Posted on 07/27/2023 7:48:43 AM PDT by Red Badger
Why are they doing it? That's the logical question that any normal human being would have as they watch these interviews with the stars of Disney's upcoming live-action Snow White.
VIDEOS AT LINK..................
This is the kind of stuff that actually makes me worry about the future of our friends at The Babylon Bee. Those actual, real-life, serious interviews are almost identical to the kind of scripts satirists would write in an effort to parody progressives' absurd obsession with wokeness and identity politics. I know it's becoming cliché, but there is a sector of progressivism that is now beyond parody. (Of course, now that I think about it, as bad as this may be for the Bee folks, I suppose it is the ultimate job security for those of us at Not the Bee).
So anyway, why would they do it? I don't care how impenetrable your echo chamber may be, there's no way that someone in the Disney boardroom is unaware of how all this plays in the general population. They see the box office numbers, they peruse social media, they notice the dropping park attendance. Someone there, and probably more than a few someones if not a majority, have noticed that the company's core demographic - families - may have reached a tolerance tipping point where they say, "we have better options."
But if they know all this, then why don't they course correct?
A conservative preacher named Michael Clary recently offered his best guess, and after reading it, this may be the most thoughtful, thorough, and reasonable explanation I've seen. Make sure to read the whole thing:
It's clear at this point that Disney has dug themselves a hole they can't get out of.
This interview is for the upcoming "Snow White" - but with a "modern edge." Wow. Innovative.
The young actress says…
"It's no longer 1937" (cuz we're so much better than they were!)
"She's not gonna be saved by the prince" (yeah, who needs a man to save her?)
"She's not gonna be dreaming about true love" (good! Girls hate that crap these days! This isn't 1937! Girls don't want to fall in love! Gross!)
"She's dreaming about becoming the leader she knows she can be" (that's the ticket! All girls dream about these days is leadership!)
Disney has to know this message wont sell, but they can't turn back now. They're still benefiting from the trust they'd accumulated back when they cared about their audiences and made decent films. But that time is running out.
Disney corp is be-clowning itself with this kind of propaganda. They're a joke. Their credibility with their target audience isn't any better than Bud Lite. They're a progressive propaganda machine and every family knows it.
But they can't stop doing it. Their brand identity requires them to continue creating soulless garbage to stay in the good graces of LGBTQ activists who are now running the show.
Families aren't buying it. Disney was once associated with wholesome, family entertainment.
Now? Not so much. You can't continue to undermine the core values of your target audience and expect people to keep shelling out cash for it.
What parents want to take their kids to a special day at the movies, shell out their hard earned cash to sit in a theater, getting lectured at by a self-righteous, preachy screenplay that revels in undermining the values you're trying to instill in your children?
The "Disney worldview" is one that would deprive parents of grandchildren in the future because it tells little girls that the "good life" is to be girl-bossing in some corporate boardroom, not falling in love, getting married, and building a loving family together. Yuck! That's so 1937! Patriarchy!
But since Disney has run out of new ideas, they're cannibalizing "the vault" by modernizing the old, embarrassing film classics, all but ensuring they'll erase whatever decent legacy they might otherwise have had.
You're committing suicide, Disney. Fine with me. The sooner the better. Here's one household where you won't be missed.
A number of points Clary brings up hit the mark.
First, he's right in saying that Disney's credibility is shot. People may still love the park rides, food, and overall experience (though it's not for everybody). They may still love the "vault" of Disney classics. They may still have fond memories of Walt's old nature programs and thoroughly American risk-taking ventures. But when people hear the name Disney these days, they're far more likely to think "gay activism" than "family."
The difficulty for Disney is they have to know that isn't sustainable. Even though a large sector of young people are embracing the social fad of claiming alternative genders and sexualities than ever, it's nowhere near enough to sustain the multi-billion dollar bottom line of the company should the Disney name become solely associated with gay identity politics. Making itself a niche company that dutifully caters to the "queer agenda" just isn't a feasible long-term corporate strategy.
That said, the dilemma emerges in that the vocal and active core of the company's employee base - from parks to movies - is disproportionally LGBT obsessed. They want it celebrated in every park, merchandise in every gift shop, promoted in every company press release, featured in every company movie, and they will regard it as an attack on their dignity if that doesn't happen.
