tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27501132.post4082315782317356183..comments2024-03-24T16:25:05.751-04:00Comments on Mayerson on Animation: Annecy Signal FilmsMark Mayersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00065971589878678848noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27501132.post-85021608607004231562015-12-24T00:34:03.191-05:002015-12-24T00:34:03.191-05:00You're not kidding about the skewed historical...You're not kidding about the skewed historical interpretations. In their zeal to pay tribute to women animators, they seem to have felt it necessary to show every woman oppressed by and fighting past the obtuseness of men, didn't they? I'm sure they all had their difficulties, but the result is kind of offensive even in allegorical form. I mean, the characterization of Disney is pretty tame compared to that of McLaren as a tyrannical monster. According to the obituary for Evelyn Lambert linked to on Wikipedia (obviously not comprehensive, but still), the reason Lambert left was Mclaren was moving into ballet films, and she wasn't interested in them. Hardly a wire wrapped around her neck. And apparently Claire Parker was the genius rather than Alexandre Alexeieff? Not that they both can't be brilliant, and she may well have been the one to do the engineering of the pinscreen, but the implication that he was an idiot who couldn't understand what she was trying to, when she was the one who initially came to him for instruction seems a bit politically motivated rather than historically accurate.StephenMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16588260639227694557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27501132.post-51373422759021879512015-06-20T03:30:10.844-04:002015-06-20T03:30:10.844-04:00One about Faith Hubley would be nice.One about Faith Hubley would be nice.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11335176599453919175noreply@blogger.com