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Disney is the new Shakespeare

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From: The Spectator
Date: 19991016
Author:d'Ancona, Matthew

Matthew d'Ancona hails the majestic contribution of Mickey Mouse - and now Tarzan to 20th-century culture

THE thing about Tarzan is he thinks he's Tony Blair. This, at any rate, was the conclusion my girlfriend and I drew as we left the premiere of Disney's new adaptation of the Edgar Rice Burroughs classic jungle adventure on Sunday. I am not sure how many of the beaming children bearing their Tarzan goody-bags as they emerged from the cinema had made at the same analysis. Indeed, most of them seemed more concerned with meeting Baby Spice than deconstructing the visual extravaganza to which ...

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