This is what should happen. It’s the moral decision.
Now that’s what I call smart PR.64 minutes on Disney+ and we’re home free. Add in a documentary about the history of the original movie and the making of the new one. Boom.
(Just keep the music and explain/reframe Zip a dee doo dah and don’t screw it up)
Hopefully one day. I still have hope that the Disney Company will get a leader that truly cares again. But we might have to wait awhile.Oh, well.
I think it’s happening for sure. At Disneyland at the very least. There’s a chance it gets postponed at WDW. And maybe Iger leaves, and they realize it was a bad move, and they make proper adjustments to the Florida version like they should have instead of outright getting rid of it.I still don’t think the overlay is gonna happen. Yes, they made the announcements, hired a team that is allegedly working on it, but something about all of it seems incredibly... off. They’ve double-backed before. There are a million reasons why they would never back down from THIS particular project, of course. You can list all of those reasons and you’d be right. But I just... it doesn’t seem like it will actually happen. I predicted the parks wouldn’t open until July — so, do I get a pass?
I think the problem is less about the people who are dominating the social media discussion who wouldn’t accept any retelling and more about Disney choosing to act in ways that appease them. Look at how Warner Bros. has handled their controversial content over the years for example. Even recently with the Gone with the Wind controversy, they proved you can still go against the mob by taking the time to educate and contextualize rather than burrying the movie and pretending it never happened. When you directly compare that situation to this one, it becomes clear that Disney always taking the coward’s way out has only gotten them into more trouble in the long run.
I still don’t think the overlay is gonna happen. Yes, they made the announcements, hired a team that is allegedly working on it, but something about all of it seems incredibly... off. They’ve double-backed before. There are a million reasons why they would never back down from THIS particular project, of course. You can list all of those reasons and you’d be right. But I just... it doesn’t seem like it will actually happen. I predicted the parks wouldn’t open until July — so, do I get a pass?
I think these are both very interesting and well reasoned perspectives. As for me, I’ll take the middle road for the sake of arguement. The only two ways I can realistically see Disney getting cold feet on this is if they either confront major logistical issues in the process or end up in an even worse off economic reality where the investment is too difficult to justify moving forward with for the forseable future. Outside of those circumstances, it will take nothing short of a miracle to save the attraction.
I agree. I think it won’t happen in Florida. Maybe part of that is wishful thinking but Disney has let many projects be announced and then disappear never to be heard of again. In all likelihood they don’t want to invest in what is already an E-ticket crowd pleaser. I just hope that all of the people who suddenly find it so offensive but had no problem with it for the last 25 years boycott it in the future. It’d be even better if it had shorter wait times! And to be clear, I just think of Splash as it’s own identity. I think it’s not problematic and some history of the stories in the queue could go a long way to making that separation more clear.I still don’t think the overlay is gonna happen. Yes, they made the announcements, hired a team that is allegedly working on it, but something about all of it seems incredibly... off. They’ve double-backed before. There are a million reasons why they would never back down from THIS particular project, of course. You can list all of those reasons and you’d be right. But I just... it doesn’t seem like it will actually happen. I predicted the parks wouldn’t open until July — so, do I get a pass?
The ride isn’t offensive. The people who’ve been on it that have had a sudden “change of heart” don’t really care about the ride. They look at this change as a political statement. Like Disney has finally “woken up” and are “listening to them”. What Brer Rabbit truly stands for is irrelevant to them. The movie it’s based on has a reputation (undeservedly) of being the most racist thing the company has produced.
The ride isn’t offensive. The people who’ve been on it that have had a sudden “change of heart” don’t really care about the ride. They look at this change as a political statement. Like Disney has finally “woken up” and are “listening to them”. What Brer Rabbit truly stands for is irrelevant to them. The movie it’s based on has a reputation (undeservedly) of being the most racist thing the company has produced.
Ignore the fact that Disney doesn’t seem to be making immediate changes to how they treat employees of colour. Ignore the fact that the primary reason this overhaul is happening has little to do with being politically correct and more to do with merchandising and food. Ignore the fact that the petitions did absolutely nothing but bump up the announcement.
If they replaced it with any other IP, I’m sure there would be more push back. If they went Pocahontas, or Pooh, or something else, I’m sure we’d here “Bad call Disney, replacing black folklore characters with that? Should’ve done PatF or nothing at all.”
Disney’s lucky that one of their CMs dropped an armchair Imagineering prompt specifically for the theme they chose. Or maybe that was planned? Seems all too convenient. He seemed a little cocky about it till I name dropped D’Amaro. But perhaps it all was just one big “happy” coincidence.
Same. And people who try to skirt rules.
