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If You’re Late This Time, You’re THROUGH!!! “Petal To The Metal” (1992)

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I also detect in applied linguistics publications a general assumption that the times in which we live are unique. In short, there is the message sometimes implicit, sometimes explicit that we are living in an era like no other in the history of humanity.

Neoliberalism and Applied Linguistics / David Block,John Gray,Marnie Holborow

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The Making of ‘Mickey’s Christmas Carol’

Part 5

Burny had not been the only person to grow frustrated with the Cauldron leadership. The directors were becoming notorious for not knowing what they wanted yet being incredibly picky with the work people were doing for them.

An animator named David Block, who had started in the studio’s training program in 1977, was interested in getting cast onto the unit that would be animating Taran, the film’s lead. On his own time, he did a personal animation test of Taran running with his oversized sword and then tumbling forward under the weight of it. He showed the test to one of the directors and was immediately told that his choices were too broad for the film’s tone. In that moment, Block realized, much like Burny had earlier, that his sensibilities were not lining up with the leadership’s and did an about-face, wanting off of Cauldron immediately.

Another animator had been assigned a production shot of Hen Wen the pig, tasting her food and then rejecting it. Instead of just doing what was expected, he decided to have fun with the scene and really pushed the pampered pig’s behavior as she tasted a tiny bit of the food in her teeth and then spit it out. As a result, he turned in a scene with very broad, caricatured acting. The directors were furious. Not only did they want this artist kicked off of their film but they thought he should be fired from the studio. That animator was Glen Keane.

To these and many other artists, Christmas Carol was an oasis in the dessert. It was simpler and lighter in tone, plus it gave them the chance to animate the beloved, classic Disney characters that they’d all grown up with. So to Burny’s door they went, asking if they could be a part of his team. He was more than happy to take in these Cauldron refugees. Where that film’s leadership saw no potential, Burny saw talent and enthusiasm.