I was off today, so i decided to go to the studios, and this was the first time i had been in the animation tour since the animators left. on a side note, the mushu bit is hilarious.
anyway - first of all, let me say, i almost had a tear roll down my cheek seeing how empty this place was. many of the guests did not know what they were seeing was a tragedy, UNTIL -
one elderly lady right beside me spoke up during question and answer time, and asked the cm, something along the lines of, where did all the animators go? where they fired, or transferred..(she already knew the answer)
the cm replied that most were let go, and a few moved to california, but many didn't want to make that move -
the gues replied back with a 'yeah right' attitude saying, they were done unfairly, and it was a sad sight for disney to lose so many of it's talented animators, and that we should stick with what walt started as traditional animation.
this got guest asking all sorts of questions... AND TO MY SURPRISE (keeping my mouth shut) the CM answering the questions said, (not a direct quote) something to the effect of Eisner being cheap, ... then guests started asking other quesitions, but the topic changed somehow, and i left - didn't care to hear anymore - too depressing.
but - kudos to that guest who was brave enough to ask - and kudos to the cm, for halfway telling the truth.
anyway - first of all, let me say, i almost had a tear roll down my cheek seeing how empty this place was. many of the guests did not know what they were seeing was a tragedy, UNTIL -
one elderly lady right beside me spoke up during question and answer time, and asked the cm, something along the lines of, where did all the animators go? where they fired, or transferred..(she already knew the answer)
the cm replied that most were let go, and a few moved to california, but many didn't want to make that move -
the gues replied back with a 'yeah right' attitude saying, they were done unfairly, and it was a sad sight for disney to lose so many of it's talented animators, and that we should stick with what walt started as traditional animation.
this got guest asking all sorts of questions... AND TO MY SURPRISE (keeping my mouth shut) the CM answering the questions said, (not a direct quote) something to the effect of Eisner being cheap, ... then guests started asking other quesitions, but the topic changed somehow, and i left - didn't care to hear anymore - too depressing.
but - kudos to that guest who was brave enough to ask - and kudos to the cm, for halfway telling the truth.