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Lady and the Tramp (1955)

★ 7.1 · 5,623 ratings on TMDB

She's from the leash and license set... he's footloose and collar free!

Lady and the Tramp poster★ 7.1

Lady, a golden cocker spaniel, meets up with a mongrel dog who calls himself the Tramp. He is obviously from the wrong side of town, but happenings at Lady's home make her decide to travel with him for a while.

DirectorClyde Geronimi, Hamilton Luske, Wilfred Jackson
CastAlan Reed, Barbara Luddy, Bill Baucom, Bill Thompson, Dal McKennon, George Givot
GenresAdventure, Animation, Comedy, Family
The emergence reading

Lady and the Tramp keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8/E9 of the E0–E14 reality ladder, compressing love, class, identity, family, prejudice.

zero-distanceUSloveclassidentityfamilyprejudice
Also inFilms about classFilms about loveFilms about familyFilms about prejudice
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Same rung, same subject

Films fighting at the same level of reality, about the same things.

Shrek 2 (2004)E8/E9 · class, identityShrek (2001)E8/E9 · class, identityPaddington (2014)E8/E9 · class, familyYoung Frankenstein (1974)E8/E9 · class, identityCinderella (2015)E8/E9 · class, familyHotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation (2018)E8/E9 · family, identity

Same subject, different rung

The same preoccupations examined at another scale — one mind versus a nation.

TMNT (2007)E6/E11 · rare rung · family, identityX-Men: The Mutant Watch (2000)E11/E12 · rare rung · identity, prejudice

Same people

Shared director or cast.

Alice in Wonderland (1951)dir. Clyde GeronimiPeter Pan (1953)dir. Clyde GeronimiCinderella (1950)dir. Clyde GeronimiPinocchio (1940)dir. Hamilton LuskeFantasia (1940)dir. Hamilton LuskeSaludos Amigos (1942)dir. Hamilton Luske