‘The Princess and the Frog’: Disney does white trash

Critics who are comparing Disney’s The Princess and the Frog to Disney’s Song of the South are smoking crack. The new film is doing something completely new; the old did something completely old. Song of the South was in the tradition of the pastoral; The Princess and [...]

Wide smiles and cartoon eyes at Picture This Gallery

‘UNTITLED’ by AMI ORTLOFF
There’s an eerie feeling to “Mixed Messages,” the current exhibition at Picture This Gallery—and it’s not because of the subject matter at hand, but rather in spite of it. And like any good riddle, once you learn the answer, you see the show through [...]

It’s been six years since anybody has mentioned the Angels Curse-or maybe we just can’t hear them over the Thunder Sticks-but perhaps it’s time to inform the millions of people who have climbed on the team’s bandwagon since its World Series title of 2002 that joyriding isn’t the way that real Angels fans roll. We [...]

Word just in from Disney:
The date and location for the west coast open casting call for the new reality series, Disney’s “High School Musical: Summer Session,” will be Sunday, April 27 at the Long Beach Arena in Long Beach, California. The east coast open casting call will be held, as previously announced, on Wednesday, May [...]

‘Enchanted’ a smart and self-aware lampoon of every Disney cliché
I have mixed feelings about princesses. On the one hand, I love them. Obviously. On the other hand, GET A JOB! Enchanted, Disney’s new animation/live-action hybrid, is all about those fluffy royal cupcakes: how princesses are dumb, how princesses are bizarre, how princesses are the FUCKING [...]

Browsing Internet this morning I came across something highly disturbing via BoingBoing:
Apparently there is a faction of crazies enthusiasts who wish to spend eternity drying out the eyes and sinuses of bright-eyed young park-goers by having their remains scattered in Disneyland rides. Taking into account my family’s love for the park and my love of [...]