They’ll just find a way to do it so as to avoid bad publicity. And management wonders why their people aren’t loyal, self-sacrificing workers.
Disney/ABC will pay a price in terms of company morale for months to come.
Disney will pay for this for years, not months. Disney is all about the American Dream. That’s Disney’s blessing and curse, since the American Dream is being painted as racist and sort of imperial or colonial.
You can’t put 250 families out on the street, force them to train their foreign replacements, and then raise your ticket prices on the very people likely to buy in to your brand.
This is going to stick around for a long, long time. It’s going to compromise AT LEAST their park operations, but probably their mainline kids movie business.
Disney: Where dreams come to an end. The variations on this are going to be myriad. Before it is over, the street will want a head.