Every year, our town invites historical performers--the kind that act as some character from history--to come for week of performances. So tonight, we got to see Walt Disney telling his story.
I learned something about Disney that I didn't know. His mother, Flora, had a great influence on his life, while his father, Elias, was often at odds with his son. And yet, Disney mentions his mother very little, and there are not many tributes in commemoration to her, while there are plenty to his brother and even some to his father.
Apparently, Disney bought a house for his parents in California. When his parents moved there, there was some kind of furnace malfunction that led to his mother's death. Disney blamed himself, because he felt he hadn't checked the house properly, and from then on he kind of shut her out of his memory. We wouldn't talk about her, even with his own family.
My sister thinks that this might be why there is a distinct lack of good maternal figures in many of his movies. If a parent is referenced, it is almost always a father. The mother is either not in the picture at all, or barely mentioned. It makes a certain amount of sense, in a way. Any thoughts?
-Matt
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