Comments by "ncwordman" (@ncwordman) on "Disney Finally Admit They Went Too Far, But Is It Too Late?" video.

  1. Disney being political is not what I've been seeing. And I haven't been hearing this "message" either. They're a soulless corporation, just like all the rest, with a 2023 net worth of $150 billion. Does anyone really think the CEO of such a monster has the slightest tendency toward equality and empowerment of minorities? They're only moved by their quarterly returns, by losses and gains. At some point a few years ago, a Disney focus group must have determined that the latest fad to monetize is the aforementioned equality and empowerment. But the way they handled it was tone deaf, and totally indicative of no one there having the slightest idea what they were talking about. It would be like someone who has never touched a drop of alcohol deciding to tell stories about raging alcoholics. Sure, you could see the drinks, hear the guzzling and hiccups, but it wouldn't take someone of the Drinker's status to recognize that the people in the movies weren't acting at all like drunks. This should be an obvious indication that, not only was Disney not part of "the message," but they were faking it, just to make money--either from the demographic their focus group pointed out, or the online controversy (and resulting publicity). The message being seen, and totally misrepresented by these clueless money grubbers, was/is not a political one: It's only been made political by people who also have no idea what "being woke" means. The real, actual message is part of the ever growing zeitgeist that freed the slaves, gave women the right to vote and the right to credit cards in their names, and so on. As our society evolves, we conquer more ground, moving ever forward. Now people are either trying to deny that racism and sexism exists, or forcing themselves to admit that it does exist: That's what the African-American Vernacular English word "woke" means. Disney tried to make money from this. Their results were laughably incompetent. This isn't a case of "Go woke and go broke." It's just a heartless corporation trying to take advantage of controversy, but lacking any understanding of the material.
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