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| Disney - The Magic is Gone |
| 2020-08-16 |
| [Jewish World Review] I started my almost 30 year career at the Walt Disney Studios in 1970. Walt Disney himself had only been dead about three years and the studio was still pretty much the same as it had been when Walt was running things. Walt was a patriot and he enjoyed making pictures that celebrated America's history and heroes from American Revolutionary Johnny Tremain to Davy Crockett to Pecos Bill and Casey Jones. Walt and his team also created entertainment that highlighted the family, stories such as Pollyanna, Swiss Family Robinson, Old Yeller, and Mary Poppins. The studio grounds felt like a college campus, a college campus from the 1950s. When I walked through the halls of the animation building or around the lot people who passed by would look me in the eyes and smile. They'd say "hello" even if they didn't know me. That's the way it was then, friendly, family-like, and welcoming. The Disney studio had the reputation of being the best animation studio in the world. Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Pinocchio, Bambi, Alice in Wonderland, Cinderella, Peter Pan, and so many other classics were produced at this magical place. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #12 Just sit your child down next to the toilet... |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2020-08-16 19:33 |
| #11 The only reason we even have such insane copyright laws is so Mickey Mouse doesn't go into the public domain. He was created in 1932 or thereabouts, for chrissake. |
| Posted by: Elmung Hatrack5948 2020-08-16 15:37 |
| #10 People whine about the copyright thing all the time. It's only worth what the public will pay. If the public is willing to pay a lot why wouldn't you (as a corporation) consider it a valuable asset to protect by law / bribe / etc? |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2020-08-16 11:15 |
| #9 You take away the bought and paid for infinite copyright protection and you'll hear the flak over target. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2020-08-16 10:48 |
| #8 It would be child abuse to deny your young kids access to the Disney classics, and the woke crowd of parents avidly buy the new propaganda crap whether their kids want to see it or not. So, yes, Disney ain't going away any time soon. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2020-08-16 09:47 |
| #7 "broke"? think not: DIS = $8B in free cash flow annually + 24B in cash reserves, making money hand over fist |
| Posted by: Slats Elmereque8770 2020-08-16 07:27 |
| #5 Can't stand Disney. |
| Posted by: Clem 2020-08-16 07:07 |
| #4 The guy who built it, earned it. The generations afterward, like so many other trust fund babies, squandered what made its wealth possible in the first place. They're living off the name. Time for the Mouse to die. Copyright back to 14 years with an additional 14 for the individual artist. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2020-08-16 06:57 |
| #3 They went from telling uplifting stories (which doesn't need a happy ending if you're a good writer) by excellent writers, to preaching by idiots selected purely on ideological lines. |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2020-08-16 06:33 |
| #2 Get Woke, Go Broke. Morally, then Fiscally. Wokism is projecting your racism and sexism on others. Always be suspicious of the woke. |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2020-08-16 06:31 |
| #1 A sad, nauseating loss. As a platform to sell the diversity myth, the sexual dysmorphia myth, it's just an evil travesty now. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2020-08-16 04:38 |