I cannot understand believe that mickey mouse unexpectedly dropped in popularity that decade when goofy and donald got exploded in term of viewership during golden era. As if many people thought there are many lost mickey toons from 40s 50s but i cant verify like that. Cmiiw.182.2.141.30 (talk) 04:11, 18 February 2024 (UTC)Reply
- Well, it's not complicated. Donald's unlucky personality and down-on-his-luck relatability and Goofy's slapstick comic relief received more focus after enough of Mickey's vanilla everyman personality. I'm sure the Disney company couldn't find any further innovation for him around that time, so his golden age was over after The Simple Things. There was less focus on animation within Disney after the '40s as well, so there diminished the short films aspect altogether. (And besides the commercial decline of such, do they really wanna compete against Warner Bros. in that field?)
- I don't have any sources to show for this, but I've read a bit on animation history and the whole Dark Age thing about it, so I guess you can take my word for it. Carlinal (talk) 19:09, 18 February 2024 (UTC)Reply
- "There was less focus on animation within Disney after the '40s" Less focus on production of short films, but Disney's animated feature films actually had an increased budget in comparison to much of the 1940s. See Walt Disney Productions short films (1950–1959) for the overall decline in their production numbers during the decade. 18 short films in 1950, 18 short films in 1951, 17 short films in 1952, 15 short films in 1953, 10 short films in 1954, 4 short films in 1955, 6 short films in 1956, 2 short films in 1957, 1 short film in 1958, 3 short films in 1959. Dimadick (talk) 09:05, 20 February 2024 (UTC)Reply
- aa 2001:448A:60C0:45D4:9CF7:9E98:B105:C369 (talk) 09:13, 3 July 2024 (UTC)Reply
Does a picture of Al Jolson in blackface belong in this article?
There is currently a picture of Al Jolson in blackface in this article, with the caption: "Al Jolson in The Jazz Singer (1927), an example of typical minstrel blackface, which influenced some early cartoon characters—evidently including Mickey, who adds white gloves." This is supported by one sentence in the article: "Several sources state that this scheme [wearing white gloves] evolved from blackface caricatures used in minstrel shows." That sentence is fine, but I think the picture of Jolson adds undue weight to a minor and speculative connection to blackface. I would like to take the picture of Jolson off of this page. Do other people have thoughts about this? Toughpigs (talk) 17:01, 27 July 2024 (UTC)Reply
- Remove picture based on WP:UNDUE and WP:GRATUITOUS. It seems that the people who promote this are not specialists in animation and are from the outside looking in. For example, it has been continuously stated among insiders and creators that Mickey wears white gloves so that its hands can be seen against this black body. In addition, blackface is inherently offensive and offensive images should only be included if their absence "would cause the article to be less informative, relevant, or accurate, and no equally suitable alternative is available." This is an article on Mickey Mouse (whose design may or may not recall minstrels) not Al Jolson or blackface itself. Finally "Images should respect the conventional expectations of readers for a given topic as much as possible without sacrificing the quality of the article". An article that attracts kids should not shock them with blackface. LittleJerry (talk) 01:28, 28 July 2024 (UTC)Reply
- I can't really argue against that reasoning, other than the less important claim that scholars who comment on the topic "are not specialists in animation". The white gloves were already present on the mouse character in Disney's private messages, which were never meant to be animated. Not important given the guidelines quoted, however. UpdateNerd (talk) 06:50, 28 July 2024 (UTC)Reply
Rafa &Luiz Italic 92.9.8.75 (talk) 09:57, 31 August 2024 (UTC)Reply
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Done Liu1126 (talk) 00:21, 12 May 2024 (UTC)
Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. ⸺(Random)staplers 19:37, 31 August 2024 (UTC)
Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. ⸺(Random)staplers 20:19, 23 November 2024 (UTC)