Have them build their own park.....
One thing about child actors: Almost none of them are what you would call “self-made.” Every single one of the ones you’ve heard about (known as “successful”) had a sociopathic parent pushing him or her into acting.
Grownups knowingly place themselves in the position of being exploited when they seek a “career” in play-acting.
Kids, however, aren’t thinking of the creepy old producer getting them drunk at a party and doing stuff to them, however. Everybody’s always nice to them. At first. And kids love attention, especially when they’re making money, too!
So, when the unsolicited touching and weird remarks start to get out of hand, the kid is not that likely to tell anyone. He won’t like it, but he’ll put up with it. He’s either too embarrassed to tell the ‘rents or too scared. And after a while, getting shagged by the crazy, smelly old producer will seem normal. He’ll start thinking of doing those things to other kids.
I’m not sure why this is, but I always saw stuff like that. When I saw the “mouseketeers” on TV I did not envy them. I thought they looked stupid and especially the girls looked so sexual it disturbed me. I DID want to play rock musick as a kid - don’t judge me too harshly - but I was more attracted to the intellectual, rebellious, don’t-tell-me-what-to-do nature of rock, not playing dress-up and having people stare at me and give me compliments. In fact, as a rock musician, I was more likely to get called a “b1tch” by one and all because I never dated the creepy old producer. I laughed at him and shot him down. Now he’s been stalking me for 30 years, wheee.
Um, sorry, kinda off-topic. But yeah: No surprise that Disney is corrupt. It always has been - it’s just that now it’s REALLY, REALLY OBVIOUS.
If you have young kids, review the idea that movies and TV are a good way to keep them quiet and out of the way and try to come up with something else. Good luck!
“No surprise that Disney is corrupt. It always has been - it’s just that now it’s REALLY, REALLY OBVIOUS.”
Tommy Kirk got booted from Disney in 1963 for having sex with a boy in a pool in Burbank when Kirk was in his early twenties. I don’t think your description of the company is accurate.
You wouldn't by any chance be Jone Jet.