Disney films produced12/28/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() Now they’ll have to decide if placating Gen Z is worth tanking their financial future. How much longer will Disney continue to put politics over entertainment? How many more millions will it take for them, and Hollywood at large, to realize the error of their ways?ĭisney and the industry face an uphill battle with near unanimous support for woke politics among their employees. This latest movie also received the lowest audience score in Disney’s recent history. Teachers have also interjected themselves into familial discussions, and faced similar backlash.ĭisney has now lost hundreds of millions on “Lightyear” and “Strange World.” Parents see through these attempts, and obviously realize that many of these subjects are issues they want to discuss privately. Escapist entertainment like “Snow White,” “Pinocchio” seamlessly transitioned to “Beauty and the Beast” and “Little Mermaid.”īut now it appears the focus is more on creating characters to meet self-imposed quotas. Disney’s early days were spent making fantasies. They should engage audiences, make them laugh, allow them to escape the realities of life. Movies, especially animated films from Disney, are about entertainment. Their focus is, like most of Hollywood, on entirely the wrong things. READ: MARVEL ACTOR PUSHES BACK AT QUENTIN TARANTINO, SAYS CLASSIC HOLLYWOOD WAS ‘WHITE AS HELL’ Hollywood Focused on Wrong Things Lead actors from important franchises are openly commenting on diversity casting instead of story and character. ![]() “Lightyear” and “Strange World” both injected political themes into children’s movies. That led to a campaign to cancel Disney+ and helped propel upstart film production company competition. The company fired Gina Carano from “The Mandalorian” for supposedly inappropriate remarks, but let star Pedro Pascal remain despite making similar comments. Naturally, Disney bought into misinformation about the Parental Rights in Education bill and advocated to overturn the law.Īs a result of the poor performance, the board decided just recently to replace Bob Chapek with former CEO Bob Iger. Their most recent earnings were disastrous, thanks in no small part to a public fight with Florida Governor Ron DeSantis. (Photo by Gerardo Mora/Getty Images) Disney Virtue Signaling Hurts Bottom Lineĭisney’s obsessive focus on inserting itself into political debates has come at the expense of the company’s success. ORLANDO, FLORIDA – SEPTEMBER 30: Bob Chapek, (L) Walt Disney Company CEO and Bob Iger, Executive Chairman of Walt Disney Company speak during “The World’s Most Magical Celebration” Walt Disney World Resort 50th Anniversary at Magic Kingdom on Septemin Orlando, Florida. In reality, this is just the latest in a series of missteps from Disney’s corporate leadership. READ: BILLY EICHNER BLAMES ‘STRAIGHT PEOPLE’ AFTER ‘BROS’ MOVIE BOMBS ![]() Undoubtedly, liberal media sources will take a page from the Billy Eichner playbook and blame “straight people” for the movie’s failure. Sounds exactly like what parents want to take their kids to see, doesn’t it? Vulture helpfully summarized how important political messaging is to the film, saying it was an “environmentally focused adventure featuring a queer Black teenager.” Most notably, the film prominently features a gay teenager as a main character. “Strange World” also happened to be one of Disney’s most overtly political films, with several prominent messages repeated throughout. That was well below expectations, which ranged from $40-50 million. “Strange World” reportedly cost $180 million to produce, yet made just $24 million domestically over the long Thanksgiving weekend. This now marks a second consecutive failure from Disney, after “Lightyear” resulted in a disastrous financial loss for the company. “Strange World,” the latest film from the legendary animation studio, has become a historic flop. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply.AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |