Disney-comics digest #191.

[Bror Hellman]

On Wed, 22 Dec 1993, Torsten Wesley Adair wrote:

> > Second, I don't think Disney is mis-using their characters.  Disney's
> > characters don't have any personalities.  Their personalities vary
> > based on Disney's need.  Disney has always seen them more as actors
> > playing roles than anything else.  In their mind, Bark's US is just
> > one role played by US.
> 
> While Mickey has changed over the years (adventurer to
> sickening-nice-guy), the generic personalities have been maintained in the
> cartoons.  Donald has a short temper, Goofy is the naive clutz, Daisy is
> the typical girlfriend who gets jealous and angry, but never dumps Donald.
>  If Disney revives their animated shorts, I think they will use these types.

Well, I think that's because they're stuck in their roles. It's like 
other (live) actors. I mean, Bela Lugosi, Rudoplh Valentino, Clark Gable, 
Mae West, they almost always played the same characters in film after film.


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