The censorship standard

David A Gerstein David.A.Gerstein at williams.edu
Wed Jan 19 01:46:57 CET 1994


	Hi, Folks!

	Wilmer said:

	"Does Disney hold Gladstone to a tighter standard than they 
do publishers in the rest of the world?"

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	Why do you think we're always complaining?  If some people
understood that Disney comic fans in this country were as intelligent and
responsible and mature as those in other countries, IF far less in
number, I would be going home now to look at the new fourth set of the
FGL and re-read "War of the Wendigo" in English for the umpteenth
time.

	After all, it should have been in UNCLE SCROOGE #277, no?

	Don, what's the current status of this story?
	
	BTW:  If Disney won't permit a gun to Scrooge's head, that
means that we'll never see "Son of the Sun" reprinted uncensored
again!  That's right, Don!  Flinty can't point that gun at Donald...
and while we're at it, the burglar in WDC&S 78 will have to be changed
as well.  He, too, levels a gun right at the pulsating Donald's bill.

	I guess the days when guns could be shown as frightening
things is over.  Since every kid has one now, showing them as a threat
is obviously unfashionable.

	Same with firecrackers, particularly under the chair of HD&L's
father.

	This, BTW, is another good reason for Gladstone to print "new"
Gottfredsons in WDC&S... I have a hunch more will be banned all the
time.  Remember Pete smuggling opium in "The Captive Castaways"?  No
doubt Disney would wish to change that now, too.  Can't a villain do
something threatening or be associated with something that in the real
world is genuinely bad?

	Yours,

	David Gerstein
	<David.A.Gerstein at Williams.edu>




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