Disney Adults: Exploring (And Falling In Love With) A Magical Subculture by AJ WolfeMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
Creator and voice of Disney Food Blog AJ Wolfe shares her thoughts on the devoted fan base of the Holy Rodent Empire. This is very much an inside-looking-out perspective. The advantages are that Wolfe knows her subjects – customers and corporation alike – quite well. In particular, the chapter on the range of adults with Disney obsessions benefits from her broad base of acquaintances. On the other hand, her livelihood depends on the goodwill of the PR folks at the House of Mouse and a social media audience from a wide range of tastes and political beliefs. So the result – however well researched and cleverly composed – has an unfortunate tendency to dance around issues such as racism, exploitation of emotionally vulnerable people, and other controversial topics that might ruffle the wrong feathers. She also makes many “if you know you know” references, occasionally forgetting to explain them to a more general audience. But overall this is a good introduction to the topic.
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