1 00:00:02,000 --> 00:00:07,000 Downloaded from YTS.MX 2 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:13,000 Official YIFY movies site: YTS.MX 3 00:00:23,551 --> 00:00:26,870 (electronic whooshing) 4 00:00:26,870 --> 00:00:29,453 (jangly music) 5 00:00:30,514 --> 00:00:32,460 - [Announcer] 1939 is finding that the public 6 00:00:32,460 --> 00:00:34,830 has new ideas of entertainment, 7 00:00:34,830 --> 00:00:37,050 richly as it rewarded Walt Disney, 8 00:00:37,050 --> 00:00:38,730 whose "Snow White" shattered traditions 9 00:00:38,730 --> 00:00:40,110 and box office records... 10 00:00:40,110 --> 00:00:41,850 - [Brent Bozell] Once upon a time, 11 00:00:41,850 --> 00:00:44,940 Disney was once the family network... 12 00:00:44,940 --> 00:00:45,900 (audience laughing) 13 00:00:45,900 --> 00:00:47,613 the family studio. 14 00:00:48,900 --> 00:00:51,360 If it was a Disney movie, 15 00:00:51,360 --> 00:00:54,345 you knew it was going to be safe for children. 16 00:00:54,345 --> 00:00:55,200 (train bell clanging) 17 00:00:55,200 --> 00:00:59,070 - [Announcer] Disneyland is a delight for all youngsters. 18 00:00:59,070 --> 00:01:00,510 - When I was a kid, 19 00:01:00,510 --> 00:01:04,769 everybody looked forward to Sunday evenings and Disney. 20 00:01:04,769 --> 00:01:07,290 - [Miranda Devine] Disney was the number one 21 00:01:07,290 --> 00:01:11,722 wholesome family values entertainment brand in the world. 22 00:01:11,722 --> 00:01:13,458 (gentle music) 23 00:01:13,458 --> 00:01:15,870 - When I was in the seventh grade, a nun asked the class 24 00:01:15,870 --> 00:01:18,090 who was the most admired person in the world? 25 00:01:18,090 --> 00:01:21,090 I said Walt Disney, and I did for the obvious reason: 26 00:01:21,090 --> 00:01:23,460 the man made people happy. 27 00:01:23,460 --> 00:01:26,370 - [Walt Disney] I felt that there should be something built, 28 00:01:26,370 --> 00:01:28,890 some kind of an amusement enterprise built 29 00:01:28,890 --> 00:01:31,320 where that the parents and the children 30 00:01:31,320 --> 00:01:33,033 could have fun together. 31 00:01:34,380 --> 00:01:36,471 So that's how Disneyland started. 32 00:01:36,471 --> 00:01:37,320 (fireworks crackling) 33 00:01:37,320 --> 00:01:39,960 - One of the strongest brands ever 34 00:01:39,960 --> 00:01:41,783 in the world of entertainment. 35 00:01:41,783 --> 00:01:43,350 (ominous music) 36 00:01:43,350 --> 00:01:45,751 They threw it all away, deliberately. 37 00:01:45,751 --> 00:01:48,150 (ominous music) 38 00:01:48,150 --> 00:01:51,810 - Disney's brand has been changed, it's been altered. 39 00:01:51,810 --> 00:01:54,090 They've gotten very aggressive in the political space, 40 00:01:54,090 --> 00:01:55,470 talking about issues. 41 00:01:55,470 --> 00:01:58,320 Florida legislation they've been very vocal about. 42 00:01:58,320 --> 00:02:00,630 They've talked about presidential politics. 43 00:02:00,630 --> 00:02:02,670 - [Reporter] It seems these days 44 00:02:02,670 --> 00:02:05,550 everyone has an opinion about Disney. 45 00:02:05,550 --> 00:02:06,930 - We're not happy about the fact 46 00:02:06,930 --> 00:02:08,669 they're trying to groom our children 47 00:02:08,669 --> 00:02:10,620 with things like the gay agenda. 48 00:02:10,620 --> 00:02:12,120 We don't believe that little children 49 00:02:12,120 --> 00:02:14,910 need to know issues like that at their small age. 50 00:02:14,910 --> 00:02:17,790 - You don't usually hear the words "Disney" and "warning" 51 00:02:17,790 --> 00:02:20,490 in the same sentence, well, until now. 52 00:02:20,490 --> 00:02:22,680 - Do you think that Disney should stay out of politics, 53 00:02:22,680 --> 00:02:24,990 or do you think that they should just be making movies 54 00:02:24,990 --> 00:02:26,880 and parks that are fun and entertaining? 55 00:02:26,880 --> 00:02:28,410 - Yeah, they should definitely stay outta politics. 56 00:02:28,410 --> 00:02:30,329 Just stick to movies, entertainment. 57 00:02:30,329 --> 00:02:32,070 - Well, the happiest place on Earth 58 00:02:32,070 --> 00:02:34,470 now becoming the most scrutinized on Earth 59 00:02:34,470 --> 00:02:37,680 as Disney World pushes progressive politics. 60 00:02:37,680 --> 00:02:39,630 - Disney is no longer a trusted brand. 61 00:02:39,630 --> 00:02:41,579 It's squandered that trust. 62 00:02:41,579 --> 00:02:44,070 - Today, it's the anti-family network. 63 00:02:44,070 --> 00:02:46,173 It's the anti-family studio. 64 00:02:47,100 --> 00:02:48,570 - I'm Mercedes Schlapp. 65 00:02:48,570 --> 00:02:52,500 Join me as we enter the gates of today's Disney, 66 00:02:52,500 --> 00:02:56,460 where children's TV shows, movies, and characters 67 00:02:56,460 --> 00:03:00,870 are served with a side of sexuality and gender ideology, 68 00:03:00,870 --> 00:03:04,590 a place that puts a political agenda on a pedestal 69 00:03:04,590 --> 00:03:06,993 and renders parents powerless. 70 00:03:07,920 --> 00:03:10,380 So let's take a look at what's become 71 00:03:10,380 --> 00:03:13,590 of the largest media conglomerate in the world 72 00:03:13,590 --> 00:03:18,513 and explore what's going on in Walt's disenchanted kingdom. 73 00:03:20,490 --> 00:03:21,870 - What's up, guys? This is Will Witt. 74 00:03:21,870 --> 00:03:24,990 Today I am in Orlando, asking people about Disney, 75 00:03:24,990 --> 00:03:26,850 what they think about the direction of the company, 76 00:03:26,850 --> 00:03:29,070 and whether or not they're offended by their old movies. 77 00:03:29,070 --> 00:03:30,500 Let's do it. 78 00:03:30,500 --> 00:03:33,300 (dramatic music) 79 00:03:33,300 --> 00:03:35,760 What do you think Disney could do better? 