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  • Whatever Happened to the Family-Friendly Disney Corporation of Our Childhood?

    10/22/2003 3:41:54 PM PDT · by ComtedeMaistre · 44 replies · 3,252+ views
    Comte De Maistre
    The recent controversy at the New Republic over dirty and trashy movies produced at the Disney Corporation, raised an important issue. Unfortunately, the New Republic writer, Greg Easterbrook, tried to over-simplify the issue by making it a matter of religion. Religion is not the issue. Michael Eisner and the vulgar and disgusting Weinstein brothers of Miramax (a Disney subsidiary) do not make trashy movies because they were born into Jewish homes, any more than Bill Clinton's amoral behavior can be attributed to having been raised in a Baptist home. We cannot judge people based on what church or temple they...