Shorts! Mickey Mouse: The Brave Little Tailor
About this episode
The episode explores the evolution of Mickey Mouse as a character and his diminishing role in animation.
When it comes to star characters for media creators, fame can be a tricky thing. It can often result in the dulling down of a once vibrant character, a sanding of the edges so the character can conform to the role of company mascot. Perhaps no character is more indicative of this than Mickey Mouse, once an adventurous little rascal, now often considered synonymous with a lumbering behemoth of a company rather than a character in his own right. But when did that change happen? Well, it was gradual, but by the late 30s, it was definitely already happening, resulting in the famous Mouse appearing in fewer and fewer cartoons while his costars Donald, Goofy, and even his own dog Pluto took center stage. But before his own cartoon short series became, essentially, a second place to put Pluto cartoons, there was one last hurrah, one last big cartoon to put Mickey in the spotlight. But was it actually good? Let's find out!
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