![]() And I think it is possible to think in this way.Īh, yes. And also this might be a cartoon propaganda to raise the political issue of democracy. So it might be interesting to argue that if this film serves some kind of irony by criticizing our current social problems in terms of absurdities or the political system especially imperialism or colonialism that those who are colonized have no access to freedom. Though this is a cartoon, it carries abundant messages based on social environment, social convention and norm, truth and absurdity, language and political system. You raise a point of the conflict between fantasy and reality and this is a really good point in relation to Alice’s experience in wonderland and her confusion brought by her experience. This cartoon is a Walt Disney production which is accessible and popular among children with its imaginative power and story-telling style. This is quite an interesting analysis of Alice in Wonderland. Perhaps Wonderland, isn’t really that wonderful? And perhaps it was all just a dream? So what was the meaning of this? This I still do not fully know the answer to. Just then Alice finds herself drifting among the clouds reaching for the doorway to reality. She says, “why…you’re nothing but a pack of cards”. What I found most interesting is that fact that Alice only escapes Wonderland by actually recognizing things for what they truly are – an interesting message. I found this a hilarious twist and more importantly, a smart reversal of patriarchal dominance. And as for the King, well he is FAR inferior to the Queen (being only 2 inches tall with the voice of a mouse and as passive as a kitten). The Queen herself, has rulership, but my no grounds is a just ruler. ![]() I found this a hilarious mockery of the corruption which is the structure of the government. In fact, they don’t say much of importance whatsoever. The witnesses have nothing valid or substantial to say. The Queen, who I found interesting, summons Alice to a trial. Lastly, I’d like to comment on the potential meaning of the last scene, right before Alice seemingly wakes up from her dream and returns back to reality. How cheerfully he seems to grin, how neat he spreads his flaws, and welcome little fishes with gently smiling jaws” – interesting. Have you ever wondered why we look at that thing we call a chair and say “chair” – what is a chair, really? In wonderland, these types of archetypes are meaningless.Ĭaterpillar – “How doth the little crocodile improve his shining tail, and pour the waters of the Nile on every golden scale. Through the use of puns, rhymes, contradictions and riddles, Wonderland becomes a place of arbitrariness. What a clever dialogue! I applaud this scene for recognizing the oddity which is the English language. I cannot put it anymore clearly for it isn’t clear to me”. I’m afraid I can’t explain myself Sir, because I’m not myself. For I have changed many times since this morning, you “C”. Of course, Alice has trouble answering this question – she is quite the philosophical thinker herself – an image that most Disney “princesses” (I find) have yet to embody in that way Alice does. Shown below, Alice approaches what seems like a multi-legged blue caterpillar smoking hookah on a mushroom – quite the image. Have you ever thought about how odd and arbitrary the English language really is? Take the Caterpillar scene for example (the scene I deem most important to the identity crisis in which Alice undergoes in Wonderland). If you think about it, nothing really makes sense.įrom a deeply philosophical perspective I concluded that well, our reality which we deem as TRUTH, is nothing but a constructive systems of norms and patterns developed by society. She wants to escape back to her world where everything made sense again – but this was perceicely the irony that I felt watching the film. The nonsense of Wonderland is troubling to Alice. However, as I rewatched Alice in Wonderland with a critical eye, the randomness seemed, well… not so random – it was purposeful. The silliness of the characters, oddity of their surroundings and the elements of magic all together provide a fanciful experience for the child viewer. ![]() To a child watching the film, it may seem comical. As soon as Alice enters the world of Wonderland, the movie seems quite random and almost surrealist (see the image of Alice, who grew too big to fit into the house – these types of images have been represented time and time again in the surrealist art movement). Words serve a purpose, the etiquette of the lady is of utmost importance and everything exists perfectly in its natural order. In the opening scene, it depicts a world where everything is “proper”. Alice in Wonderland is undoubtedly one of my most appreciated Disney movies of the 1950s, for many reasons.
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