![]() Through his role in the dramatic Sorcerer's Apprentice, Mickey also gained some depth of character. ![]() Animator Riley Thompson redrafted the studio's signature character with a larger head and a pear-shaped body that made him more akin to a human child and less like a fishing bobber. How was the mundane Mickey supposed to compete?įor The Sorcerer's Apprentice, Mickey got a complete redesign to become both cuter and more expressive. In particular, Donald Duck, who had first appeared in 1934, was leaving audiences in bellyaches with his high ambitions and short temper. It was also time for Mickey himself to get what today we might call a "reboot."īy the late 1930s, Mickey-hero of the Great Depression-had begun to be eclipsed by other characters who were, well, simply funnier. The "Silly Symphonies" shorts had demonstrated what the studio could do in terms of setting animation to music, and Disney was ready to present his animators with the challenge of working with a respected, complex orchestral composition. ![]() Though The Sorcerer's Apprentice ended up sparking an entire feature, it was first conceived as a more modest-though definite-step forward for the Disney studio generally and its most famous character in particular. ![]()
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