It is sound that seems to grant animals their human qualities. The chaw of Peg-Leg Pete's Star Plug tobacco and the subsequent slap of the spit smacking across his gob, Minnie's nervous squeals at Podunk Landing before she is hauled aboard by her bloomers, a parrot teasing the mouse, both voiced by Walt himself, Hope you don't feel hurt, big boy! these spellbinding moments of synchronicity between eye and ear reveal the animism in animation.

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