There are few companies in the world as protective of their intellectual property as Disney, and anyone who repurposes their material without consent is bound to get a swift call from their lawyers. And heck, even material that Disney themselves produced in the past that may have be seen as racially, culturally and socially distasteful today remains locked away in a vault (the most famous example being "Song Of The South," a massive hit at the time for the studio that still remains without a home video edition). So it's hardly any surprise that this unofficial anti-war short raised some eyebrows. "Mickey Mouse In Vietnam" is a 1-minute, silent, black-and-white short put together by Lee Savage and Milton Glaser (aka the designer who came up with the iconic I ♥ NY logo) that features the popular cartoon character enlisting in the army, going overseas and winding up with a bullet in his head.
- 6/14/2013
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
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