Has Disney lost its magic?

[sistermagpie]

BDClark:
> Has Walt Disney lost his magic?

Magpie:
With a channel to fill up, I'm not surprised there's a lot of dumb 
shows, including what looks like a parody of HP. But that was never 
part of Disney's magic to begin with. Wonderful World of Disney and 
Micky Mouse Club were kind of isolated ideas. Long after Walt 
Disney's death they were doing Toy Story and Beauty and the Beast, 
which both fit that legacy very well.

I do think they're struggling with the trend for more post-
modern, "hip" animation for kids like Shrek that's different from 
their own style. But I wouldn't judge them by everything you'd need 
to fill up an entire channel.

I would just agree with Kemper that Avatar: The Last Air Bender is 
awesome, and yet Nickelodeon's done a pretty bad job promoting that. 
They don't seem to know what to do with it.

-m