Aaron Sorkin And Walt Disney In Cabin In A Snowstorm
Aaron Sorkin and Walt Disney are stuck in Cabin in a Snowstorm and forced to have a deep conversation.
Aaron Sorkin: Look, Walt, sentimentality without substance is just manipulative pap. We need conflict, stakes, people wrestling with moral ambiguities!
Walt Disney: But Aaron, what's wrong with a little magic, a little hope? People need to believe in happily ever after, even if it's just for two hours.
Aaron Sorkin: Hope is earned, Walt, not bestowed. It comes from facing hard truths and choosing to fight for something better, not from singing bluebirds.
Walt Disney: And what's so wrong with a singing bluebird, Aaron? Sometimes a simple song can lift a soul higher than any courtroom drama ever could.
Aaron Sorkin: Because real life isn't a simple song, Walt! It's a complex symphony of ethical dilemmas and compromised ideals!
Walt Disney: But aren't we storytellers at heart? Shouldn't we be offering dreams, a better world, even if it's a little idealized?
Aaron Sorkin: Idealized becomes propaganda when it ignores the grit and the grime, the sacrifices required to achieve anything worthwhile.
Walt Disney: Sacrifice is implicit, Aaron. The prince fights the dragon, the princess waits patiently. It's all there, just packaged differently.
Aaron Sorkin: Packaged differently? You're selling escapism, Walt, I'm trying to hold a mirror up to reality, however flawed.
Walt Disney: Maybe, Aaron, maybe we both are. Just different mirrors reflecting different facets of the human heart.