Meanwhile, Clary is also right that the creative genius of Disney has been stunted. Innovation has given way to political considerations and activism. So on the one hand, they can't come up with any new ideas that appeal to their core demographic. On the other, they abuse their old material and ruin the one remaining shred of their legacy that does appeal to that core demographic.
I still think it's highly unlikely that Disney will ever actually die. But there will be a breaking point, and when it arrives there will have to be changes far more substantial than changing CEOs from one woke crusader to another.
I liked
The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh (rebel masked Robin Hood type)
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=0oh28HwUa5A
And Johnny Tremain (Sons of Liberty)
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNzApsp1ZSQ
Current Disney wouldn’t like these, too MAGA-appealing
What makes Peter Hack believe that? Is he going by the misguided too big to fail theory? That theory is bogus to begin with. When people abandon something, it cannot sustain itself, be it a country or a well-established business.
History has proven that many times over. Some here foolishly believe that this nation is too stronger to fail. All nations fail when they become corrupt, and unless you are not paying attention, our nation has become very corrupt.
The more divided we become, the quicker the fall comes. We are at that point.
The adage United we stand, divided we fall is not just some clever saying. It's the reality.
Oh yeah! “Scarecrow” was great.
Am I wrong, or did Disney first do “Zorro?”
“ Good thing I have my copy of Song of the South safely stored.”
Me too. My oh my what a wonderful day!
I used to study how to preserve firearms - sealed tubes, grease, anti-oxidants, all that stuff. NOW, I study how to preserve and bury books - more important for my grandchildren than firearms.
Disney could get back on track but they won’t.
Liberals ALWAYS double, triple, quadruple down on ideology matters, no matter the cost.
About the only thing that would save them would be a shareholders revolt and hostile takeover by someone like Musk......................
There’s a YouTuber who did exactly that though... Stuck the electric guts from a crashed e-bike into a Model A. Had more power than the original Ford flat-4.. but not by much.
However, I get what you’re saying.
The Left isn’t trying to re-create these stories... It’s trying to DESTROY what they originally stood for and the messages therein. Traditional values? Natural gender roles?
Screw that... they have Cultural Marxism to push... Can’t do that with GOOD examples of how traditional Western Culture was far superior to their hateful dreck lying about.
The new Bambi’s catch phrase will be “Dost thou like the taste of butter?”
Precisely. None of these agendas care about anything but the ieaalism, the party line. They are ideologues who just don’t care to debate because they believe they know all the facts and everyone who doesn’t know these same facts is stupid. The whole of it runs the gamut from queer to climate, to renewables. The will not see anything but what they want to see. End of story, finished.
These are the useful idiots to the people who lead them that DO care about money and power. Disney has become just another useful idiot.
They probably intend on turning it into Pervert World. The “transition” is a bitch though.
They honestly believe in what they are pushing. They do not see that they are doing more harm than good. What their movies should have done was to make those suffering from gender dysphoria, was to provide them with hope by telling them they are the gender they were born, and that they need to embrace that, and that they are loved for who they are. That would have provided them with the inclusiveness they seek.
Disney will either have to sell out to someone else for pennies on the dollar, or lose it in bankruptcy. But there would be no guarantee that the new owner would keep the name anyway.
I personally think they have already destroyed the legacy.
Because they’re pedophile fags that can’t control themselves
That’s why
Where from here? Well, I for one am looking forward darkly to a Woke remake of Davey Crockett, King Of The Wild Frontier. Try to imagine the cringe in that one.
Once you’ve sold your soul to the devil it’s tough buying it back.
The Village People
“Its fun to stay at the Disney”
“Why not just create NEW stories, that fit their post-modern, neo-marxist attitudes?”
They do that too, but they’re out to erase any vestiges of morality of the old film.
In the future they don’t want you to even remember the old Snow White.
It’s Soviet style erasure of history.
Yes….I have a YUGE collection, of books and movies, for the grands.
Many of hubby’s and my original school books, too!
Sounds like you have a great collection.
Are they replacing all the white Snow White’s at theme parks?
Yes, with black guys......................
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