Disney MCS 129

Karl Marx

"Workers of the world unite; you have nothing to lose but your chains." This quote can be attributed to:

None of the above (king/serf, men/women)

According to Lee Artz in "Animating Hierarchy" the Disney Corporation has strived to create models of egalitarian relationships:

All of the above

Aesthetic labor is often considered an important feature of employment in:

Gulf War

Aladdin uses parallels to the:

All the above (gender-bending characters and eventually real people as 'evil)

Amanda Putnam, in "Mean Ladies: Transgendered Villains in Disney Films," maintains that the patterns of traditional gendered stereotypes establish

All of the above(Cast Member, hostess)

An employee of the Disney Corporation is referred to as:

major retail chains increased their order of Disney merch before the Disney film release (joint promotion of products, expanding from licensing)

By increasing their order of Disney merchandise, by 1988 major retail stores were:

He felt that the employees retaliating against him were commies

During the "Red Scare" of the 1950s, Walt Disney testified before the House Committee on Un-American Activities because:

"Orient" defines the "West" in a sense of binary definitions.

Edward Said in his groundbreaking work on "Orientalism" argues that the

All the above

Free trade zones refers to the offshore manufacturing of goods in:

Gulf War of 1990

In "The Thief of Buena Vista: Disney's Aladdin and Orientalism," the author contextualizes the film by considering the

Snow White

In 1937 _________ became the first Disney Princess

HIV/AIDS

In Beauty and the Beast the song "Kill the Beast" was written about

"To make money is our only objective."

In Mickey Mouse Monopoly former Disney CEO Michael Eisner is quoted as saying:

Exploit and create cheap clothing

In Whistle While you Work the author argues that by outsourcing manufacturing Disney can

Pocahontas never saved john smith's life

In the article "Reflecting on Pocahontas" Gail Tremblay mentions some of the historical inaccuracies and misrepresentations of the Disney film Pocahontas. One thing for sure is:

All of the above (Passion, emotional )

Since the 1970's US corporations have shifted away from controlling their employees to gaining their

True

T/F: "Pachuco Mickey" mentions Disney's EPCOT center in Florida

False

T/F: 1971 is the year that the Disney Corporation opened a theme park in Paris, France.

True

T/F: According to Richard Breaux, Tiana conforms to the American dream of individualism, class mobility and heterosexual romance

False

T/F: According to historians, Pocahontas was a child when she met John Smith, but there was a strong romance between them.

True

T/F: Disney's Princess and the Frog was successful in blending different facets of New Orleans culture

False

T/F: Disney/Pixar continues the masculine theme with the strong alpha male always dominating

False

T/F: Disneyization is about likeness and similarity

True

T/F: Dorothy Hurley in "Seeing White: Children of Color and the Fairy Tale Princess" argues about the difficulty of representing all children in children's literature.

False: since "new", filmmaking has never been devoid from product placement and advertising

T/F: Due to the already cluttered field of advertising and marketing, beginning in the 1990s product placement became a new and widespread practice in films

True

T/F: Emotional labor is usually associated with women and service occupations

True

T/F: Everywhere and always, Disney's heroic elites are stronger, smarter and victorious in the final conflict

False

T/F: Gender stereotypes continue with non dominant groups being positively portrayed

True

T/F: George Lucas and other media experts accept that the merchandise connected to a film is often more important than the quality of the film.

False

T/F: High school students who watched educational television as children had lower GPA's

True

T/F: In 1993 the Disney Corporation decided to create a theme park in the state of Virginia that was opposed by historians.

False

T/F: In Disney's Aladdin women are not oppressed with regards to social norms and gender politics

True

T/F: In Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin and Mulan, women are being valued for appearance rather than for intellect and accomplishments

True

T/F: Mickey Mouse Goes to Haiti is an example of outsourcing production that has brought jobs to a struggling nation

True

T/F: Most gay characters in Disney films are white

False

T/F: Oswald the Rabbit was Mickey Mouse's first name.

True

T/F: Pixar films created a new model for masculinity where the male characters experience loneliness, vulnerability and more traditional feminine aspects

True

T/F: Pocahontas was married to John Rolfe

True

T/F: Regarding Eurocentrism, only Western values and Christianity are depicted

False

T/F: Sarita McCoy Gregory maintains that the Princess and the Frog and Disney's New Orleans Square disrupt racial hierarchies and white supremacy.

True

T/F: The "new man" is Disney refers to Pixar characters that promote a new model of masculinity?

False

T/F: The American Experience profile makes clear that under of Walt Disney's leadership the Disney Corporation was a warm and friendly working environment for all workers.

True

T/F: The authors of Post Princess Models of Gender argue that male/male relationships (or same sex male bonds) surface to showcase the move towards a new masculinity in Pixar films

True

T/F: The findings described in the Journal of Feminist Family Therapy ("Images of Gender, Race, Age, and Sexual Orientation") indicate that, in Disney films, male characters use physical means to express their emotions.

False

T/F: The success of My Little Pony clearly demonstrates that marketing and merchandising can determine the life of a product.

True

T/F: The term heteronormative means to find fulfillment through romantic relationships with prince charmings

False; Latin America

T/F: Walt Disney's travels through Asia produced films that were used for the US State Department in diplomatic efforts

False

T/F: Women are well represented compared to men

False

T/f: The findings described in the Journal of Feminist Family Therapy ("Images of Gender, Race, Age, and Sexual Orientation") indicate that male characters always control their sexuality.

All of the above (US, low/middle nations, Western Europe)

The Corporation maintains that psychologists are hired by advertising firms to mine children's developmental vulnerabilities and thereby increase profits. This marketing strategy is only permitted in:

Outsourcing

Transnational media conglomerates such as Disney use the global division of labor to increase profits by:

This excludes time spent on educational media

US teenagers (13-18 years old) average over 8 hours of entertainment media use daily?

A controlled environment

What is so appealing to marketers in product placement is that films provide:

Women are strong and do not need protection

What theme did not emerge relating to what it means to be a girl/woman

Economic inequality

Why do Black and Hispanic children spend more time with media than white children