Let’s get started, shall we?
It’s common knowledge that the books, myths and historical events that Hollywood draws inspiration from are always better and more interesting than the films that are based on them. We’ve grown up hearing that old platitude, “The book is better.” It’s a platitude, because it is true more often than not. And when you see a movie based on a book, a myth or some historical event, Hollywood always makes drastic changes, leave things out, or puts things in.
Hollywood will do its best to capture the essence of the story, without telling the whole story. Historical facts, or sections of the original work that is ignored is irrelevant to the stories that the filmmaker is trying to tell. No one takes that principle and bends it to their will like Disney.
Disney does it their way, no matter what the story is. Some fairy tales and myths fit into their formula nicely. But if it doesn't, if the story is a square peg, and their family-friendly formula is a round hole, they will take the square peg, put it on top of that round hole, and drive it in with a sledgehammer, and whatever’s left lying around that didn't make into that round hole is why I created this podcast, the blog site, and this page.
The Disney Story Origins Podcast, discusses what Disney left out, forgot to mention, changed and some might say subverted to tell a Disney-style story.
Also, this is not an effort to bash on Disney. This is a podcast for Disney fans to hear the real stories, shake our heads, to smile and say, "Wow, I never knew that."
The page is meant as a community for listeners of the podcast, where once and awhile I will post little facts that most people don't know regarding the differences between actual stories and Disney's version.
Just by opening a book, putting a few keystrokes into Google, you can learn the heritage and history of these stories and get the real story. If you don’t have time or nary the inclination... welcome to Disney Story Origins.
~Paul J. Hale
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