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So Disney decided to sue De Santis...

the correct response..."Call and raise you possible criminal charges".

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/news/desantis-targets-disney-florida-workers-unethical-perks-to-save-millions-of-dollars-in-free-passes-discounts/ar-AA1fCCpt?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531&cvid=f251cbaae14a4715baab03a720ca5715&ei=17

"The DeSantis-appointed board members said the millions of dollars in season passes as well as discounts on hotels, merchandise, food and beverages provided by their predecessors to governing districts employees tantamounted to unethical benefits and perks, Fortune reported, citing the complaint."

"Unethical benefits and perks" is a mental gymnastics or legal -weasel-worded explanation of what a fair and reasonable judge would describe as an intent to engage in a quid pro quo relationship, or bribes.

https://babylonbee.com/cleanArticle/most-successful-pedo-bust-ever-as-feds-just-arrest-any-adult-alone-at-disneyland

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"Unethical benefits and perks" is a mental gymnastics or legal -weasel-worded explanation of what a fair and reasonable judge would describe as an intent to engage in a quid pro quo relationship, or bribes.

Yes, because "unethical" is an opinion, while "bribe" is legal term that cause the user to be sued for slander or libel.

https://www.coffeeandcovid.com/p/spasms-tuesday-october-10-2023-c

ZeroHedge ran a delightful article yesterday, headlined “Desperate Disneyland Slashes Children's Ticket Prices By More Than 50%.”

I grew up in Florida. For my whole life, it was well known that Disney didn’t discount admission prices, apart from a small break offered to Florida residents during the hot, low-attendance summer months. Not discounting was part of the brand.

I guess those days are over now.

Now, after tangling with Governor DeSantis about what is properly characterized as Disney’s pro-grooming position, and probably eying an increasingly gloomy economic forecast, Disney has announced a half-off fire sale for kids’ tickets at its California location.

The Epoch Times, which also reported on the story, suggested that the discounts won’t be enough to get conservative parents back in the park. One recent Disneyland visitor told the Epoch Times, "I just don’t think we’ll be taking our kids back any time soon, especially after their new movie basically makes God into the bad guy.” (They were referring to Disney’s latest Pixar blockbuster, Wish.)

It seems like nothing’s been going Disney’s way since they picked that political fight with Florida in 2021 and lost their special tax benefits. ...

The Disney news is even bleaker than when Woody and Buzz got knocked out the window of Andy's moving truck and watched it drive away. Sayeth Bloomberg:

— “Disney+ has lost the company more than $2 billion so far this year and is bleeding subscribers as it tries to raise prices.”

— “Disney (is) worth $160 billion—less than half what it had been (worth) when (Iger) left in 2021.”

— The “movie division is suffering from a string of box-office bombs that call into question its most prized franchises.”

— “Even Disney World in Florida is reporting lower attendance. Iger blamed the humidity.” Hunga Tonga!

— A “current Disney executive close to Iger” explained, “the house is on fire.”

Get woke, go broke!

Patrick says

I grew up in Florida. For my whole life, it was well known that Disney didn’t discount admission prices, apart from a small break offered to Florida residents during the hot, low-attendance summer months. Not discounting was part of the brand.

Wasn't there some kind of "locals pass" in Disneyland?

South Park takes on Disney:
https://youtu.be/PSYQizw3bGQ?si=VrtI6YXWRSioAM_e

https://www.coffeeandcovid.com/p/little-victories-saturday-october

Finally, has wokeness finally jumped the shark? To fully enjoy this recent South Park clip, recall that, when Disney bought the Star Wars franchise, Disney executive Kathleen Kennedy was put in charge of all development. She made lots of changes. She added female characters that were, um, specifically selected to be not “for the male gaze,” and they were not, in fact, for the male gaze (it’s arguable whether they were for the female gaze either), she deleted long-standing beloved male characters because they were “too masculine,” and she humiliated male characters who survived the purge in a scriptwriting holocaust of reckless character assassination.

With that context, enjoy South Park’s ineffable Erik Cartman sending up Disney, hard:

https://rumble.com/v3ublw7-disney-has-its-darkest-most-vile-secret-revealed-youll-never-look-at-disney.html

Disney Has It's DARKEST Most VILE Secret Revealed! You'll Never Look At Disney Theme Parks The Same

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/poop-hallway-disney-absurd-trend-173018123.html

‘The Poop Hallway’: Disney’s Absurd New Trend Of Defecating In Ride Lines

The latest trend at Disney Parks is quite... disturbing as many are deciding to defecate in the middle of ride lines.

According to Guests who, unfortunately, witnessed the bizarre act, are taking to social media to share the incidents at hand.

Twice in the last month, Disney Parks Guests have taken to social media to share the disgusting sights that they witnessed in ride lines at Disney World in Orlando, Florida and Disneyland in Anaheim, California.

“I am in the queue for [Rise of the Resistance at Disney World] – someone let their kid take a dump on the floor and then they just walked out and left it- WTF?” wrote one posted on Reddit.

