Re: Pocahontas

[Judith Cravens Estabrook <judithe@TENET.EDU>]

Claire, your comment reminded me of my own childhood, when I read
Cinderella and wondered why Gus and Jacques and Lucifer were not in the
story.  Disney has corrupted three generations of us :-)

Judy Cravens,   Dallas          judithe@tenet.edu

On Wed, 5 Jul 1995, Claire Simpson wrote:

> that the Disney version is the "right one."  If you don't believe me, try to
> convince one of them that the Little Mermaid did NOT marry the handsome guy,
> but rather became the foam on the sea.  The fact that HCA, the author, wrote
> it that way has no impact at all on the little guys.  I even showed them the
> original story and read them the end.  They were really annoyed with me! They
> saw it in the movie and that's that!  In the Pocahontas situation, this is
> truly disturbing and much more serious.
> Claire Simpson
> South Valley School K-4
> Moorestown NJ
> Clairesimp@aol.com
>