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It’s interesting how all of Disney’s “woke” is in those shitty “live action” remakes (+ Star Wars). The live action remakes I don’t think are intended to make money or be good, they seem to be more ways of trying to keep their IPs in perpetuity.
They wouldn’t make Elsa a lesbian, but shoving a girl kiss into Buzz Lightyear was probably the only bit of actual marketing that movie had. Instead of discussions over how tired the remake trope is, chuds froth at the mouth over whatever was going on in Snow White.
It doesn’t seem to be designed to make anyone happy - I’d love to see a queer Disney character, or even just the level of representation there was in Paranorman (character is gay, and it’s just mentioned as an off hand joke at the end). I go back and think about some of the S & P comments about Gravity Falls - how Disney absolutely refused to allow the fact that two gay characters were clearly gay and in a relationship with each other be made outright canon.
Sometimes it feels like sabotage. They don’t seem to want queer stories to succeed. They’ll use them for their tax write offs.
I'd buy the sabotage angle, and maybe any reactionaries they create is something they consider a bonus? I just don't understand their intent - it doesn't seem to be about making money? Unless some of the people involved are just really that out of touch?
The other thing that I've noticed is that it's very hard to tell what is a decent show/movie with things like The Acolyte from reviews, since there are obviously people that are leaping into the fray with a specific agenda, and probably more than a few paid shills - the critic rating is 72% while the all audience rating is 19%? That 72% number seems awfully high, but then 19% is probably due to the brigading of the butthurt "antiwoke" chuds upset that Disney "ruined their childhoods" or something...
I don't know much about tax write offs or how they work, so I looked around and it seems like they have reduced their tax bill substantially from other shows....
https://www.forbes.com/sites/carolinereid/2024/09/26/disney-reveals-star-wars-show-the-acolyte-was-over-budget-at-230-million/