shedding tears over the death of a green alien Jedi master named Yoda. A lot of the culture that is popular in America today involves fantasy worlds. Disney has helped make this astonishing transition. His company now owns Star Wars (Lowman). Disney had a positive impact on the traditional American …show more content…
Two hundred and forty million people have watched a movie created by Disney, and eight hundred million people have read either a magazine or comic book written by Disney. Walt Disney changed family entertainment. He was the first person to make full-length animated films, some of which were critically acclaimed and financially successful. Even after thirty or forty years of being created, his films were still played in movie theaters all over the world, and sold hundreds of thousands of video copies. In 1920 Disney made changes to the industry when he first used moving pictures for animated films. He provided television shows and full-length animated films. He introduced the ideology of families spending a week at a time at an amusement park. Disney produced incredibly successful one-hour shows on ABC every week. The shows promoted either Disneyland or one of Disney's movies. The shows gave Walt the money to develop the idea of theme parks. He reached out to the new family market with his full-length animated films. His films were high quality, which made them stand out. This quality made his early films extremely popular with his wide range of viewers. His movies appealed to everyone, from children to adults (Johnson). Disney launched a widespread and profitable product licensing business, enabled by the popularity of one of his first characters, Mickey Mouse. Word of Disney's success spread
“The only thing predictable about life is its unpredictability.” This quote was spoken by Remy from Ratatouille (Economy), one of Disney’s inspiring movies. Walt Disney is an inspiring figure to many people. He was admired by his coworkers and was recognized for his entrepreneurial ability (Crowley). Walt Disney had a positive impact on the American culture, entertainment, and movie industry.
In order to understand how Walt Disney impacted America, one must first know a little about him. Walt Disney was born on December 5th, 1901, in Chicago, Illinois and died on December 15th, 1966. Walt married his wife, Lily Bounds, in 1925. Disney started out running a paper route for his father. He was interested in local …show more content…
At this time, the television was becoming a more common household item. The increasing popularity of the television gave Disney the opportunity to expand his company into individual homes. Disney introduced the concept of vacationing at an amusement park to the American culture. At this time this was unheard of, and was unlike anything else they were accustomed to (Johnson). America as a whole has traveled through a huge distance in the world of animation. For example: 42 years ago Disney's audience was shedding tears over his film “Snow White”, when the dwarfs thought Snow White was dead and now the same audience is shedding tears over the death of a green alien Jedi master named Yoda. A lot of the culture that is popular in America today involves fantasy worlds. Disney has helped make this astonishing transition. His company now owns Star Wars (Lowman). Disney had a positive impact on the traditional American …show more content…
Two hundred and forty million people have watched a movie created by Disney, and eight hundred million people have read either a magazine or comic book written by Disney. Walt Disney changed family entertainment. He was the first person to make full-length animated films, some of which were critically acclaimed and financially successful. Even after thirty or forty years of being created, his films were still played in movie theaters all over the world, and sold hundreds of thousands of video copies. In 1920 Disney made changes to the industry when he first used moving pictures for animated films. He provided television shows and full-length animated films. He introduced the ideology of families spending a week at a time at an amusement park. Disney produced incredibly successful one-hour shows on ABC every week. The shows promoted either Disneyland or one of Disney's movies. The shows gave Walt the money to develop the idea of theme parks. He reached out to the new family market with his full-length animated films. His films were high quality, which made them stand out. This quality made his early films extremely popular with his wide range of viewers. His movies appealed to everyone, from children to adults (Johnson). Disney launched a widespread and profitable product licensing business, enabled by the popularity of one of his first characters, Mickey Mouse. Word of Disney's success spread