92 years and a world empire later, the mouse born from Walt Disney's pencil stroke continues to permeate pop culture.
Mickey returns to Disney + for his birthday, with an animated series that combines origins and modernity;
Mickey, the most famous mouse in the world, blows out its 92 candles this Wednesday.
An anniversary celebrating the Disney + streaming platform.
For the occasion, it offers a new series called
The Wonderful World of Mickey
and which wants to modernize the legend Mickey.
The first two episodes are already available and the following ones will be posted online in the coming weeks.
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For Sébastien Durand, a specialist in pop culture and the Disney universe, this new series reconciles the original Mickey and the modern Mickey.
"He's a Mickey with today's codes, but we also find the original Mickey, in his features and in his character, not so wise as what he then became," he explains. .
"Show Mickey to those who know him and continue to show him"
The expert is also pleased with the size of the program.
"We find the traditional format of a few minutes that we had lost a bit, with gags and a bunch of friends," he says.
"The point of a series like this is to show Mickey to those who have always known him, and to continue to show him."
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This Mickey's birthday is coupled with another important date: the 40 years of Disney's partnership with the association "Make a Wish", which grants the wishes of sick children.
A Mickey plush toy is on sale for the occasion and part of the proceeds will be donated to the association.