I think that entertainment in relation to wilderness, and that various aspects of reality can become overly emphasized or understated. I feel as though in my opinion many experts are still discovering things everyday that changes the already established fact thus in lieu of wilderness researcher in my opinion are constantly updating information like a social media post. I think that Cronon would say about Disney's attitude in relations to the wilderness is that Disney may do it's best to demonstrate a perspective of wildlife, but may things are not what they seem when it comes to wilderness (Cronon, 1995). Additionally, Cronon thoughts maybe that looking to wilderness may not be a solution to our culture's problematic relationship to the non-human world (Cronon, 1995). Furthermore, Disney's "Bambi" movie has a lot of influence over the
American culture to the point that the American attitudes in regards to the understanding of the wild animals and wildlife help against hunting of wildlife (Lutts, 1992). One of the key features of Disney's "Bambi" film is the hunter scene or the death of Bambi's mother that caused a lot of controversy among hunter supporters (Lutts, 1992) the shock of the scene elaborates upon Cronon's point of the problematic relationships between human and nonhuman (Cronon, 1995).
I'm have to say I think that Lutts has a point to a certain degree, but overall I disagree with him in hindsight "Bambi" is a film that try to make the understanding of wildlife and wilderness as a whole simple enough for the average viewer to see how the wilderness works maybe even to a degree from an animal perspective if animal brains are studied further in the future. We can harmonize people's visions with nature by accepting a universal truth of reality. Realizing that human beings are apart of nature just like animals that we all play role. Human beings have been severely affected by modernity in which with human ingenuity many have lost touch with nature unlike the indigenous tribes that respect nature, and the cycles of life. Additionally, in different people’s opinions perception becomes reality it is how individuals see the world or the wilderness, and the wildlife that is the reality I would say that “Bambi” is the perception of Disney in which there were artist in the wilderness drawing along with studying in order to be as accurate as possible. Harmonizing visions of what is actually seen in nature will take education, and practice of being in the moment accepting reality refraining from judgement.
Reference:
1.) Lutts, R. H. (1992). The trouble with Bambi: Walt Disney’s Bambi and the American vision of nature. Forest and Conservation History, 36, 160-171.
Retrieved from http://www.history.vt.edu/Barrow/Hist2104/readings/bambi.html
2.) Cronon, W. (1995). The trouble with wilderness; or, getting back to the wrong nature. In W. Cronon (Ed.), Uncommon Ground: Rethinking the Human Place in Nature (pp. 69-90). New York, NY: Norton & Co.
Retrieved from http://www.williamcronon.net/writing/Cronon_Trouble_with_Wilderness_1995.pdf