Many thought that perhaps this user was just sharing this insane story for publicity and for attention, however, it is actually true.

“For the skeptics… this actually happened. Fun fact: this was one of 3 shitt-related incidents at Rise today. Less fun fact: I was here for all 3 of them,” one user responded.

This was not the only Reddit thread to mention defecation inside a ride line. At Disney's Animal Kingdom in Walt Disney World, a Guest shared that Disney Cast Members have dubbed a section of Flight of Passage's ride line the "poop hall", due to the number of people who someone going have gone to the bathroom there.

In the book, “Cleaning the Kingdom: Insider Tales of Keeping Walt’s Dream Spotless," two former Disneyland custodial team workers confirmed this disgusting act happens extremely often, even making up a code -- "Human Code H.”

A Code H originally meant that a custodial worker needed to clean up after one of the Disney horses pulling the vehicles down Main Street, U.S.A., however, the term was quickly modified to not only reference horses but also humans.

“There’s a pair of individual-use restrooms just backstage from the north unload,” one of the Disney Cast Members wrote in the book, according to SFGate. “It was mainly for cast members, but guests could and did use it. A woman who did not know this burst into the control room for the attraction and deposited her gift right there. ... It must have been challenging for the ride operator to stay at their post in there before it was all cleaned up!”

This should go without saying, but if you have to go while waiting in line for a ride, please leave the queue. We understand some of these rides have notoriously long waits, and actually, some of the queues -- like Flight of Passage -- actually have a restroom mid-queue.

somewhat Woke-programming as far as girl power theme: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Marvels

it has a budget of about $275 million ! ! !

how can it cost that much to produce a movie ? how many non-actors are working on this movie and for how long and for what hourly wage ?

I doubt this movie will make $500 million in order to break even or make a small profit. This is just another one of Disney's Marvel cookie-cutter movies.

Examine lifetime gross sales for Disney movies and you will understand why Disney is net negative earnings:

https://www.boxofficemojo.com/brand/bn3732077058/?sort=releaseDate&ref=bo_bn__resort#table

I think Disney's ABC, ESPN, and movie enterprises are just some jobs program for the Left. At least Left wing employers like Google and Facebook are profitable.

Its like Disney has been taken over by Marxists who do not care about making money and only care about producing Woke content.

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Its like Disney has been taken over by Marxists who do not care about making money and only care about producing Woke content.

Heres an idea for a script writer....It's solid gold...A remake of Alex Haley's ROOTS. But this time the blacks are the slaveowners and the whites are the slaves...white women will love fantasizing about being raped by their owners. Guilt ridden beta males will relate to being the oppressed. Jussie could get a job in the cast. What's not to like? `

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Its like Disney has been taken over by Marxists who do not care about making money and only care about producing Woke content.

Heres an idea for a script writer....It's solid gold...A remake of Alex Haley's ROOTS. But this time the blacks are the slaveowners and the whites are the slaves...white women will love fantasizing about being raped by their owners. Guilt ridden beta males will relate to being the oppressed. Jussie could get a job in the cast. What's not to like? `

Like an alternate-universe movie version of Mandingo ?

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somewhat Woke-programming as far as girl power theme: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Marvels

it has a budget of about $275 million ! ! !

Looks like The Marvels is going to be another Disney flop : https://www.showbiz411.com/2023/11/11/marvel-studios-has-its-lowest-opening-day-ever-with-the-marvels-breaking-a-record-it-didnt-want

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What is interesting is that Disney has been an "experience economy" provider since the 1930's.

Going back to the 1970s as a kid, watching Star Wars on the big screen was an immersive and memorable experience. And watching Battlestar Gallatica on Sunday nights.

Then came Raiders of the Lost Ark, and then late 1980s watching Star Trek Next Generation and being enthralled by Data and Worf.

Read more about how to sustain an "immersive experience", or "an experience (or memorable) economy" venue :

https://www.axios.com/2023/11/11/immersive-experience-sphere-las-vegas-sleep-no-more-van-gogh

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Even CNN is stating Disney's Marvel movies are consistently losing money

https://www.cnn.com/2023/11/13/media/marvel-movies-reliable-sources/index.html

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Death by...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tmxfVWDgMM

https://www.coffeeandcovid.com/p/pricey-patty-monday-november-27-2023

Turley’s op-ed opens with Disney’s recently-filed annual SEC financial report. It was a stinker. But what most caught Turley’s eye was the report’s admission that — guess what? — messing about in controversy and politics might be hurting the company’s bottom line. The report wordily acknowledged that:

“We face risks relating to misalignment with public and consumer tastes and preferences for entertainment, travel and consumer products. Consumers’ perceptions of our position on matters of public interest, including our efforts to achieve certain of our environmental and social goals, often differ widely and present risks to our reputation and brands.”
Eureka! The geniuses at Disney discovered the long-lost concept of misalignment with customers. (And what would they do without euphemisms?) But seriously, why on Earth would any allegedly capitalist company set “environmental and social goals” that are misaligned with their customers? If directors know the ESG goals are misaligned with customers, but do them anyways, should shareholders get to sue the directors for sabotaging the company’s share price?

