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To Captivate Our Varied And Worldwide Audience Of All Ages, The Nature And Treatment Of The Fairy Tale, The Legend, The Myth Have To Be Elementary, Simple. Good And Evil, The Antagonists Of All Great Drama In Some Guise, Must Be Believably Personalized. The Moral Ideals Common To All Humanity Must Be Upheld. The Victories Must Not Be Too Easy. Strife To Test Valor Is Still And Will Always Be The Basic Ingredient Of The Animated Tale, As Of All Screen Entertainments.

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To Captivate Our Varied And Worldwide Audience Of All Ages, The Nature And Treatment Of The Fairy Tale, The Legend, The Myth Have To Be Elementary, Simple. Good And Evil, The Antagonists Of All Great Drama In Some Guise, Must Be Believably Personalized. The Moral Ideals Common To All Humanity Must Be Upheld. The Victories Must Not Be Too Easy. Strife To Test Valor Is Still And Will Always Be The Basic Ingredient Of The Animated Tale, As Of All Screen Entertainments.

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