80 00:03:35,760 --> 00:03:38,470 - Go back to the roots. Go back to how they used to be. 81 00:03:38,470 --> 00:03:40,260 (dramatic music) 82 00:03:40,260 --> 00:03:41,490 - [Will] What do you think Walt Disney would think 83 00:03:41,490 --> 00:03:42,900 of his company right now? 84 00:03:42,900 --> 00:03:44,250 - I'd say he's... 85 00:03:44,250 --> 00:03:47,370 He'd probably be maybe a little bit disappointed 86 00:03:47,370 --> 00:03:49,420 with the way it's been going. 87 00:03:49,420 --> 00:03:52,170 (dramatic music) 88 00:03:52,170 --> 00:03:54,329 - Do you think for children like your children 89 00:03:54,329 --> 00:03:55,770 that their movies and things 90 00:03:55,770 --> 00:03:57,440 should have political ideology in there 91 00:03:57,440 --> 00:04:00,270 or should be more focused on fun and values and things? 92 00:04:00,270 --> 00:04:02,280 - Yeah, probably stay away from politics, 93 00:04:02,280 --> 00:04:04,692 I would say, in general, yeah. 94 00:04:04,692 --> 00:04:07,442 (dramatic music) 95 00:04:08,790 --> 00:04:09,623 - Do you think that Disney 96 00:04:09,623 --> 00:04:12,090 should be getting into political fights 97 00:04:12,090 --> 00:04:14,010 or putting politics into their movies 98 00:04:14,010 --> 00:04:15,990 or at their theme parks, things like that? 99 00:04:15,990 --> 00:04:18,480 Or like the gender ideology that they're talking about now? 100 00:04:18,480 --> 00:04:19,313 - No. 101 00:04:20,970 --> 00:04:24,213 The LGBTQ stuff that they're putting in movies, 102 00:04:25,860 --> 00:04:28,010 I don't agree with. 103 00:04:28,010 --> 00:04:30,760 (dramatic music) 104 00:04:32,340 --> 00:04:34,050 - They're no longer saying "boys" and "girls" 105 00:04:34,050 --> 00:04:36,030 because that might be considered offensive. 106 00:04:36,030 --> 00:04:37,260 You think that's a good thing? 107 00:04:37,260 --> 00:04:38,514 - I think that's ridiculous. 108 00:04:38,514 --> 00:04:39,347 - Ridiculous? - Yeah. 109 00:04:39,347 --> 00:04:40,180 - Why? 110 00:04:40,180 --> 00:04:41,800 - Because there are boys and girls. 111 00:04:42,965 --> 00:04:44,352 That's how God made it. 112 00:04:44,352 --> 00:04:47,102 (dramatic music) 113 00:04:48,690 --> 00:04:50,430 - At Disneyland and Disney World, 114 00:04:50,430 --> 00:04:53,040 they took out where you say "boys and girls". 115 00:04:53,040 --> 00:04:54,090 - It's a children's place. 116 00:04:54,090 --> 00:04:55,350 I mean, that's a place... 117 00:04:55,350 --> 00:04:56,183 - What do they say? 118 00:04:56,183 --> 00:04:57,447 - They say like "people". 119 00:04:58,290 --> 00:04:59,220 Now it's just "people". 120 00:04:59,220 --> 00:05:01,650 There are no boys and girls. It's just people. 121 00:05:01,650 --> 00:05:02,969 - People? (chuckles) 122 00:05:02,969 --> 00:05:06,060 (dramatic music) 123 00:05:06,060 --> 00:05:11,040 - Do you prefer your movies to be fun and entertaining 124 00:05:11,040 --> 00:05:15,390 rather than have some sort of ideological message? 125 00:05:15,390 --> 00:05:16,873 - Fun and entertaining. 126 00:05:16,873 --> 00:05:19,680 (dramatic music) 127 00:05:19,680 --> 00:05:21,840 - Do you want politics in your movies 128 00:05:21,840 --> 00:05:24,240 or do you just wanna have fun at the movies? 129 00:05:24,240 --> 00:05:26,255 - Just wanna have fun at the movies. 130 00:05:26,255 --> 00:05:29,400 (dramatic music) 131 00:05:29,400 --> 00:05:30,870 - [Will] What do you guys think about the direction 132 00:05:30,870 --> 00:05:32,430 that Disney has taken recently? 133 00:05:32,430 --> 00:05:34,067 - I believe it's the CEOs of this company 134 00:05:34,067 --> 00:05:36,382 that's really making a mess of it all. 135 00:05:36,382 --> 00:05:39,132 (dramatic music) 136 00:05:40,920 --> 00:05:44,159 - We want freedom from the sexualization 137 00:05:44,159 --> 00:05:46,045 that's going on at Disney World. 138 00:05:46,045 --> 00:05:48,169 (dramatic music) 139 00:05:48,169 --> 00:05:52,336 ("London Bridge is Falling Down") 140 00:05:56,190 --> 00:05:57,780 - There's something disturbing 141 00:05:57,780 --> 00:06:00,660 lurking in the Magic Kingdom these days. 142 00:06:00,660 --> 00:06:03,780 It's turning the place where dreams are made 143 00:06:03,780 --> 00:06:05,670 into something of a nightmare. 144 00:06:05,670 --> 00:06:08,820 The world's leading family entertainment company 145 00:06:08,820 --> 00:06:11,850 is now cozying up to the Chinese government, 146 00:06:11,850 --> 00:06:15,450 while back at home they're siding against parents 147 00:06:15,450 --> 00:06:20,190 and pushing elementary schools to discuss sexual orientation 148 00:06:20,190 --> 00:06:24,510 and gender identity with kids as young as kindergarten. 149 00:06:24,510 --> 00:06:27,450 When Disney joined LGBTQ activists 150 00:06:27,450 --> 00:06:31,080 against parents' rights in their children's education, 151 00:06:31,080 --> 00:06:34,530 it had many Disney fans asking 152 00:06:34,530 --> 00:06:38,473 why didn't they take a page from Frozen and just let it go? 153 00:06:40,852 --> 00:06:42,780 - I've worked for Disney for about 15 years. 154 00:06:42,780 --> 00:06:45,090 In March here in Florida, 155 00:06:45,090 --> 00:06:46,950 our state legislators started pushing 156 00:06:46,950 --> 00:06:49,350 for Parental Rights in Education bill. 157 00:06:49,350 --> 00:06:50,977 Initially the company said, 158 00:06:50,977 --> 00:06:53,130 "Hey, we're not gonna get involved." 