Tenerife residents will be able to meet from October 19 to 23 the worst disney villainsinside of the Comic Hall which will be held in La Recova Antigua de Santa Cruz.
The exhibition has been organized by Jorge Fonte, who has written five books that address the animation films made when the founder was alive, the productions that were released after his death, the animated short films and the soundtracks.
The exhibition has been organized into two different groups. The first covers the time when the founder was alive and the choice includes the witch-queen from Snow White, Stromboli from Pinocchio, the stepmother from Cinderella, the queen of hearts from Alice, Captain Hook from Peter Pan, Maleficent from Sleeping Beauty, Cruella de Vil from 101 Dalmatians, Madam Min from Merlin and Shere Khan from The Jungle Book.
In the second group are the evil ones who emerged after the death of Walt Disney and Forte has chosen King John from Robin Hood, Ursula from The Little Mermaid, Gaston from Beauty and the Beast, Jafar from Aladdin, Scar from The Lion King, John Ratcliffe from Pocahontas, Judge Frollo from The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Hades from Hercules, Shan Yu from Mulan, Doctor Facilier, from Tianan and the Frog and finally, Modher Gothel from Tangled.
The figure of the evil one in the company is neither casual nor secondary, because the creator’s philosophy was based on the fact that the more hateful they were, the better the film would be.
With this knowledge accumulated over years, preparing the exhibition has not required a special effort, explains Jorge Fonte, and in just one week he chose the characters, the drawings and wrote his file.
During his university days, this man from Tenerife began to be interested in productions that had not particularly attracted his attention as a child.
Then he wanted to know what the exact role of the creator was and that of those who were behind these works and that is why he signed up for the film classroom at the University of La Laguna (ULL).
Fonte is aware that Disney has become a commercial brand that has become a mega empire that has spread outside the world of cinema in amusement parks or different productions.
The turn towards inclusivity has not always been well received in all countries, although curiously the rejection that these films have experienced is not something new.
At the time, Aladdin had many problems in Arab countries where they did not like the image they gave of the sultan or that the female protagonist did not comply with Muslim canons.
The recent failure of a slightly colored little mermaid is attributed more to the poor quality of the film and not so much to xenophobic positions.
No less has been the continuous reproach that the company has been subjected to in communist countries or from left-wing sectors as a result of its position during the witch hunt.
Another controversy that has always been planned for Walt Disney, explains Fonte, is the adaptation of the original European tales from the 16th to the 18th centuries, with much harsher and even cruel content, which was later softened for children.
In general, the stories have as their fundamental theme that girls aspire to be princesses, boys heroes, and both achieve it at the end of the film, which therefore must invariably be happy.
