Disney TV Animation group meets early success. (Walt Disney Television Animation)(Brief Article)

Broadcasting & Cable, March, 1998 by Schlosser, Joe

Walt Disney Television Animation decided to do something a little different, and it appears to be paying off. "Redux Riding Hood," the studio's initial installment of "Totally Twisted Fairy Tales," is up for an Academy Award this week for best animated short film. The nomination is the first-ever for the Disney unit.

"We are stretching the boundaries of belief," says Dan O'Shannon, an Emmy Award--winning writer on Cheers and the creator of "Redux Riding Hood." Labeled a "purely experimental creative series," the twisted tales are Disney's retelling of classic children's stories with a fresh and decidedly different spin. "Redux," a 15-minute animated short, picks up several years after Little Red Riding Hood leaves. The (Big Bad)...

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