159 00:06:53,130 --> 00:06:55,200 But then there's a small group of employees in our company 160 00:06:55,200 --> 00:06:57,575 that said, "Hey, we want you to get involved." 161 00:06:57,575 --> 00:06:58,408 (protestors cheering) 162 00:06:58,408 --> 00:07:00,330 - [Reporter] Outside the iconic Walt Disney Studios 163 00:07:00,330 --> 00:07:01,560 in Burbank, California... 164 00:07:01,560 --> 00:07:04,440 - [Protestors] Say gay! Say gay! 165 00:07:04,440 --> 00:07:06,720 - [Reporter] Today dozens of Disney employees 166 00:07:06,720 --> 00:07:08,640 walked off the job. 167 00:07:08,640 --> 00:07:10,440 - Well, I think what happened with Disney 168 00:07:10,440 --> 00:07:12,840 was that the CEO got bullied 169 00:07:12,840 --> 00:07:16,560 by his very activist, radical employees. 170 00:07:16,560 --> 00:07:19,230 - Disney CEO Bob Chapek is reversing course today, 171 00:07:19,230 --> 00:07:20,610 now speaking out against 172 00:07:20,610 --> 00:07:23,400 Florida's Parental Rights and Education legislation, 173 00:07:23,400 --> 00:07:26,400 dubbed by opponents as the "Don't Say Gay" bill. 174 00:07:26,400 --> 00:07:27,630 - And they lied about it. 175 00:07:27,630 --> 00:07:30,870 They said it was the "Don't Say Gay" bill. 176 00:07:30,870 --> 00:07:33,630 Nothing to do with don't say gay at all. 177 00:07:33,630 --> 00:07:35,460 Nothing to do with that. That was a lie. 178 00:07:35,460 --> 00:07:38,760 - The bill is very innocuous. It's family-friendly. 179 00:07:38,760 --> 00:07:41,159 You don't wanna be involved in telling little kids 180 00:07:41,159 --> 00:07:43,950 about questioning their sexuality and transgenderism 181 00:07:43,950 --> 00:07:47,040 in kindergarten, first grade, second grade, and third grade. 182 00:07:47,040 --> 00:07:48,330 What's going on here? 183 00:07:48,330 --> 00:07:51,300 - And that's exactly what the elected representatives 184 00:07:51,300 --> 00:07:53,100 of Florida did. 185 00:07:53,100 --> 00:07:56,850 They began to address the indoctrination in the classroom. 186 00:07:56,850 --> 00:08:00,220 We're talking about children as young as five 187 00:08:01,260 --> 00:08:06,210 being exposed to topics, quite frankly, 188 00:08:06,210 --> 00:08:09,180 that many of us didn't hear about until we were teenagers. 189 00:08:09,180 --> 00:08:10,590 And they're being forced, 190 00:08:10,590 --> 00:08:12,930 rather than teaching them their ABCs 191 00:08:12,930 --> 00:08:15,090 and how to tie their shoes, 192 00:08:15,090 --> 00:08:18,273 we're teaching them how to select their gender. 193 00:08:19,170 --> 00:08:20,880 This is absurd. 194 00:08:20,880 --> 00:08:22,410 - [Mercedes] When schools were closed 195 00:08:22,410 --> 00:08:24,060 during the COVID lockdowns 196 00:08:24,060 --> 00:08:26,880 and children turned to online learning, 197 00:08:26,880 --> 00:08:29,880 many parents were shocked to find out 198 00:08:29,880 --> 00:08:32,549 what schools were pushing in the classroom. 199 00:08:32,549 --> 00:08:33,990 - I mean, these are little, little kids. 200 00:08:33,990 --> 00:08:35,789 They don't really need to know about 201 00:08:36,659 --> 00:08:40,380 a thousand different genders and gender fluidity and so on. 202 00:08:40,380 --> 00:08:45,150 So it was a very mild pushback 203 00:08:45,150 --> 00:08:48,390 on this encroachment into children's education. 204 00:08:48,390 --> 00:08:51,680 And the activists just went nuts. 205 00:08:51,680 --> 00:08:53,508 - [Activists] We say gay! 206 00:08:53,508 --> 00:08:55,033 We say gay! 207 00:08:55,033 --> 00:08:57,653 Disney say gay! We won't go away! 208 00:08:57,653 --> 00:09:01,260 - They're not willing to just let kids be kids. 209 00:09:01,260 --> 00:09:03,360 They have a goal, they have an agenda, 210 00:09:03,360 --> 00:09:05,820 and they want to put into the heads of kids, 211 00:09:05,820 --> 00:09:08,730 if you think you're a boy, you may be one, 212 00:09:08,730 --> 00:09:10,200 but you may not be one. 213 00:09:10,200 --> 00:09:11,640 Same thing with the girls. 214 00:09:11,640 --> 00:09:14,790 And if you have any doubts, it's good to question it. 215 00:09:14,790 --> 00:09:18,690 - The reason you see gender dysphoria rates now skyrocketing 216 00:09:18,690 --> 00:09:21,600 is in part because kids are impressionable. 217 00:09:21,600 --> 00:09:24,810 They are going to respond to their adults 218 00:09:24,810 --> 00:09:27,240 and their cultural leaders and their schools. 219 00:09:27,240 --> 00:09:30,240 And so it's no surprise that we are creating 220 00:09:30,240 --> 00:09:32,490 the very problem that supposedly 221 00:09:32,490 --> 00:09:35,130 the companies like Disney we're aiming to solve. 222 00:09:35,130 --> 00:09:36,510 - And it's much worse than that, 223 00:09:36,510 --> 00:09:39,540 because as we know in these elementary schools, 224 00:09:39,540 --> 00:09:42,570 they're taking kindergartners and first graders, 225 00:09:42,570 --> 00:09:44,970 teaching them that they're gender fluid, 226 00:09:44,970 --> 00:09:48,840 encouraging them to be chemically castrated, 227 00:09:48,840 --> 00:09:50,670 to have puberty blockers, 228 00:09:50,670 --> 00:09:55,080 prepuberty kids to alter their lives forever. 229 00:09:55,080 --> 00:09:58,500 This is an atrocity against children, 230 00:09:58,500 --> 00:10:01,383 and Disney has allowed itself to become part of it. 231 00:10:02,220 --> 00:10:07,220 - It's more than Disney being anti parent. 232 00:10:07,890 --> 00:10:12,300 It is Disney being anti the nuclear family. 233 00:10:12,300 --> 00:10:17,300 And so when a parental rights bill comes forward 234 00:10:18,090 --> 00:10:22,740 that says parents have rights, families have rights, 235 00:10:22,740 --> 00:10:24,300 they don't believe parents have rights. 