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Occult Disney #34: Pocahontas (what caused John Smith to talk to trees?)
This movie is a bit offensive for more than the obvious reasons. Sure, John Smith was 24 and Pocahontas was 10. They probably never met, and the real story involved her getting "hoodwinked" (that's a…
Published on 1 year, 1 month ago
Occult Disney #33: A Goofy Movie
It's fitting that A Goofy Movie ends up being the 33rd movie on our list. Symbolism aside, this is such a unique movie that's well worth your time to watch at least once. Bigfoot, NLP, and some type …
Published on 1 year, 1 month ago
Occult Disney #32: The Nightmare Before Christmas
Another Disney classic, this time an ingenious endeavor to create a product and IP that can span from Halloween to Christmas. Is Nightmare Before Christmas a Halloween movie or a Christmas movie? And…
Published on 1 year, 1 month ago
Occult Disney #31: The Lion King, the "SEX" scene, "Hakuna Matata" and Do as Thou Wilt.
Have you ever considered the similarities between "hakuna matata" and "do as thou wilt?" The Lion King is legitimately a good movie. Amazing animation, compelling story and a surprisingly good soundt…
Published on 1 year, 1 month ago
Occult Disney #30: Aladdin, Subliminal Messages, Inversion of the Golden Bough and DisneyQuest!
Aladdin is one of my favorite Disney "classics" for lots of reasons, even the soundtrack is good. Did you know that the original story actually took place in China? Here we talk about the backstory, …
Published on 1 year, 1 month ago
Occult Disney 29: The Sad and Tragic Source of Beauty and the Beast (and the Golden Bough)
Beauty and the Beast was peak Disney renaissance, and a commercial success. As with many previous Disney animations, the studio deviated far from the original script, in some cases changing the core …
Published on 1 year, 1 month ago
Occult Disney 28: Rescuers Down Under and The Golden Eagle of Enlightenment
The better of the Rescuers Down Under, and the "first fully digital" Disney animation, although compared to today's standards I still consider this traditional animation in many ways. Lots of interes…
Published on 1 year, 2 months ago
Occult Disney 27: The Little Mermaid, the Power of Contracts, Paracelsus, Melusine & Little St James
The Little Mermaid is a true Disney classic, and perhaps the most advanced example of Disney mastering the formula and going beyond their usual story writing process. Here we have an inversion of The…
Published on 1 year, 2 months ago
Occult Disney 26: Oliver & Company, Disney Proxy Inception, and NLP Embedded Story Programming
The Disney Proxy thesis continues, with some very specific and practical examples of Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP) techniques in the first "modern" Disney animation. All previous animations took…
Published on 1 year, 2 months ago
Occult Disney #25: Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Intersection of Realities, and Adult Art in Disney Toons
Who Framed Roger Rabbit is an occult ensemble based in esoteric and exoteric conspiracy, from the Red Car transit line being overtaken by the oil industry, to a more nuanced hint at how two different…
Published on 1 year, 2 months ago