But the fact is that walt disney will probably remain an international cultural icon for years to come and will be remembered as the founder of the worlds largest entertainment company. Walt disney is one of the few men who unquestionably changed our culture. Vintage, how entertainment conquered reality, life. Walt disney was, according to neal gablers biography, a workaholic bully obsessed with ensuring that the disney thing lived on for ever. The triumph of the american imagination, for its many factual inaccuracies and for its misrepresentation of walt disney himself. The triumph of the american imagination is a standout. Neal gabler i never get writers block because i have always felt it is a luxury i cannot afford. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or. In his superb biography, neal gabler shows us how, over the course of two decades. Gabler explores accusations that disney was a redbaiter, an antisemite, an embittered alcoholic.
The triumph of the american imagination by neal gabler. Neal gablers new biography asserts that this animator not only created a new art form, but also changed the world. Neal gabler shows us how, over the course of two decades, disney revolutionized the entertainment industry. Neal gabler is the first author to have had complete access to theisney archives, enabling him to write the definitive biography of thisemarkable man. In a way that was unprecedented and later widely imitated, he built a synergistic empire that combined film, television, theme parks, music, book publishing, and merchandise. Gablers vision of disney and of disenys vision of america is far more complex and shaded than most other authors, and far more objective and reliable.
My dislike for gablers biography is shared by a very important member of the disney family. Gabler shows us the young walt disney breaking free of a heartland childhood of discipline and deprivation and making his way to hollywood. The biography by neal gabler is the most detailed and thorough study of the great man i have read. Over the years there have been myriad disney tomes, some of them pretty harsh toward uncle walt. Neal gabler s meticulously researched biography, walt disney offers the full story gabler is the first writer to gain complete access to the disney archives of the american icon. Publication date 2007 topics disney, walt, 19011966, animators united states biography publisher. The triumph of the american imagination, i was quite honestly ready to shred it apart by finding inconsistancies, errors, and glaring ommissions on the life and trials of walt disney. Readers will discover the whole story, witnessing disney s invention of a synergistic empire that combined film, television, theme parks, music, book publishing, and merchandise. In his superb biography neal gabler shows us how over the course of two decades disney revolutionized the entertainment industry.
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