236 00:10:24,300 --> 00:10:26,250 They don't believe in the nuclear family. 237 00:10:26,250 --> 00:10:29,643 They see the nuclear family as a threat to them. 238 00:10:30,720 --> 00:10:34,370 A nuclear family that is structured, that follows... 239 00:10:36,229 --> 00:10:40,260 that believes in God, that is not just offensive, 240 00:10:40,260 --> 00:10:42,300 that's threatening to them. 241 00:10:42,300 --> 00:10:44,580 - The vast majority of the gay community 242 00:10:44,580 --> 00:10:46,650 is not behind this crap. 243 00:10:46,650 --> 00:10:48,303 This is an activist wing. 244 00:10:49,740 --> 00:10:52,080 Often think that cultural Marxism 245 00:10:52,080 --> 00:10:57,080 is for mediocre people, mediocre minds. 246 00:10:57,160 --> 00:10:59,100 The world is very simple 247 00:10:59,100 --> 00:11:03,180 if you just think in terms of races and genders 248 00:11:03,180 --> 00:11:06,633 and you forget individuals and how complicated they are. 249 00:11:07,470 --> 00:11:09,630 - And we're talking about little kids. 250 00:11:09,630 --> 00:11:12,150 They want them to question their sexuality. 251 00:11:12,150 --> 00:11:14,040 They just got off the tricycle. 252 00:11:14,040 --> 00:11:16,560 - [Mercedes] Listen to actual Disney employees, 253 00:11:16,560 --> 00:11:18,540 called cast members, 254 00:11:18,540 --> 00:11:20,760 and you might begin to see real problems 255 00:11:20,760 --> 00:11:23,610 from within the company itself. 256 00:11:23,610 --> 00:11:26,760 - There's a lot of employees, people I work with, 257 00:11:26,760 --> 00:11:29,970 who are part of the LGBTQ community, 258 00:11:29,970 --> 00:11:33,690 and we have a lot of mutual respect for each other. 259 00:11:33,690 --> 00:11:36,120 A lot of them say, "Hey, I understand what in action..." 260 00:11:36,120 --> 00:11:37,800 Some of them agree that teachers 261 00:11:37,800 --> 00:11:39,240 should not be talking to kids about this. 262 00:11:39,240 --> 00:11:40,800 Well, they made a bigger mistake 263 00:11:40,800 --> 00:11:43,200 by not listening to all of its employees 264 00:11:43,200 --> 00:11:45,600 and, frankly, to most of its customers. 265 00:11:45,600 --> 00:11:47,850 - The people who work at Disney, they don't even want this. 266 00:11:47,850 --> 00:11:49,530 We've seen the surveys on this. 267 00:11:49,530 --> 00:11:51,180 - There's actually a lot of surveys that came out 268 00:11:51,180 --> 00:11:53,880 after Disney waddled into this political debate in Florida 269 00:11:53,880 --> 00:11:56,640 that said that over 60% of Disney's customers 270 00:11:56,640 --> 00:11:58,890 said they disagreed with Disney's decision 271 00:11:58,890 --> 00:12:01,050 to wade into this political debate. 272 00:12:01,050 --> 00:12:03,450 - And a Washington Post survey found 273 00:12:03,450 --> 00:12:05,670 that by more than two to one 274 00:12:05,670 --> 00:12:08,460 registered voters say it is inappropriate 275 00:12:08,460 --> 00:12:12,270 for teachers to discuss LGBTQ issues 276 00:12:12,270 --> 00:12:16,050 with students in kindergarten through third grade. 277 00:12:16,050 --> 00:12:18,600 For students in grades four and five, 278 00:12:18,600 --> 00:12:23,600 a majority of 56% say it's inappropriate. 279 00:12:23,850 --> 00:12:26,190 The Florida bill simply stated 280 00:12:26,190 --> 00:12:28,770 what most parents took for granted: 281 00:12:28,770 --> 00:12:32,190 sex should not be part of a five-, six-, 282 00:12:32,190 --> 00:12:34,350 or seven-year-old's school day. 283 00:12:34,350 --> 00:12:36,720 But Disney disagrees. 284 00:12:36,720 --> 00:12:38,670 They publicly vowed to fight 285 00:12:38,670 --> 00:12:41,760 the Parental Rights bill and overturn it. 286 00:12:41,760 --> 00:12:45,630 - When they take on the governor of their state, 287 00:12:45,630 --> 00:12:49,890 a state which has been very beneficial to Disney 288 00:12:49,890 --> 00:12:52,470 and the preferences that they have given them. 289 00:12:52,470 --> 00:12:56,160 No one hired Disney to shape public policy. 290 00:12:56,160 --> 00:12:58,200 - The state does not own the children. 291 00:12:58,200 --> 00:13:00,060 The children belong to the parents. 292 00:13:00,060 --> 00:13:03,660 The parents by any survey don't want it. Okay? 293 00:13:03,660 --> 00:13:05,580 So just leave the kids alone. 294 00:13:05,580 --> 00:13:08,160 - For Disney to come out and put a statement 295 00:13:08,160 --> 00:13:12,300 and say that the bill should have never passed 296 00:13:12,300 --> 00:13:15,750 and that they are going to actively work to repeal it. 297 00:13:15,750 --> 00:13:17,970 This state is governed by the interests 298 00:13:17,970 --> 00:13:20,190 of the people of the state of Florida. 299 00:13:20,190 --> 00:13:23,370 It is not based on the demands 300 00:13:23,370 --> 00:13:25,830 of California corporate executives. 301 00:13:25,830 --> 00:13:29,460 - Ron DeSantis decided that he was going to revoke 302 00:13:29,460 --> 00:13:32,610 the special tax privileges that Disney had in Florida. 303 00:13:32,610 --> 00:13:35,250 And so that's cost Disney a lot of money, 304 00:13:35,250 --> 00:13:37,890 and it's also cost them a great deal 305 00:13:37,890 --> 00:13:39,900 in terms of their reputation. 306 00:13:39,900 --> 00:13:43,740 - Florida just upped its war with the Walt Disney Company. 307 00:13:43,740 --> 00:13:45,750 Big-time lawmakers voted today 308 00:13:45,750 --> 00:13:48,960 to strip away special political and financial powers 309 00:13:48,960 --> 00:13:53,220 the company has had in Orlando for 55 years. 