Comments by "Daniel Bradford" (@Falconlibrary) on "Disney - An Empire In Collapse" video.

I saw trouble coming awhile back when I taught the son of one of the top Disney execs (private school, of course). He said that his dad "only hires people he knows", which means the nepotism network. Any organization that hires on who you know, rather than what you know and what you can do, is eventually fated to self-destruct. I met the father. Daddy Dearest made it clear he had nothing but contempt for the unwashed masses who go to Disney parks and watch Disney films and tv shows--he considered them to be far beneath himself, a man of wealth, taste, and refinement. Truth be told, Daddy Dearest didn't seem to particularly like the Disney brand--it was just a job for him, nothing special, just a way to make a lot of money until he found something worthy of him. And that lies at the heart of all of this: you have people who don't love Disney the way its generation of fans do. The Disney magic isn't something to be treasured, nurtured, and promoted: it's beloved by the masses, which means it's automatically wrong and bad and must be destroyed. Imagine being a top executive in a company you hate, whose brand you wish to destroy. Now imagine you're a Disney executive. But I repeat myself.
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Eisner loved Disney. He loved the magic of the brand and was proud to be the captain of that ship. The current people in charge hate Disney and want to turn it into something different with the "Disney" name on it. Disney represents a part of American culture that they want totally demolished. Should be obvious by now you can't run a successful entertainment business like that. It's like having solar power advocates on the board of Chevron.
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@amberslahlize7961 The Disney executive whose son I taught--kid got dropped off at school every day in a chauffeured car (at the company's expense). I won't say the name because that's not the point of the story.
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@Naadeneo The people in charge of Disney's creativity are (1) not creative and (2) actively despise Disney's legacy from top to bottom and side to side. And it shows. It's like putting vegans in charge of Outback Steakhouse.
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@ganykaliya7811 It's particularly a problem in Hollywood, which runs on creativity. Nepo babies often don't have it, and there's only so many seats on the train. Lot of good people are left standing on the platform.
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@amberslahlize7961 Not related to the Disney family that I know of. This executive and his family are Jewish and from NYC originally.
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