Disney is in a bit of pickle now - Kotaku In Action 2

Disney is in a bit of pickle now (thatparkplace.com)

posted 41 days ago by Nohomo 41 days ago by Nohomo +68 / -0

The Walt Disney Company Scrambles to Adjust After Election But Can't Find Conservatives in the Company

Talk about a panic! The Walt Disney Company is reportedly rushing to find majority voices after the election now that they realize they’re losing the biggest swath of the country. There’s just one really big problem: they can’t find any conservatives withi...

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– FrozeInFear 3 points 41 days ago +3 / -0

I'm a bit confused about this passage at the end:

but it also deleted out the talent earned through generations of success. Replacing it is impossible in the near-term and difficult in the long-term. It turns out, the geniuses they ran away with dogma, found other places to play.

They don't give any examples of talent getting kicked out (I can only recall Roseanne and Gina Carano) and finding success, and it's not like it would be so difficult to find a 'conservative' foil for the right price.

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– raptor_jesus 11 points 41 days ago +11 / -0

Can you name a single Disney animator at all? I can't think of any. Those sort of people can take their skills elsewhere fairly easily and adjust their style to match another, less toxic studio

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– AlfredicEnglishRules 2 points 41 days ago +2 / -0

The guy who made Anastasia was a former Disney guy.

The guys that are in charge of Phineas and Ferb also wrote and drew for Family Guy, SpongeBob, and whatever the sex talking dingo was. Disney as a company competes with Universal and Nickelodeon, while the people working for them go back and forth.

Disney only has one artist for all the animated Disney movie characters. He's mostly used for the theme parks now.

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