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Synopsis:
In the annals of American history and culture, no name so embodies the American ideal as that of Walt Disney.
From the 1920s onward, he was viewed in the public imagination as the standard-bearer of the American dream, espousing good, wholesome family values at a time when many feared that America might have lost its way.
Showered with honours and awards for his ground-breaking work as an animator and filmmaker, he was hailed throughout the world as a great innovator and, indeed, creative genius.
He himself was happy to cultivate this image, having his staff refer to him as Uncle Walt – a kindly and avuncular if at times somewhat straitlaced figure who was utterly dedicated to the dream he had built around himself.
So far-reaching was his reputation – not to mention the impact of his work – that no lesser a figure than Salvador Dali made it his mission to meet with Disney upon leaving Spain at the time of its civil war.
Dali’s own reputation rested on his flamboyance, his eccentricity, his desire to shock, his determination to provoke, to undermine and to surprise and, of course, the brilliance of his nightmarish body of work.
On the surface of it, then, no two men could have been more dissimilar in their values and in the way they presented themselves to the world.
This is the somewhat surreal story of their meeting and collaboration in Hollywood in 1945.
Character Breakdown:
The play is a 3-hander: 2 males, 1 female
SALVADOR DALÍ – 41
WALT DISNEY – 44
GALA DALÍ – 51 / LILLIAN DISNEY – 46 / J. EDGAR HOOVER – 50 / DOLORES DEL RIO – 41 / ADOLF HITLER – 56 / SIGMUND FREUD – 82 (in 1938) – one actor.
Running-time: 90 minutes.
Production History: Not yet produced.
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