Comments on: Kubrick’s Use of Mickey Mouse Song in ‘Full Metal Jacket’ is Genius! http://skrapnel.com/2009/05/01/full_metal_jacket_mickey_mous/ Explosive Scraps and Thoughts by Chris Lynn Wed, 30 Jun 2010 02:24:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Ryan M http://skrapnel.com/2009/05/01/full_metal_jacket_mickey_mous/#comment-391 Ryan M Sat, 01 May 2010 02:12:45 +0000 http://skrapnel.com/?p=464#comment-391 I also loved this scene, and last night I found out where Kubrick got the idea. I was reading "The Doom Pussy" a book by journalist Elaine Shepard about the Vietnam War which was published in 1967. On page 167 several Air Force flyers have started their own "Mickey Mouse Club" in a bar in Saigon and they sing, beer in hand and Mickey Mouse ears on their heads, the song. Several verses of the song are spelled out in the text. This in and of itself made me think that Kubrick must have read the book, but then, on page 168, after the song has finished, one of the airmen, Tors, says "I hope the producer of Strangelove never gets a hold of that." The bar owner responds, "Why, didn't you know? It's just possible that Dr. Strangelove lives in Peking." Twenty years later Kubrick used the song in his Vietnam epic. A tribute to “Doom Pussy,” or maybe a little inside joke? The world may never know. I also loved this scene, and last night I found out where Kubrick got the idea. I was reading “The Doom Pussy” a book by journalist Elaine Shepard about the Vietnam War which was published in 1967. On page 167 several Air Force flyers have started their own “Mickey Mouse Club” in a bar in Saigon and they sing, beer in hand and Mickey Mouse ears on their heads, the song. Several verses of the song are spelled out in the text. This in and of itself made me think that Kubrick must have read the book, but then, on page 168, after the song has finished, one of the airmen, Tors, says “I hope the producer of Strangelove never gets a hold of that.” The bar owner responds, “Why, didn’t you know? It’s just possible that Dr. Strangelove lives in Peking.”

Twenty years later Kubrick used the song in his Vietnam epic. A tribute to “Doom Pussy,” or maybe a little inside joke? The world may never know.

]]> By: Lauretta http://skrapnel.com/2009/05/01/full_metal_jacket_mickey_mous/#comment-304 Lauretta Sun, 25 Oct 2009 07:07:53 +0000 http://skrapnel.com/?p=464#comment-304 http://collativelearning.com/FMJ%20contents.html the best analysis of FMJ i have come across... :) great observations regarding the final scene! ..."what is this mickey mouse shit!?"--sgt. hartman...another reference to mickey mouse right before private pyle commits suicide. http://collativelearning.com/FMJ%20contents.html

the best analysis of FMJ i have come across… :) great observations regarding the final scene!

…”what is this mickey mouse shit!?”–sgt. hartman…another reference to mickey mouse right before private pyle commits suicide.

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