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“The great rule of conduct for us, in regard to foreign nations, is in extending our commercial relations, to have with them as little political connection as possible. … it is our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliances with any portion of the foreign world.” -- George Washington Farewell Address
Is it time to declare the Disney brand dead? Only a couple weeks ago the entertainment giant suffered one of its worst box office showings ever with the failure of The Marvels, a feminist driven girl-boss movie which was widely applauded by social justice advocates but ignored by the vast majority of the public. The film is expected to lose $200 million to $300 million once receipts are totaled and marketing costs are accounted for.
The Walt Disney Company recently admitted that wokeness and culture wars have had major impacts across the board on the multinational entertainment and media conglomerate. Disney also warned investors that the company's wokeness presents risks to its "reputation and brands."
Is it time to declare the Disney brand dead?
In new SEC filings, Disney is now admitting it has been slapped by its own customers for its far left social and political agenda, legal expert Jonathan Turley wrote in his recent column for The Hill on Saturday.
"In a new corporate disclosure, Disney acknowledges that its controversial political and social agenda is costing the company and shareholders," Turley wrote.
Actress Melissa Barrera, the star of the "Scream" movie franchise, was fired by Gary Barber and Roger Birnbaum's Spyglass Media Group for "floating an antisemitic trope that Jews control the media" by claiming that "Western media only shows the [Israeli] side" of the war.
For years Hollywood heavyweights have openly transformed the character focus of long-standing comic book heroes when the stories are adapted for the big screen. A variety of cultural changes have been ceremoniously edited into the lives of superheroes that never existed in the original stories.
Saturday Night Live took aim this weekend both at President Joe Biden and the strained US-China relationship as understand via panda diplomacy.
Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson delivered a brutal correction to claims Hollywood stars all support President Biden, noting that they may be 'loyal to the (Democratic) Party' but laughed at the assumption they are Biden fans.
