Mickey Mouse is a mutant — "always a reflection of the culture around him"

'Mickey Mouse started as a mischievous, rebellious trickster in the late 1920s,' writes Justin Papan in his newsletter, 'a subversive figure who connected with audiences struggling through the Great Depression.'
As the cartoon mouse's popularity grew, Disney softened Mickey: 'his rough edges were smoothed over. — Read the rest
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