The Davy Crockett Gun Craze by Sarah Nilsen is an article about the effects of gunplay in the cartoon series of Davy Crockett in the 1950s

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The Davy Crockett Gun Craze by Sarah Nilsen is an article about the effects of gunplay in the cartoon series of Davy Crockett in the 1950s. The cartoon depicted Davy Crockett as a man who was a hero with a gun, particularly to the younger viewers, would think that this is ok. Sarah Nilsen is a professor at the University of Vermont where she teaches the history of film and television and how it affects pop culture and its power over the audience. (UVM.edu) In the article, she believes that the media has control over its audience when illustrating something in a positive way. She uses the Davy Crockett Gun Craze as an example of how cartoons can adjust the view on guns to the public. There are examples and quotes in the article that flow well and give an adequate amount of information on the Davy Crockett Gun Craze. I believe Nilsen gives many great examples to help prove her stand on the topic.
One of the first examples, and perhaps one of the stronger points, was when she mentioned in 1942 in the Disney film Bambi, which was “anti-gun and anti-hunting” was hypocritical of Disney because then Disney produced the Davy Crockett cartoon about ten years later which advertised gun use as the “center of his image and message” (Nilsen 3). This example helped prove her point that Disney is hypocritical of itself and the messages they are sending to the younger viewers.

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