Mindless Pleasures/The Idea of Nature in Disney Animation

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          "Most of it, happily, is chase scenes, for which I remain 
          a dedicated sucker---it is one piece of puerility I am 
          unable to let go of. May Road Runner cartoons never 
          vanish from the video waves, is my attitude."
          Slow Learner, 19

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NqGhIftKrno

"I'M Rich!!!, I'M Wealthy!!!, I'M Independent!!!, I'm Socially Secure!!!:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rcCXnXDiKoQ

On the other hand, the little duck could rise to occasion:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7lNbXkSlZ4k
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gj66rNvDwkQ

          rich :
          from same:
 
          daffy:  "consequences, shmonsequences as long as I'm rich"

          Joe Allonby:
          That was a great Daffy Bugs short.

          Bugs represents American resilience, pragmaitism, and 
          cleverness. The positive self-image of the post-WWII 
          country.

          Daffy is all self-interest, venality and greed.

          "Try to imagine how little I care."
          "It's  mine, mine mine, all mine!"
           I love Daffy. But I prefer the Chuck Jones iconic version to the
           frenetic Tex Avery version.

Perhaps, but Tex is responsible for one of the great 
Zen Masters of American cinema:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JamW_YhgFyE

          Chuck Jones: an American artistic genius. . . .
          Warner Bros had it all over Disney.

For pure cinematic eye-candy, very little even gets close to Pinocchio:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2V_zx4PSUg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6s3Zxm6LytA

Though:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cLJ1vuUWprA

          There's also a division between the winners and/or 
          good-guys (Mickey, Bugs, Jerry) and the hapless 
          losers (Daffy, Tom, etc.)  Presumably we're meant 
          to cheer for and identify with the former?

Maybe, but we all identify with the Rodney Dangerfield within Sylvester:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gqBuuVGCx4k