Posted on 04/24/2019 3:51:51 PM PDT by EdnaMode
We are just over a month into the new Disney/Fox status quo. The Mouse House has become the industrys first mega-studio by absorbing one of its biggest competitors in a deal that has had massive repercussions, already, with thousands losing jobs and films suddenly finding themselves without a studio. But there is a lot more at play in the merger than what many were probably considering, such as Disneys morals.
Everyone knows that Disney doesnt make films the same way that everyone else does. The films under the Disney banner have a certain limit on how far they can go. Basically, youre not going to see some hard-R films coming from the studio. About as far as it has previously gone is with Marvel Studios and Lucasfilm, who both push the limit of PG-13.
But with a new slate of Fox projects, Disney has to decide just how far the studio is willing to go. And while the mega-studio is going to use Fox as its own production studio and label, there are still some standards that will have to be maintained. And according to THR, one of the films that is finding that out is Steven Speilbergs West Side Story.
The report says that the folks at Disney, particularly executive Alan Horn, is concerned about releasing a film that includes young people smoking cigarettes, and is questioning if thats appropriate for a Disney film, no matter if its based on a classic play and directed by Spielberg. Theres no resolution that has been mentioned yet.
In a previous interview with the outlet, Horn talked about this sort of issue, saying, With Fox, we can make movies that right now I say no to We always have to think about the smoking policy. The audience for a Disney movie may not know what they are going to see, but they know what they arent going to see. There are certain things we just cant include because well get letters.
They could end up releasing West Side Story under the Fox banner, which is run by Fox film president Emma Watts and THR says will cater towards the PG-13 and R-rated films. Or, as it appears might be the plan, eliminate the smoking and whatever other questionable material might be in the film, and release it as part of Disney. Well just have to wait and see.
But needless to say, Disney isnt willing to bend its moral code just to cater to Fox films. At least, not yet.
Smoking, no, abortion, ok. The world is upside down. Poor Walt is spinning in his grave.
They should have smoked pot, huh? Then that would have been peachy!
Disney to make a movie idolizing gang bangers and their concern is that youths may take up smoking.
Like supporting homosexual actitivities between film crew and underaged male actors...
The movie would lose something if cigarettes were replaced with lollypops. Just wouldn’t be the same.
Here you have a film where the protagonists are shown physically bullying their Puerto Rican peers for studying in a malted shop. Studying is bad after all and evidently brawls and promiscuity are the way to succeed on the mainland.
The movie ends on a tragic note. Only one of the little sh¡theads is dead, and only one goes to jail leaving the rest of thugdom to continue preying upon serious students.
It's a crappy story of decay with snappy tunes.
Ignore the glitter and actually pay attention to the story with the music and glitter removed.
Not a fan.
Actually, I’ve never seen West Side Story — just clips here and there over the last few decades, and we sang songs from it in high school chorus, I think. The topic never appealed to me. Sounds like I didn’t miss much.
Or Miramax, Which Disney bought in 1993 and which released Pulp Fiction along with many other violent, cigarette filled movies.
Disney is a divisive, dishonest operation. It pisses on us and Trump every damn day.
Don’t patronize this corrupt corporation.
And for the ignorant, it is a proud member of the MSM cabal.
Did Spielberg’s father Arnold smoke? He turns 103 today!
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