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Pleasure Island Photomanip - Could've Been Worse
Lots of folks talk about how this particular Disney scene from a 1940s animation caused nightmares and scarred children because of the sheer horror of being reverted to a life of servitude as a hoofed beast.
But, you know, it really could've been worse.
For example, what if the boys were turned into minks instead?
Reckon folks in the 40s back then would associate minks specifically for the garment clothes, which effectively symbolized that the dregs of society ended up using their very lives up to adorn the rich and wealthy with mere coverings. Whole lot of different ways that version could be interpreted if it came out of left field. Could be seen as poorer people not getting a break and being ensnared by the rich for promise of food and fun. Could be seen as richer people going to some dark lengths to fashion themselves in the very best they can. Or, you know, could just be seen as people who wanna do what they want being little more than domesticated weasels.
At the same time, though, perhaps it might be a lot more targeted towards a specific audience this way. I mean; the average kid in the 40s isn't going to really know what a mink is; just some kind of weasel, as it appears, and being turned into a weasel is, in essence, not as bad at first glance. They've got claws rather than hooves and are actually kinda cute. They wouldn't want it, mind, but it wouldn't be a world-ending life of servitude in their eyes.
The more wealthier kids, though, they would know what a mink was because of their at-home trophy collections and fur garments that their parents showcase. This would affect them much more because it would suggest; look, if you don't behave, you've seen in REAL LIFE what will happen. You become furniture. And being raised in a more well-off environment, they wouldn't be accustomed to such fear-mongering thoughts, so it would be mentally devastating to them. Either they go crazy from the resulting nightmares, or they resolve to become the most disciplined kids you'd ever see.
... supposedly. Just throwing the idea out there as a weird sort of justification to draw out Lampwick turning into a mink because... well, I think it tells a bit of a funner story. And minks are cute.
Clip from Disney's Pinocchio (1940), photo-manipulated by yours truly. Thanks to
born2beagator for providing a high quality clip. He's got 'em all; ask if you want some.
But, you know, it really could've been worse.
For example, what if the boys were turned into minks instead?
Reckon folks in the 40s back then would associate minks specifically for the garment clothes, which effectively symbolized that the dregs of society ended up using their very lives up to adorn the rich and wealthy with mere coverings. Whole lot of different ways that version could be interpreted if it came out of left field. Could be seen as poorer people not getting a break and being ensnared by the rich for promise of food and fun. Could be seen as richer people going to some dark lengths to fashion themselves in the very best they can. Or, you know, could just be seen as people who wanna do what they want being little more than domesticated weasels.
At the same time, though, perhaps it might be a lot more targeted towards a specific audience this way. I mean; the average kid in the 40s isn't going to really know what a mink is; just some kind of weasel, as it appears, and being turned into a weasel is, in essence, not as bad at first glance. They've got claws rather than hooves and are actually kinda cute. They wouldn't want it, mind, but it wouldn't be a world-ending life of servitude in their eyes.
The more wealthier kids, though, they would know what a mink was because of their at-home trophy collections and fur garments that their parents showcase. This would affect them much more because it would suggest; look, if you don't behave, you've seen in REAL LIFE what will happen. You become furniture. And being raised in a more well-off environment, they wouldn't be accustomed to such fear-mongering thoughts, so it would be mentally devastating to them. Either they go crazy from the resulting nightmares, or they resolve to become the most disciplined kids you'd ever see.
... supposedly. Just throwing the idea out there as a weird sort of justification to draw out Lampwick turning into a mink because... well, I think it tells a bit of a funner story. And minks are cute.
Clip from Disney's Pinocchio (1940), photo-manipulated by yours truly. Thanks to
born2beagator for providing a high quality clip. He's got 'em all; ask if you want some.
Category Artwork (Digital) / Transformation
Species Mink
Size 1280 x 950px
File Size 119.3 kB
There are still a difference. Farm animals can not live in a wild and have to be under human control. Donkeys, pigs, sheeps (I know a tale where all improper kids turned into ones) have no other choose then be a property for the rest of their lives. And donkey fate is better comparing to sheep or lastly pig, which doomed to be slain for food.
"Wild" animals can live free. Of course, it's hard, but there are possibility of escape. A Mink can hide even in a city, which is not possible for cattle. So as one, you can continue your previous life without need of discipline and education. In times of Pinocchio, life as forest creature could be better then a street rat, which are same object of hunting as game trophies and be executed for a theft.
"Wild" animals can live free. Of course, it's hard, but there are possibility of escape. A Mink can hide even in a city, which is not possible for cattle. So as one, you can continue your previous life without need of discipline and education. In times of Pinocchio, life as forest creature could be better then a street rat, which are same object of hunting as game trophies and be executed for a theft.
My point exactly. Totally up for multiple interpretations. I figured that being trapped on a Mink farm would be much worse than a life of servitude, which like the minks, isn't guaranteed to suck. Similar to the possibility to minks escaping and living free, maybe the viewer would imagine that a donkey victim will end up on a farm in the care of a young eager kid who loves them to bits and it would be a wonderful life after all.
Often times, depending on a subject, an untold story will tell itself, and more often or not, it'll go the way they want out of subliminal desire. I personally think it would be better if the minks were all set free and PI was simply a human population control program sponsored by the government. But in the eyes of a storyteller, which version provides a bit more insight? Conflict? The eye-grabbing suspense that keeps the reader going, wondering what happens next? And a government program turning people into wildlife and that being the end of it... well, that doesn't have much.
I might do an edit of the shipyard scene with sad minks and labels pointing to the Hudson's Fur Trade Company instead to set a conflict there and play a bit with a darker side of the story (it's strangely more fun than you think). But for now...
... well, enjoy the eye-candy that is a Disney style mink that looks more like a cat than anything.
Often times, depending on a subject, an untold story will tell itself, and more often or not, it'll go the way they want out of subliminal desire. I personally think it would be better if the minks were all set free and PI was simply a human population control program sponsored by the government. But in the eyes of a storyteller, which version provides a bit more insight? Conflict? The eye-grabbing suspense that keeps the reader going, wondering what happens next? And a government program turning people into wildlife and that being the end of it... well, that doesn't have much.
I might do an edit of the shipyard scene with sad minks and labels pointing to the Hudson's Fur Trade Company instead to set a conflict there and play a bit with a darker side of the story (it's strangely more fun than you think). But for now...
... well, enjoy the eye-candy that is a Disney style mink that looks more like a cat than anything.
What interesting, in original tale, humans can speak with animals, but their voices are like whispers. They just do not believe that donkeys are former kids. And, maybe, some of real donkeys are pretending to be kids to give them better life. Of course, it was the metaphor of slavery: if you do not like education, you will get the hardest and low-wage job.
There were my dream about a fur-farm, where all foxes are recyclable. After they grew fur, owner removes it alive (which is very painful of course), and they remained to grew new one.
For sheep, the tale is: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunno_on_the_Moon
There were my dream about a fur-farm, where all foxes are recyclable. After they grew fur, owner removes it alive (which is very painful of course), and they remained to grew new one.
For sheep, the tale is: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunno_on_the_Moon
I imagine the place would have been more appropriately outfitted if that was the case. You are assuming they maintain the same donkey-proof barriers despite intentionally creating a very different species.
A more mink-proof barrier would be a full smooth-stone wall angled towards the inside on all sides. They would not be able to leap or grip.
A more mink-proof barrier would be a full smooth-stone wall angled towards the inside on all sides. They would not be able to leap or grip.
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