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LongTomH

(8,636 posts) Sat Oct 15, 2016, 04:29 PM Oct 2016

Walt Disney's 'Skeleton Dance' (1929)

I thought this would be appropriate for the Halloween season, and with all the skeleton that have come flying out of Donald Trump's closet recently (Enough for a whole block of Halloween haunted houses!!!):

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Walt Disney's 'Skeleton Dance' (1929) (Original Post) LongTomH Oct 2016 OP

What I find fascinating about this is just how many of the same scary tropes are used today. Drunken Irishman Oct 2016 #1

Trippy. SunSeeker Oct 2016 #2

I love this, good old-fashioned Halloween. betsuni Oct 2016 #3

At the beginning awoke_in_2003 Oct 2016 #4

Fun! Beartracks Oct 2016 #5

That was terrific! cyberswede Oct 2016 #6

Drunken Irishman

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1. What I find fascinating about this is just how many of the same scary tropes are used today.

Reply to LongTomH (Original post)

Sat Oct 15, 2016, 04:37 PM

Oct 2016

The imagery of Halloween has evolved but the scariness of it has its bedrocks and it's not changed - even 90 years later.

Graveyard? Yup.
Bats? Uh huh
Spiders? Oh yeah
Howling at the moon? For sure.
Black cats? Spooky!
Skeletons? They're a classic - even today.