The Toys Played Us
When you watch a film as a kid, you don’t really look out for the cool hidden or not-so-hidden messages, you generally just want to see the bright colors and the characters you love. Naturally, a lot of jokes go unnoticed. I’m not even talking about the adult jokes, just the plain old life experience kind of jokes. Chances are that you weren’t the most cultured child in the world, so you may not have paid attention to this one.
We really didn’t appreciate good humor and references if they would have hit us in the face! Fortunately for us now, we can re-watch all of our favorite childhood films and actually understand the things they were saying on a deeper level. Maybe that’s the hidden secret in Disney films… they know how to make them relatable at every life stage so that we keep coming back for more.