The inimitable
The Journal of Cartoon Over-analyzations gets it exactly right.
What’s the function of a film of this kind? Essentially it’s a primer on love and marriage directed at very young people; imprinting on their little psyches the idea that smooth talking delinquents, recently escaped from the local pound, are a good match for nice girls from sheltered homes. When in ten years, the icky human version of Tramp shows up around the house, their hormones will be racing, and no one will understand why. Films like this program woman to adore jerks.
Quick! Name a Disney film where the main character has two living parents at the end!
Update:
Rankin-Bass is no better.
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