310 00:13:53,220 --> 00:13:55,260 - I think Disney is turning its back 311 00:13:55,260 --> 00:13:57,990 on decades of goodwill, decades of brand building, 312 00:13:57,990 --> 00:14:01,860 decades of respect and love and admiration from the culture 313 00:14:01,860 --> 00:14:03,360 into a political organization. 314 00:14:03,360 --> 00:14:05,370 I think it's a terrible move to make. 315 00:14:05,370 --> 00:14:08,490 But they seem to be thinking that they have to be 316 00:14:08,490 --> 00:14:11,030 an activist organization, that they have to speak out. 317 00:14:11,030 --> 00:14:12,090 At the end of the day, 318 00:14:12,090 --> 00:14:15,630 if Disney doesn't agree with a rule, a law, 319 00:14:15,630 --> 00:14:17,550 a new proposal, who cares? 320 00:14:17,550 --> 00:14:19,140 That's not what we want from Disney. 321 00:14:19,140 --> 00:14:21,000 We want entertainment, we want value, 322 00:14:21,000 --> 00:14:23,670 we want distractions, we want escapism. 323 00:14:23,670 --> 00:14:26,310 - [Mercedes] But escape is seemingly impossible. 324 00:14:26,310 --> 00:14:29,430 From kids programming to ESPN sports, 325 00:14:29,430 --> 00:14:31,950 so much steeped in politics. 326 00:14:31,950 --> 00:14:34,860 Here's Disney-owned ESPN commentators, 327 00:14:34,860 --> 00:14:37,440 Courtney Lyle and Carolyn Peck. 328 00:14:37,440 --> 00:14:39,300 - At three o'clock, about eight minutes ago, 329 00:14:39,300 --> 00:14:43,410 our LGBTQIA+ plus teammates at Disney 330 00:14:43,410 --> 00:14:45,990 asked for our solidarity and support, 331 00:14:45,990 --> 00:14:48,000 including our company's support 332 00:14:48,000 --> 00:14:51,080 in opposition to the Parental Rights in Education bill 333 00:14:51,080 --> 00:14:52,410 in the state of Florida 334 00:14:52,410 --> 00:14:55,830 and similar legislature across the United States. 335 00:14:55,830 --> 00:14:58,620 - And a threat to any human rights 336 00:14:58,620 --> 00:15:00,780 is a threat to all human rights. 337 00:15:00,780 --> 00:15:03,210 - I mean, somebody who wants to watch a sports game 338 00:15:03,210 --> 00:15:05,730 does not wanna listen to a political debate. 339 00:15:05,730 --> 00:15:09,750 - It's interesting how these different parts of our culture 340 00:15:09,750 --> 00:15:12,960 have been weaponized to be more socially aware, 341 00:15:12,960 --> 00:15:15,360 to kind of push social justice agendas. 342 00:15:15,360 --> 00:15:18,060 And you think, well, sports wouldn't be that, right? 343 00:15:18,060 --> 00:15:19,740 - You probably thought ESPN 344 00:15:19,740 --> 00:15:23,700 stood for Entertainment and Sports Programming Network. 345 00:15:23,700 --> 00:15:27,750 Increasingly it looks like Endless Stupid Political Nagging. 346 00:15:27,750 --> 00:15:30,000 - You shouldn't be for or against. 347 00:15:30,000 --> 00:15:32,640 That's up to the people when they leave sports. 348 00:15:32,640 --> 00:15:35,610 They want to get involved in politics? Yes, get involved. 349 00:15:35,610 --> 00:15:37,680 Let sports be sports. 350 00:15:37,680 --> 00:15:40,830 - [Mercedes] More and more sports fans and Disney fans 351 00:15:40,830 --> 00:15:43,200 seemed to be alienated by the company's 352 00:15:43,200 --> 00:15:45,150 strong political positions. 353 00:15:45,150 --> 00:15:47,280 Many of those featured in this film 354 00:15:47,280 --> 00:15:52,140 reached out personally to then Disney CEO Bob Chapek 355 00:15:52,140 --> 00:15:54,240 for a simple dialogue. 356 00:15:54,240 --> 00:15:57,000 - Back in April, I wrote a letter to Bob Chapek. 357 00:15:57,000 --> 00:15:58,290 He's the head of Disney. 358 00:15:58,290 --> 00:16:00,630 I asked him if he would sit down with Tony Perkins 359 00:16:00,630 --> 00:16:02,730 or the Family Research Council and me 360 00:16:02,730 --> 00:16:04,770 to talk about where you're going with this. 361 00:16:04,770 --> 00:16:06,030 I said, "You've been speaking to the people 362 00:16:06,030 --> 00:16:08,130 in the gay community, the transgender community. 363 00:16:08,130 --> 00:16:08,970 What about us?" 364 00:16:08,970 --> 00:16:10,020 He wouldn't answer us. 365 00:16:10,020 --> 00:16:11,460 - It's a funny phenomenon we have 366 00:16:11,460 --> 00:16:12,720 in corporate America right now. 367 00:16:12,720 --> 00:16:16,350 In the name of Inclusion, capital "I" Inclusion. 368 00:16:16,350 --> 00:16:19,350 We've actually created a culture of exclusion 369 00:16:19,350 --> 00:16:22,200 where certain points of view just aren't welcome. 370 00:16:22,200 --> 00:16:23,460 In the name of diversity 371 00:16:23,460 --> 00:16:26,250 we have created a culture of conformity 372 00:16:26,250 --> 00:16:28,650 where we reject the diversity of thought 373 00:16:28,650 --> 00:16:29,490 and diversity of ideas 374 00:16:29,490 --> 00:16:32,730 in the name of capital "D" Diversity itself. 375 00:16:32,730 --> 00:16:35,820 - [Mercedes] To get a firsthand account of that rejection, 376 00:16:35,820 --> 00:16:38,820 we asked those who know Disney best. 377 00:16:38,820 --> 00:16:40,707 - I work for Disney. I've been with Disney for 30 years. 378 00:16:40,707 --> 00:16:43,080 - I worked for Disney for 11 years. 379 00:16:43,080 --> 00:16:44,880 - 16 years now. 380 00:16:44,880 --> 00:16:46,410 - For about 15 years. 381 00:16:46,410 --> 00:16:48,960 - [Mercedes] Disney employees describe to us 382 00:16:48,960 --> 00:16:52,170 a disillusioning and fearful workplace. 383 00:16:52,170 --> 00:16:55,140 - When I started with Walt Disney, 384 00:16:55,140 --> 00:16:57,360 we never treated anybody differently. 