Comment by RandomLensman
5 years ago
"We" make propaganda for "our way of life/moral convictions" - so?
EDIT: I don't think people presume Disney to be immune, more like the presumption is probably "they are on our side"
5 years ago
"We" make propaganda for "our way of life/moral convictions" - so?
EDIT: I don't think people presume Disney to be immune, more like the presumption is probably "they are on our side"
So? Those stories are interesting.
Disney is like any other BigCo. They have a million stakeholders pulling things a million different ways and they need to chart a course.
Finding Nemo could have been a hilarious comedy or it could have been a drama that criticizes modern society (depending on which way you want to spin it). Replace the clownfish with disabled vets. Replace the turtles with some hippies in a bus. Replace Dory with a stripper. Replace the sharks with a biker gang. Replace the whale with a rent-seeking small town police department. Replace the dentist's boat with a greyhound bus across the country. Etc, etc.
But they didn't, they chose to stick a kid's movie with what is a fairly heavy adult plot line at its core (and they distanced it even further by using animals). Why? That decision making process is its own story.