They've been called 'the most hated group on the internet' — but Disney adults are creating meaning in a way that feels very familiar to one religious scholar.
abc.net.au/news/disney-adults-fan-fervour-secular-religion-spirituality/102207260Joel Callen wouldn't necessarily call Disney "his religion", but it's something like it.
"I grew up watching Disney movies. Whenever we would go to the video shop down the road we would get the six weeklies for $10"Every single time, one of my choices was always, always, always Mary Poppins.""I'm an adult who unashamedly loves Disney," he says, "but there are some negative connotations that come along with [the term].
"Going to the parks and being surrounded by this storytelling being brought to life — for me it's a sense of nostalgia made 3D," he says.The emergence of the 'Disney adult' But the "Disney adult" properly emerged as a cohesive subculture when the community flourished on websites like Tumblr in the 2010s."Technically speaking, a Disney adult is someone who engages in Disney products, parks, films, conventions without bringing children along," religious scholar Jodi Eichler-Levine says.
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