Chapter 12
Priming
There is a significant proportion of the population who have rather large suspicions that Disney is trying to sneak subliminal messages about sex into their children’s movies – if it’s anything to go by, the video ‘Disney Subliminal Messages’ (uploaded by TheKilluminati786, no less) has, as of writing, almost 1.7 million views1 (see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=meHsuA0b1uE).
The topic has received so much attention that even major media agencies have addressed it,2 finding that Disney has a rational explanation for everything (although, I suppose they would . . .): no, the magic dust in The Lion King doesn’t spell ‘SEX’, it spells ‘SFX’; no, the bishop in The Little Mermaid doesn’t have an erection, it’s just his knees; ...
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