Add those to the list of unanswerable rhetorical questions.

Ultimately, citing article from last year, Turley suggested that Disney’s CEO Bob Iger might finally be trying to scale back a little on the woke politics. But I don’t think so. Or if he is, it’s only a little. Headline from last week:




Is it just me? Or did South Park just run an episode about this same exact thing?




It’s really too bad Disney can’t fire its customers and get new, woker ones aligned with its ESG goals. On a more serious note, this kind of story is what sometimes makes me think that a little depression might actually be good for this country. These companies must be swimming in so much money it makes them think they can ignore customer preferences. ...

Either way, now is the time for all of us to triple-down on Disney. Cancel everything! Let’s have an anti-Disney Christmas. Wouldn’t that be nice?

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Turley’s op-ed opens with Disney’s recently-filed annual SEC financial report. It was a stinker. But what most caught Turley’s eye was the report’s admission that — guess what? — messing about in controversy and politics might be hurting the company’s bottom line. The report wordily acknowledged that:

The Marvels has recently been released and has made about $189 million worldwide (https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl247366145)

Its "girl power"- type movie.

The Marvels gross budget was $275 million.

Figure about 60% of ticket sales goes to Disney so worldwide the movie needs about $458 million from ticket sales. It only has $189 million after being released on November 10, and I don't see it reaching even $300 million at the end of next January.

So Disney likely will lose at least $100 million from The Marvels.

Disney has already project to lose $1 billion for its movie business for 2023 as of August 2023 as per this article: https://www.forbes.com/sites/carolinereid/2023/08/04/the-four-flops-of-2023-that-cost-disney-1-billion/

And I don't think the movies are good advertisement (or investment for that matter) as far as bringing more people to buy Disney products and services like going to their amusement parks.

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https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2023/11/27/nolte-looking-back-at-disneys-year-of-flops/

Disney on Track to Lose Nearly $750 Million Across 13 Films in Historic Year of Box-Office Flops

And Disney's animation movie Wish came out this Thanksgiving holiday with a budget of $200 million.

It does not seem to have as much of a woke agenda, and has ticket sales of about $49 million worldwide. Its going to need about $350 million in ticket sales to break even, and I doubt it will.

Twenty years ago I would not have ever though that Disney was going to lose at least a $1 billion a year due to its movie business.

The CNBC article brings up that essentially the Disney streaming service is serving as a replacement to going to the movies.

Disney is shooting itself in the foot because new animation movies are just not enough to get people to the theaters.

A blockbuster new Star Wars movie would likely get people to theaters.

https://www.cnbc.com/2023/11/27/disney-wish-disappoints-thanksgiving-box-office.html

https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt11304740/

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https://babylonbee.com/cleanArticle/disney-awarded-dod-contract-after-making-more-bombs-than-lockheed-martin

https://www.coffeeandcovid.com/p/deep-dives-friday-december-29-2023

🐭 Finally, my research into Covidian poo mania led me to a recent eyeball-popping Daily Mail story from last month. I can’t imagine how I could have missed it, since it hits on so many C&C subjects. The gist is, before you plan your next Disney World, trip, I implore you to consider this commonsense scatological advice:




Don’t worry, I won’t start up again. But I had to know if it was true! Further research revealed even more headlines fact-checking the explosive story — and it is true! From SFGate:

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Disney parks are like San Fran...over priced, Woke shithole ...

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Is that true? "Steamboat Willy" will be public domain?

HeadSet says

Is that true? "Steamboat Willy" will be public domain?

Yes indeed.
Disney copyright for Mickey Mouse ends on January 1, 2024, and legal battles lie ahead as Steamboat Willie character enters the public domain
Anyone is now free to copy, share, reuse and adapt Steamboat Willie and Plane Crazy – another 1928 Disney animation – and the early versions of the characters that appear within them, including Mickey and Minnie.
A vital caveat is that later versions of the characters, like those in 1940 film Fantasia, are not in the public domain and cannot be copied without a visit from Disney’s lawyers.

I never thought I'd see the day. Maybe they were so busy trying to shoehorn more interracial homosexuality into their new movies that they forgot to send out the bribery cheques to get copyright extended again.

Aaaaaaaannnnd....

Disney just hired a Pakistani Woman to take over Star Wars, vowing that Star Wars needs MOAR WOMEN! forgetting the last three bombs were all about a Mary Sue.

Disney must believe they're leading the next generation. Losing money now is not a problem for them?

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Disney must believe they're leading the next generation. Losing money now is not a problem for them?

Disney is more interesting in promoting Woke programming within its movies and shows on streaming and cable channels then interested in earnings and asset growth.

Disney might as well just make money as being part of Biden's Ad Council.
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https://notthebee.com/article/pixar-is-planning-on-major-layoffs-this-year-up-to-20-of-employees-could-be-dismissed

Pixar is planning on MAJOR layoffs this year, up to 20% of employees could be dismissed

Poor, poor woke Disney is having to make more major cuts. ...