“Why can't I commit?” company asks after breakups with Pixar, Miramax
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Hollywood -- The Walt Disney Company has gone into psychotherapy to deal with its relationship problems after a string of nasty breakups, Dateline Hollywood has learned. According to psychiatrists, the media corporation displays signs of a classic "fear of commitment" and "inability to communicate" that have ended its relationships with both Pixar and Miramax.
"I'm really glad that Disney has decided to go into therapy," said Pixar CEO Steve Jobs. "If it doesn't deal with its issues, it's just going to keep breaking up with animation companies and independent labels again and again."
Insiders say Disney's entry into therapy is long overdue. Starting in the early '90s, a string of problems in its animation business and executive ranks caused the corporation to lose the mental stability it enjoyed for the first 70 years of its existence.
Those mental problems manifested themselves in irrational behavior with several top executives at the time. Disney ended up breaking up with long time aide Jeffrey Katzenberg and then, on the rebound, had a tempestuous and short-lived affair with Creative Artists Agency founder Michael Ovitz.
"Disney started dating Ovitz on the rebound, which was a big mistake," said a source close to the company. "We all knew it. But Disney insisted it was true love. What a disaster."
The company thought it had solved its problems in the late '90s and early 2000's, as newly formed relationships with Pixar and Miramax proved successful and the partners all thought they would be together for the long run.
But Disney's problems were apparently sublimated, and as Pixar and Miramax began making more demands, the media conglomerate began to act out.
"Disney was never an easy partner, but in the past few years it has become totally irrational," said Miramax co-chairman Harvey Weinstein. "The other day I just asked it to pass the marketing budget and it threw a bunch of DVDs at me and started crying."
A representative for Disney refused to comment. But sources say the corporation has committed to three psychotherapy sessions per week and is looking to "work out its own issues" before it starts talking to potential new partners.
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Hollywood -- The Walt Disney Company has gone into psychotherapy to deal with its relationship problems after a string of nasty breakups, Dateline Hollywood has learned. According to psychiatrists, the media corporation displays signs of a classic "fear of commitment" and "inability to communicate" that have ended its relationships with both Pixar and Miramax.
"I'm really glad that Disney has decided to go into therapy," said Pixar CEO Steve Jobs. "If it doesn't deal with its issues, it's just going to keep breaking up with animation companies and independent labels again and again."
Insiders say Disney's entry into therapy is long overdue. Starting in the early '90s, a string of problems in its animation business and executive ranks caused the corporation to lose the mental stability it enjoyed for the first 70 years of its existence.
Those mental problems manifested themselves in irrational behavior with several top executives at the time. Disney ended up breaking up with long time aide Jeffrey Katzenberg and then, on the rebound, had a tempestuous and short-lived affair with Creative Artists Agency founder Michael Ovitz.
"Disney started dating Ovitz on the rebound, which was a big mistake," said a source close to the company. "We all knew it. But Disney insisted it was true love. What a disaster."
The company thought it had solved its problems in the late '90s and early 2000's, as newly formed relationships with Pixar and Miramax proved successful and the partners all thought they would be together for the long run.
But Disney's problems were apparently sublimated, and as Pixar and Miramax began making more demands, the media conglomerate began to act out.
"Disney was never an easy partner, but in the past few years it has become totally irrational," said Miramax co-chairman Harvey Weinstein. "The other day I just asked it to pass the marketing budget and it threw a bunch of DVDs at me and started crying."
A representative for Disney refused to comment. But sources say the corporation has committed to three psychotherapy sessions per week and is looking to "work out its own issues" before it starts talking to potential new partners.