Posted on 12/04/2022 2:16:59 PM PST by libh8er
Bob Iger may be back at the helm of The Walt Disney Company, but if anyone thought his return would see the company shift away from divisive identity politics, they would be sadly mistaken.
“The Board has concluded that as Disney embarks on an increasingly complex period of industry transformation, Bob Iger is uniquely situated to lead the Company through this pivotal period,” announced the Disney board’s current chairman, Susan Arnold, in a statement provided to the media on November 20th. “We thank Bob Chapek for his service to Disney over his long career, including navigating the company through the unprecedented challenges of the pandemic.”
.. “I think there’s a misperception here about wat politics is,” answered Iger. “I think that some of the subjects that have proven to be ‘controversial’ as it relates to Disney have been branded political, and I don’t necessarily believe they are.”
“I don’t think that when you are telling stories and attempting to be a good citizen of the world, that that’s political,” he affirmed. “It’s just not how I view it.”
Later, when asked for his “stance on the ‘Don’t Say Gay’ situation”, the CEO would explain, “Well, first of all, our LGBTQ employees are very important to us and we care deeply about them.”
“That is a given,” he declared. “Secondly, this company has been telling stories for a hundred years, and those stories have had a meaningful, positive impact on the world. And one of the reasons that they’ve had a meaningful, positive impact is one of our core values is inclusion, acceptance, and tolerance. And we can’t lose that. We just can’t lose that.”
(Excerpt) Read more at boundingintocomics.com ...
From a few years ago, not the US but you get the idea...
Just like comedians these days trying to make a joke that is actually funny, Disney is trying to make a entertainment that is actually fun. Neither succeeds because they are too busy tripping over their own politics.
Mr iger, with all respect. People have been telling stories for longer than disney has existed.
Most of your popular stories are not original content but stories popular over time
I understand your desire and attempt to make original content, but i see a Grimm future for you
This Cultural infection even reaches down into Science Fiction magazines. With a small circulation at best you’d think they would try to make their small market happy rather than pander to the queer culture gods. Sad when it seems our finest cultural achievements are now behind us.
Eff Disney and the sewer they crawled out of.
As a boomer, I loved Disney.
Now? Were I still a jet jock, I’d gladly accept and obey orders to bomb the bast*rds and b*tches into molecules.
Every d*mned one of them.
Not even close to kidding.
What a society when pornography is the last “unwoke” entertainment left.
One can’t always assume wokeness will translate into brokeness. However in this case DSY seems to be paying a price. We will see what happens.
1 year return
S&P 500 -13.11%
DSY -34%
I just can’t go, I just can’t!
So what do we have, ‘Analog’ has become ‘Analog’?
“101 Black Labs.”
Uh... dudes.... he was the guy who shoved it into fifth gear.
Oh you will lose this battle. I’m fairly certain.
Bye Disney.
Without ESPN Disney would be in serious trouble. Stop watching ESPN.
Anyone buying ESPN’s excrement deserves what they smell.
Sports? OK.
ESPE idiots, dullards, and ass-kissers? Nope.
The older Disney material was great. I was glad I was able to find a digital copy of 'Song of the South" a few years back. The last recent movie that Disney did really well, and that harkened back to old stories, was "Togo". That was really well done.
I had to buy a baby shower gift a few months ago ... LOTS of Mickey mouse stuff & other Disney characters. I avoided all of them like the plague.
Well, they can lose the entire company when the profits and stock price continue to plummet...
one of our core values is inclusion, acceptance,
Only as long as everyone agrees with you. If they do not you will cancel them. That is the opposite of acceptance and inclusion. Hypocrite.
Is inclusion, acceptance, and tolerance one core value or three?
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