A Disney adult is an adult who is an avid fan of the works of the Walt Disney Company. Disney adults are sometimes seen by others as embarrassing or naive for enjoying material ostensibly aimed at children, with sociologist Idil Galip saying that the financial and emotional investment in maintaining the commercialized hobby ‘almost signals a break from regular society or real life.’
Canadian scholar Henry Giroux argues that the escapism actively sought by these adults through consumption of media they know to be directly connected to the Walt Disney conglomerate is a product of the company’s intentional and careful design by commercializing any previous emotional attachments to its properties, which in turn leads to an infantilization of the audience’s self that reduces their sense of agency.
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