385 00:16:57,360 --> 00:16:59,130 Whether it was a guest, a cast member, 386 00:16:59,130 --> 00:17:02,460 I didn't care your sexual preference, your gender identity. 387 00:17:02,460 --> 00:17:04,470 It didn't matter because you were either working 388 00:17:04,470 --> 00:17:06,750 or you were a guest, and your goal as a cast member 389 00:17:06,750 --> 00:17:10,079 is to make the guest experience the best it can possibly be. 390 00:17:10,079 --> 00:17:11,760 Over the last few years, 391 00:17:11,760 --> 00:17:14,640 I started noticing we're having more and more trainings. 392 00:17:14,640 --> 00:17:16,079 How do we be inclusive? 393 00:17:16,079 --> 00:17:20,849 How do we include so-and-so into the group more? 394 00:17:20,849 --> 00:17:23,130 But it's really only targeting one group. 395 00:17:23,130 --> 00:17:25,410 It's not targeting every ethnicity, 396 00:17:25,410 --> 00:17:26,910 every gender, every race. 397 00:17:26,910 --> 00:17:29,820 It's targeting just the LGBTQ community. 398 00:17:29,820 --> 00:17:31,950 - [Mercedes] For over half a century, 399 00:17:31,950 --> 00:17:34,920 Disney has operated under guiding principles 400 00:17:34,920 --> 00:17:37,620 that have steered the company to success. 401 00:17:37,620 --> 00:17:41,100 They call them the Four Keys. 402 00:17:41,100 --> 00:17:43,080 - [Announcer] The Four Keys, 403 00:17:43,080 --> 00:17:46,500 safety, courtesy, show, and efficiency, 404 00:17:46,500 --> 00:17:48,393 have guided us from the very start. 405 00:17:49,440 --> 00:17:53,010 These Four Keys have provided a foundation for our culture 406 00:17:53,010 --> 00:17:54,900 contributing to Disney's legacy 407 00:17:54,900 --> 00:17:57,630 of customer service and care. 408 00:17:57,630 --> 00:18:02,630 - [Mercedes] But in April of 2021, a new key was added. 409 00:18:02,820 --> 00:18:04,950 - [Announcer] The addition of a fifth key, 410 00:18:04,950 --> 00:18:06,723 the key of inclusion. 411 00:18:07,980 --> 00:18:10,170 - It's very clear that the inclusive key 412 00:18:10,170 --> 00:18:14,340 is really about the LGBTQ community. 413 00:18:14,340 --> 00:18:18,663 But I think at the same time it's not including everybody. 414 00:18:20,702 --> 00:18:22,890 I don't think it's including Christians 415 00:18:22,890 --> 00:18:27,360 or conservative people or, in my case, unvaccinated people. 416 00:18:27,360 --> 00:18:29,520 They're not feeling included at all. 417 00:18:29,520 --> 00:18:31,140 I don't feel included. 418 00:18:31,140 --> 00:18:34,500 - When that inclusion key came along, 419 00:18:34,500 --> 00:18:38,610 all of a sudden there were rules for inclusion 420 00:18:38,610 --> 00:18:41,490 that if you weren't this, you're out. 421 00:18:41,490 --> 00:18:44,310 - [Mercedes] We spoke to one ex-Disney employee 422 00:18:44,310 --> 00:18:45,630 who is also gay, 423 00:18:45,630 --> 00:18:48,390 but the inclusion key didn't work for him either. 424 00:18:48,390 --> 00:18:50,160 - I'm a Born Again Christian. 425 00:18:50,160 --> 00:18:52,650 - [Mercedes] He described a disturbing environment, 426 00:18:52,650 --> 00:18:56,820 especially over religious exemptions for COVID vaccines. 427 00:18:56,820 --> 00:18:58,740 - Absolutely I was discriminated against 428 00:18:58,740 --> 00:19:00,030 because of my religion. 429 00:19:00,030 --> 00:19:05,030 Disney decided that they wanted to impose a vaccine mandate. 430 00:19:05,250 --> 00:19:08,520 When they imposed this mandate on employees, 431 00:19:08,520 --> 00:19:13,500 I put in my accommodation from that for religious purposes, 432 00:19:13,500 --> 00:19:16,320 and I was now being forced to disclose my religious beliefs 433 00:19:16,320 --> 00:19:18,300 to the company from the very beginning. 434 00:19:18,300 --> 00:19:20,130 That made me so uncomfortable. 435 00:19:20,130 --> 00:19:22,110 That should be my choice as to whether or not 436 00:19:22,110 --> 00:19:24,210 I want to share that with somebody, 437 00:19:24,210 --> 00:19:27,270 so the fact that I was now being required to disclose that 438 00:19:27,270 --> 00:19:32,270 in order to keep my job I found to be very problematic. 439 00:19:32,850 --> 00:19:37,590 - It's exactly not inclusion. It's compliance. 440 00:19:37,590 --> 00:19:40,290 And that's the way I felt about it. 441 00:19:40,290 --> 00:19:43,200 That for all these years, from all my experiences, 442 00:19:43,200 --> 00:19:45,180 it had been inclusionary, 443 00:19:45,180 --> 00:19:49,410 There is now in fact a group that is persona non grata. 444 00:19:49,410 --> 00:19:51,363 They really don't want that viewpoint. 445 00:19:52,200 --> 00:19:53,610 So it's not inclusive. 446 00:19:53,610 --> 00:19:58,610 - You're only celebrated as a gay man at Disney, clearly, 447 00:19:59,130 --> 00:20:01,920 if you have the right thoughts. 448 00:20:01,920 --> 00:20:05,490 You are not celebrated if you are at all conservative 449 00:20:05,490 --> 00:20:08,010 or if you are nonconformist in any other way. 450 00:20:08,010 --> 00:20:10,470 That's actually in itself a bigoted way 451 00:20:10,470 --> 00:20:12,180 of looking at a group of people. 