![]() They craft identity, as folklorist Alan Dundes suggests, they tell stories of how things come to be. Their films reveal-as all myths do-the complexes and collective archetypal base of a culture’s psyche. ![]() In the years since their 2006 merger with Disney, Pixar has become the most powerful purveyor of the mythic voice in The Walt Disney Company’s ethos. Disney is, arguably, America’s most powerful and influential private sector myth-making enterprise. From the animation of America’s favorite toys, to our love affair with cars, Pixar reinterprets American identity from a point of view that is aware of both history and myth. This makes their presence in The Walt Disney Company key to this generation’s renewal of Disney myths. They are experts in the ability to fuse technology with powerful story. ![]() ![]() The following are some musings that I gave as a paper at a Film and Myth conference in Milwaukee, Wi. This has gotten my thoughts up again about notions of Scottish-ness in the American mythic imagination. Recently, I’ve begun reading the Outlander series (and watching it on TV–its epic…just go read/watch it). ![]()
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