{"version": "1.0", "type": "rich", "title": "Read the Chris Sanders Storybook About What Was Wrong At Disney in the 1980s", "author_name": "kontextmaschine", "author_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "provider_name": "kontextmaschine", "provider_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "url": "https://kontextmaschine.com/post/143610572898/", "html": "<a href=\"http://www.cartoonbrew.com/ideas-commentary/chris-sanders-explained-problems-with-the-industry-in-1989-46614.html\">Read the Chris Sanders Storybook About What Was Wrong At Disney in the 1980s</a>\n<p><a href=\"https://wannabeanimator.tumblr.com/post/143598117469/read-the-chris-sanders-storybook-about-what-was\" class=\"tumblr_blog\" target=\"_blank\">wannabeanimator</a>:</p><blockquote>\n<p>\u201cBrew reader \u2018Test Pilot\u2019 was looking through his copy of The Illusion of Life when he stumbled onto some Xeroxes circa 1989 tucked inside of the book. The story and artwork, which he posted on his blog, is by Chris Sanders, director of Lilo &amp; Stitch and How To Train Your Dragon. It\u2019s called The Big Bear Aircraft Company, and of course, the drawings ooze with typical Sanders appeal.<br/></p>\n<figure class=\"tmblr-full\" data-orig-height=\"697\" data-orig-width=\"540\" data-orig-src=\"https://64.media.tumblr.com/3ea453c3a666250dc870e37e90e36477/tumblr_inline_o21wfrw3Xe1qh2ie0_540.jpg\"><img src=\"/media/tumblr_inline_o6fd69yhjX1qdlop9_540_77549f8b3c20.jpg\" data-orig-height=\"697\" data-orig-width=\"540\" data-orig-src=\"https://64.media.tumblr.com/3ea453c3a666250dc870e37e90e36477/tumblr_inline_o21wfrw3Xe1qh2ie0_540.jpg\"/></figure><p>The story is an allegorical tale about the animation industry. The message is loud and clear: a management-heavy, writer-driven animation studio will be doomed to produce safe and unoriginal animated films. His devastating takedown of writers is notable; he doesn\u2019t even bother extending a metaphor to them and bluntly depicts their uselessness in his story\u2019s setting, which is an aircraft factory.\u201d</p>\n<p>For the full story, follow the link.</p>\n</blockquote>", "thumbnail_url": "https://kontextmaschine.comhttps://64.media.tumblr.com/3ea453c3a666250dc870e37e90e36477/tumblr_inline_o21wfrw3Xe1qh2ie0_540.jpg"}