452 00:20:12,180 --> 00:20:13,770 - That then creates a culture 453 00:20:13,770 --> 00:20:16,680 where nonconforming employees fear for their jobs, 454 00:20:16,680 --> 00:20:18,660 have to fear for putting food on the dinner table, 455 00:20:18,660 --> 00:20:21,120 may not get that promotion that they were competing for. 456 00:20:21,120 --> 00:20:22,260 So what's actually Disney doing 457 00:20:22,260 --> 00:20:25,410 is they're using their corporate muscle 458 00:20:25,410 --> 00:20:27,960 to move the cultural pendulum in a direction 459 00:20:27,960 --> 00:20:31,920 that actually we ostracize anyone who decides 460 00:20:31,920 --> 00:20:34,470 that that is not the direction they wanna see Disney go. 461 00:20:34,470 --> 00:20:37,620 - I can tell you that I've received hundreds of emails, 462 00:20:37,620 --> 00:20:41,640 phone calls, and letters from Disney employees all over, 463 00:20:41,640 --> 00:20:45,240 people that work at ESPN, people that work here in Orlando, 464 00:20:45,240 --> 00:20:47,100 people that work in Disneyland, 465 00:20:47,100 --> 00:20:49,440 people that work in corporate who have sent me letters 466 00:20:49,440 --> 00:20:51,600 saying, "Thank you for standing up for us. 467 00:20:51,600 --> 00:20:53,130 We are the silent majority. 468 00:20:53,130 --> 00:20:55,830 I wish I had the courage to speak louder." 469 00:20:55,830 --> 00:20:58,050 A lot of them are afraid of losing your jobs. 470 00:20:58,050 --> 00:21:00,090 - With a culture of fear spreading 471 00:21:00,090 --> 00:21:02,910 among the ranks of many employees, 472 00:21:02,910 --> 00:21:06,630 Disney quickly began altering the characters' stories 473 00:21:06,630 --> 00:21:08,610 and park experiences 474 00:21:08,610 --> 00:21:12,600 that made them a beloved brand all over the world. 475 00:21:12,600 --> 00:21:17,430 Feature movies, cartoons, family rides, TV shows, 476 00:21:17,430 --> 00:21:20,400 products, books, characters, 477 00:21:20,400 --> 00:21:25,400 Disney's inclusion warriors left no stone unturned. 478 00:21:25,680 --> 00:21:28,980 - [Emcee] Good evening ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls. 479 00:21:28,980 --> 00:21:30,750 - [Reporter] Big changes coming to Disneyland. 480 00:21:30,750 --> 00:21:34,080 Disney is doing away with gendered greetings 481 00:21:34,080 --> 00:21:35,700 throughout the park and resort. 482 00:21:35,700 --> 00:21:39,570 Gone are "ladies and gentlemen" or "boys and girls". 483 00:21:39,570 --> 00:21:41,940 Instead, cast members who recorded messages 484 00:21:41,940 --> 00:21:43,950 will use, "Hello everyone." 485 00:21:43,950 --> 00:21:45,990 - Disney's fairy godmothers-in-training 486 00:21:45,990 --> 00:21:47,730 will now be gender neutral, 487 00:21:47,730 --> 00:21:50,100 allowing male cast members to do the job. 488 00:21:50,100 --> 00:21:53,010 Disney is allowing cast members to have greater flexibility 489 00:21:53,010 --> 00:21:56,790 in displaying tattoos, hairstyles, and costume choices. 490 00:21:56,790 --> 00:22:00,150 - [Mercedes] From introducing burly, manly fairy godmothers 491 00:22:00,150 --> 00:22:03,600 to tattooed, purple-haired Cinderellas, 492 00:22:03,600 --> 00:22:08,190 Disney was throwing out dress codes, decorum, standards, 493 00:22:08,190 --> 00:22:11,340 boundaries, pronouns, and genders. 494 00:22:11,340 --> 00:22:13,950 In other words, Walt Disney World 495 00:22:13,950 --> 00:22:17,130 was fast becoming Walt Disney Woke. 496 00:22:17,130 --> 00:22:19,260 - They've dropped the term "boys and girls" 497 00:22:19,260 --> 00:22:24,260 because they're all in to this ideological, leftist agenda 498 00:22:25,020 --> 00:22:28,860 that deconstructs the family, human sexuality, 499 00:22:28,860 --> 00:22:32,070 and ultimately Western civilization. 500 00:22:32,070 --> 00:22:34,050 - Who is being offended? 501 00:22:34,050 --> 00:22:35,580 Are you denying that there's such a thing 502 00:22:35,580 --> 00:22:36,480 as a man and woman? 503 00:22:36,480 --> 00:22:38,400 Your sex is assigned at birth. 504 00:22:38,400 --> 00:22:41,970 No, your sex is determined by the father, 505 00:22:41,970 --> 00:22:44,970 by the father and the father alone. 506 00:22:44,970 --> 00:22:46,200 That's not right or wrong. 507 00:22:46,200 --> 00:22:48,600 It's nature, and its nature's God. 508 00:22:48,600 --> 00:22:50,460 They know that there is such a thing as nature, 509 00:22:50,460 --> 00:22:53,310 and if you talk about nature as Jefferson did, 510 00:22:53,310 --> 00:22:55,140 then you talk about nature's God, 511 00:22:55,140 --> 00:22:57,450 and that's the one thing that sends chills 512 00:22:57,450 --> 00:22:59,760 up the spine of the folks at Disney. 513 00:22:59,760 --> 00:23:03,060 They don't wanna recognize nature or nature's God. 514 00:23:03,060 --> 00:23:06,750 - [Mercedes] So Disney was battling parents and politicians, 515 00:23:06,750 --> 00:23:09,390 politicizing its park experience, 516 00:23:09,390 --> 00:23:12,150 and excluding many of its employees. 517 00:23:12,150 --> 00:23:15,390 But what came next was even more disturbing. 518 00:23:15,390 --> 00:23:19,080 Whistleblowers from inside the Disney organization 519 00:23:19,080 --> 00:23:22,860 leaked internal videos of top Disney executives 520 00:23:22,860 --> 00:23:25,260 to journalist Christopher Rufo. 521 00:23:25,260 --> 00:23:29,040 - Our leadership over there has been so welcoming 522 00:23:29,040 --> 00:23:32,160 to my not at all secret gay agenda, and so... 523 00:23:32,160 --> 00:23:34,290 - [Mercedes] Latoya Raveneau is a producer 524 00:23:34,290 --> 00:23:36,180 and writer of children's cartoons 525 00:23:36,180 --> 00:23:37,770 and programming for Disney. 526 00:23:37,770 --> 00:23:40,417 She has worked on such shows as "Puppy Pals", 527 00:23:40,417 --> 00:23:43,830 "Super Monsters", and "Rise Up, Sing Out". 528 00:23:43,830 --> 00:23:46,110 - I don't have to be afraid to like 529 00:23:46,110 --> 00:23:49,200 let's have these two characters kiss in the background. 