. . . for Clues about what MAY have motivated Steve Paddock to embark upon the deadliest shooting spree in U.S. History, need one look any further than THRU THE MIRROR? Psychiatry long has taught us about the "Irresistible Impulses" sometimes laid down in the brains of susceptible individuals (not unlike "ticking time bombs") by the subliminal programming messages fiendishly embedded within some mass market products. Exactly 7:15 into THRU THE MIRROR, Mickey Mouse begins mowing down scores of "playing cards" (all of whom have tiny human faces, arms, and legs) first Machine-gunning them with a fountain pen, then blowing them away with a fan. By 7:49, the only thing that you hear are frantic cries of "Help! Help! Police!!" Mickey's violent, unprovoked attack on the Little People "playing cards" (what better symbol for a crowd of tourists in Las Vegas?) did NOT come from the mind of THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS author Lewis Carroll. Rather, it stems from Walt Disney's demented id! Since I don't have access to very many Disney cartoons, please help me in screening the whole deplorable mess in order to inform the FBI of the specifics about the NEXT attack upon America. (After all, it's your Civic Duty!)

Paramount Pictures came out with a theatrical version of "Alice in Wonderland" in 1933, an all black and white production featuring many of the principal players under contract to the studio. This cartoon followed by two years, Walt Disney's take on how Mickey Mouse might have reacted if he went through the proverbial looking glass. The animation, color and creativity are quite good, and I'm always astonished by how professional some of these offerings are considering the era in which they were made. Making the 'King' jealous, Mickey dances with the Queen of Hearts, resulting in a dueling match, while the dance of the cards is a visual treat! It's really a fun story, and bound to delight one and all today, even if it's eighty years old.

When "Thru the Mirror" begins, Mickey has just fallen asleep after reading Lewis Carroll's "Through the Looking Glass". Then, like in the story, Mickey has a dream where he, too, is able to talk through the mirror into a strange parallel world. He finds that all the furnishings in the house are alive. Next, he eats a walnut and shrinks--and has all sorts of miniature adventures. He battles against some playing cards but my favorite portion is where he tap dances--in a manner highly reminiscent o Fred Astaire. All in all, there really isn't a lot in the way of plot but the cartoon is so much fun and the animation so nice that you really don't care! Clever and fun from start to finish.

Thru the mirror is a very creative animated short of Mickey Mouse.In this short Mickey has fallen asleep after reading "Alice in wonderland",during his sleep he dreams that he has just after walking through his mirror.There, the furniture is alive(e.g a foot stool acts like a dog).Thru the mirror has some very funny moments like the part where the king of cards is trying to kill Mickey when Mickey is caught dancing with the queen of cards and when an army of cards are chasing Mickey,Mickey grabs a pen,jumps into a clothes basket and squirts ink at the cards, also a dance Mickey starts doing lasts for half the short.This Mickey Mouse short is very creative and if you want to see it get a copy of "Everybody loves Mickey".Recommended to Mickey Mouse fans all over the world.