TMC
09-12-2023, 09:45 PM
https://jezebel.com/how-disney-channel-sold-patriotism-to-kids-after-9-11-1847593222
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Disney’s star-studded post-9/11 PSAs were intended to help kids process trauma. Twenty years later, they act as a mirror to a nation drunk on jingoism.
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“I saw a fire truck pass by the other day, and it had an American flag on it, and it was blowing in the wind,” Duff, then the star of the Lizzie McGuire, says in one clip as she gazes serenely at a tiny handheld American flag. “It was so amazing, and everybody started clapping and cheering and it was really special.”
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Disney’s star-studded post-9/11 PSAs were intended to help kids process trauma. Twenty years later, they act as a mirror to a nation drunk on jingoism.
MEaDqGDF_Hk
“I saw a fire truck pass by the other day, and it had an American flag on it, and it was blowing in the wind,” Duff, then the star of the Lizzie McGuire, says in one clip as she gazes serenely at a tiny handheld American flag. “It was so amazing, and everybody started clapping and cheering and it was really special.”