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Disney to Still Fund ‘Don’t Say Gay’ Bill Backers, Will Support Gay Rights with ‘Inspiring Content’
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It always pisses me off how this company always skirts away controversy. And this same company bends over backwards to avoid getting snagged in PR nightmares like this so as their image isn't smeared in shitpaint.
From what I gleaned off interviews like from Owl House creator Dana Terrace. Disney CREATIVE is super supportive but it sounds like financial Disney is the bitch.
We want to inspire you enough that you give us your money, but we like the way that boot looks against your face so... we cool?
It's so annoying that corporations can claim to be ""apolitical"" while at the same time making political donations.
Thats all depressingly true. The fact is though that one of these two people have been more outspoken about inequality, and the other has all but literally said "keep politics out of this". Can't really go by anything other than that.
Did that as soon as we heard about this.
Did you have something else to add to the topic, or were you gonna just drop that deuce and then peace out like a fart in the wind?
Seriously. There was really no one else anywhere in the company?
It's a matter of how much damage he's going to do before he's gone.
i think he just pointed at whoever was shining his shoes on the last day
it's 100 percent this. remember disney is only incorporated because of the florida state legislature. they can revoke this at anytime
Basically, sadly, the Board also got deep into Trumpism now so anything goes. Like I think the Board in California is also paid off and they want that Third Gate.
Unless Anaheim gets desperate.
Also this playing both sides sadly sums up current day Democrats sadly...
They thought they could pull the same thing when we learned they were supporting this bill. If it ain't broke, don't fix!
Disney Boss Bob Chapek Says Company Won't Slam Florida's 'Don't Say Gay' Bill Directly, But Still Committed To Inclusion
More of the same cowardly, empty, do-nothing platitudes as found in the original statement.
Oh, and in what shouldn't come as a surprise to anybody...
More of the same cowardly, empty, do-nothing platitudes as found in the original statement.
Oh, and in what shouldn't come as a surprise to anybody...
Oh the investor day on Wednesday is gonna be fun...
His contract is short too. So unless shareholders want to keep him (word is they are pissed), his era is gonna be brief unless he pulls some awful power move shit.
Didn't Iger personally choose Chapek as his replacement? What does that say about him in that caseHeard some stories about Bob Chapek too. Apparently he's concerned that Disney is seen as too liberal.
Bob Iger should not be put on a pedestal, but...actually yeah he might handle this differently.
Why Disney Won’t Say Much About Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” Bill
Insiders say CEO Bob Chapek is less willing than predecessor Bob Iger to take public political stands — including on LGBTQ issues and voting rights. The new Disney chief’s rep replies that he “does not bring any partisan agenda to work.”www.hollywoodreporter.com
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I feel like he 100% faked for Iger just because I feel like Iger is smarter than to let Chapek be in charge like this if he knew, especially since he was going to be around a little bit longer after stepping down.
But god just get rid of the man
But god just get rid of the man
Imagine they do questions like the last shareholder meeting except this time it's just straight heat on Chapek
Amazing.
Disney can take its stance all it wants, but so many amazing lgbtq+ creatives have helped that company. It's sad it has to come to seperate charity streams but it's great what she's doing.
Not surprising. You mean incorporation in terms of zoning for their parks, right?
I tend to think of it as "personal" vs "collective" boycotts where the former is more about being able to sleep at night and trying to be selective about where your money goes without the expectation that it'll materially change the status quo.
I think there's another aspect of this that we're all kind of missing on;
*Disney doesn't have a theme park in Georgia*
I know its almost diving into tinfoil hat territory but there's not a doubt in my mind that not changing course after the backlash so far isn't slightly tied to the free reign Disney has with Disney World.
EDIT: Now that i think about it, it WAS pretty interesting that they had a few measures on their annual stockholder voting thing that said something along the lines of disclosing donations to political entities. The board obviously had recommended an "against" for it.
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Disney's performative wokeness has always felt like a checkmark on a spreadsheet to me; just another value to plug into the algorithm to maximize profits. Sometimes it shakes out well (see the post above about the Georgia bathroom laws), but then shit like this makes them look like they play both sides.
Disney has enough fans to push back, so we'll see what happens.
Also, I'm surprised there aren't more responses to this topic.
Disney has enough fans to push back, so we'll see what happens.
Also, I'm surprised there aren't more responses to this topic.
Lol at that statement. Pay us for our LGBTQ+ shit and we'll give your money to bigots.
And of course a money man is "apolitical", aka a conservative twat.
I'm done with this fucking company. I should have been completely done with them after the Mulan shit. I'm ashamed to say I didn't take a firm stance then, but I am now. I have no trouble going through with boycotts once I actually decide it. Getting friends together to watch shit in the cinema is always a lot of work anyway and imma save a bunch of money not watching their movies in Imax.
And fuck MvC. Let that shit stay dead at this point.
And of course a money man is "apolitical", aka a conservative twat.
I'm done with this fucking company. I should have been completely done with them after the Mulan shit. I'm ashamed to say I didn't take a firm stance then, but I am now. I have no trouble going through with boycotts once I actually decide it. Getting friends together to watch shit in the cinema is always a lot of work anyway and imma save a bunch of money not watching their movies in Imax.
And fuck MvC. Let that shit stay dead at this point.
I honestly cannot believe there's someone on par with latter years Eisner running the show at Disney again. Fucking wild Iger ushered this stooge in.
Everything I hear about this prick makes it sound like he should never have been considered for the position at all. He's been an utterly poor fit; no clue why Iger went with him. People need to keep putting on the pressure.
My understanding was that Iger really wanted to retire and they basically completely failed at finding a better replacement. I think Chapek got it solely based on his prior departments making lots of money.
Iger was no saint but by comparison it's really stark.
buena vista lakes and ready creek improvement district are basicially private governments they're legal governments but disney controls their government completely with only the state constitution, state/federal legislature able to check them
Lake Buena Vista, Florida - Wikipedia
A Mayor and three council members for a "city" with 10 residents, huh? 🤨
Just watch, their investor stream in acouple days is going to go on about "how inclusive Disney's awesome content is" with no sense of irony or self-awareness.
He still has financial stake in the company, he just has no creative input.
honestly, i'm kinda stunned by the low post count in this thread. it's shameful disney behaves like this while disingenuously being "inclusive" for the sake of selling tickets and merchandise in certain markets.
if this were any other company, i feel like the justified anger would be louder and more visible .
if this were any other company, i feel like the justified anger would be louder and more visible .
All the TV shows were under his perview until acouple years ago, before the Disney+ shows.