The Bittersweet Pleasures of Winnie the Pooh

The Disney franchise has proven remarkably adept at plumbing the depths of human emotion and loss.

Dr. Thomas J. West III
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5 min readJan 3, 2021

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I’ve always enjoyed the Winnie the Pooh franchise. The classic Disney film The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh is one of the first things that I can remember watching with my Mom and, to this day she frequently refers to…

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Dr. Thomas J. West III
Screenology

Ph.D. in English | Film and TV geek | Lover of fantasy and history | Full-time writer | Feminist and queer | Liberal scold and gadfly