As I was clicking random things on Snopes.com I read something that made me think. It stated: "Maternal figures were typically absent from Walt Disney's films because he felt responsible for his own mothers death". It also stated that this "fact" is of "unclassifiable veracity" - meaning they have no idea whether it's true or false. But I started to think, next to NO ONE had a mother figure, and if they did it wasn't a positive one or was barely there....Belle, Jasmine, Snow White, Ariel, Aurora, Cinderella, Pochahontas, Peter Pan... huh. Ain't that somethin'?.... I wonder why that REALLY was? Maybe he felt that since he was dealing with princesses that there was only one strong female role needed? Maybe he hated his mother? I never realized that until I read it. I mean, I always wondered things like "Where is Christopher Robbins mother at?" and "I wonder why Cinderellas step-mother is such a bitch?", or sometimes "What happened to Ariels mom?" - but I never put them all together that NONE OF THEM have mothers... Was it insinuated that their mothers died of some disease? What happened to Walt Disney's mother?
This is the story....
"After the success of their film Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Walt and Roy presented their parents with a new home in North Hollywood, near the Disney studios in Burbank, California. Less than a month after moving in, Flora complained to Walt and Roy of problems with the gas furnace in her new home. Studio repairmen were sent to the house, but the problem was not adequately fixed. Flora wrote a letter to her daughter Ruth describing the wonderful new home, but again complaining of the fumes from the furnace. A few days later, Flora died of asphyxiation caused by the fumes. She was 70 years of age."
Hm... I suppose I could understand why he would subtract mothers if he felt responsible for this, however there is no solid proof that this is the reason that there are no mothers present. Just something that caught my eye :)
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