Disney-fication

Disney-fication
  or Disney-fied
  refers to the making of an adapted, sanitized, 'family-friendly' version of a book or play, by removing objectionable elements (such as crude language, sexuality, or violence) and modifying plot elements to make the tale more acceptable, entertaining, predictable and popular for mass consumption by audiences, as first exercised by the Disney studios in the 50s; now used as a derogatory term for how popular culture has been homogenized and cultural diversity has been minimized; see also bowdlerize(d)
  Examples: Disney's Cinderella (1950) and Sleeping Beauty (1959), and recently Pocahontas (1995) and The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996); the dark Dickens novel Oliver Twist was remade as a light musical Oliver! (1968)

Glossary of cinematic terms . 2015.

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  • Disney-fied —   see Disney fication …   Glossary of cinematic terms

  • Disneyfication — noun Etymology: Walt Disney + fication Date: 1982 the transformation (as of something real or unsettling) into carefully controlled and safe entertainment or an environment with similar qualities < the Disneyfication of a downtown > …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • disneyfication — fə̇ˈkāshən noun ( s) Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: Walt Disney + English fication : the transformation (as of something real or unsettling) into carefully controlled and safe entertainment or an environment with similar qualities …   Useful english dictionary

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