530 00:23:49,200 --> 00:23:51,180 I was just wherever I could 531 00:23:51,180 --> 00:23:54,150 just basically adding queerness to like... 532 00:23:54,150 --> 00:23:56,590 If you see anything queer in the show. 533 00:23:56,590 --> 00:24:00,000 But I just was like, no one would stop me, and no on... 534 00:24:00,000 --> 00:24:02,940 - [Mercedes] Talk show host Tammy Bruce, who is gay, 535 00:24:02,940 --> 00:24:05,310 had this to say as a reaction. 536 00:24:05,310 --> 00:24:07,890 - We've fought for years to have Americans know 537 00:24:07,890 --> 00:24:11,370 that we are not after their children, because we're not. 538 00:24:11,370 --> 00:24:14,100 And yet here you have this dynamic 539 00:24:14,100 --> 00:24:18,240 that sets into motion this idea that children are the focus. 540 00:24:18,240 --> 00:24:19,770 I know lots of gay people. 541 00:24:19,770 --> 00:24:21,870 I know plenty of transgender people. 542 00:24:21,870 --> 00:24:24,360 No one likes what's going on here, 543 00:24:24,360 --> 00:24:27,780 no one in this country, no one on the Left or the Right. 544 00:24:27,780 --> 00:24:30,450 This is not normal, and it's unacceptable, 545 00:24:30,450 --> 00:24:32,160 and everyone should reject it 546 00:24:32,160 --> 00:24:34,380 for the sake not only of your children 547 00:24:34,380 --> 00:24:36,450 but also for the civil rights gains 548 00:24:36,450 --> 00:24:38,880 that gays and lesbians have made in this country. 549 00:24:38,880 --> 00:24:40,770 - It's hard to really oversee 550 00:24:40,770 --> 00:24:42,810 everything that your child is gonna watch. 551 00:24:42,810 --> 00:24:44,970 But now Disney+ is one of those channels 552 00:24:44,970 --> 00:24:46,350 where we have to be a little more careful 553 00:24:46,350 --> 00:24:47,610 to think about what kind of messages 554 00:24:47,610 --> 00:24:48,630 are in that programming. 555 00:24:48,630 --> 00:24:50,310 It's not as simple as it used to be. 556 00:24:50,310 --> 00:24:54,270 - Instead of portraying the well-loved characters, 557 00:24:54,270 --> 00:24:58,206 Aladdin and Little Mermaid and Buzz Light year 558 00:24:58,206 --> 00:25:02,520 and all the people and the stories and the characters 559 00:25:02,520 --> 00:25:06,090 that kids for generations had loved, 560 00:25:06,090 --> 00:25:09,570 they decided that they wanted to do some social engineering, 561 00:25:09,570 --> 00:25:14,460 and the result was that kids are confused, 562 00:25:14,460 --> 00:25:16,320 parents are annoyed. 563 00:25:16,320 --> 00:25:18,450 - I think everybody has equal rights. 564 00:25:18,450 --> 00:25:19,710 Nobody has extra rights. 565 00:25:19,710 --> 00:25:22,680 We don't alter everything 566 00:25:22,680 --> 00:25:26,820 just so that we can advocate a particular group. 567 00:25:26,820 --> 00:25:30,750 What they've been doing is taking some of their productions 568 00:25:30,750 --> 00:25:35,750 and just gratuitously inserting gay characters 569 00:25:35,880 --> 00:25:39,603 and gay scenes when it has nothing to do with the story, 570 00:25:40,830 --> 00:25:44,877 just so that they can say, "See, we're being sensitive." 571 00:25:45,750 --> 00:25:47,040 But who are you being sensitive to? 572 00:25:47,040 --> 00:25:48,570 Are you being sensitive to everybody 573 00:25:48,570 --> 00:25:51,183 or are you catering to a particular group? 574 00:25:52,170 --> 00:25:53,190 - [Baymax] Excuse me. 575 00:25:53,190 --> 00:25:55,390 Which of these products would you recommend? 576 00:25:57,570 --> 00:25:59,400 - Oh, um... 577 00:25:59,400 --> 00:26:02,940 Well, these are the tampons I usually use. 578 00:26:02,940 --> 00:26:03,773 - [Baymax] Thank you. 579 00:26:03,773 --> 00:26:04,620 - [Shopper] I prefer pads. 580 00:26:04,620 --> 00:26:05,940 They're more comfortable for me. 581 00:26:05,940 --> 00:26:06,773 - [Baymax] Thank you. 582 00:26:06,773 --> 00:26:07,620 - I always get the ones with wings. 583 00:26:07,620 --> 00:26:08,453 - [Baymax] Thank you. 584 00:26:08,453 --> 00:26:09,286 - Get unscented. 585 00:26:09,286 --> 00:26:12,900 - Why on earth you need to have a transgender character 586 00:26:12,900 --> 00:26:17,280 with a very masculine voice in a supermarket 587 00:26:17,280 --> 00:26:21,270 asking people for help to find sanitary napkins? 588 00:26:21,270 --> 00:26:24,618 Why are you doing that other than to confuse children 589 00:26:24,618 --> 00:26:29,040 to try and inject your trans agenda 590 00:26:29,040 --> 00:26:31,560 into their developing minds? 591 00:26:31,560 --> 00:26:34,350 That's not really up to Disney to do. 592 00:26:34,350 --> 00:26:37,200 It's up to parents to teach their children 593 00:26:37,200 --> 00:26:40,140 about these issues and according to their own values. 594 00:26:40,140 --> 00:26:43,650 - The new film "Light year" tells Buzz Lightyear's history 595 00:26:43,650 --> 00:26:45,210 before "Toy Story", 596 00:26:45,210 --> 00:26:47,550 the movie that first made that character famous. 597 00:26:47,550 --> 00:26:49,470 But the new film is causing controversy, 598 00:26:49,470 --> 00:26:51,330 and that is your big story tonight at 7:00. 599 00:26:51,330 --> 00:26:54,180 - [Reporter] A day camp was slated to see the movie today, 600 00:26:54,180 --> 00:26:55,800 but it was abruptly canceled 601 00:26:55,800 --> 00:26:58,890 because of a kiss between two female characters. 602 00:26:58,890 --> 00:27:02,730 - Yeah, that same-sex kiss and relationship in the movie 603 00:27:02,730 --> 00:27:04,260 got a lot of media play. 604 00:27:04,260 --> 00:27:07,110 Given all the headlines about Disney in recent months 605 00:27:07,110 --> 00:27:08,610 and this happening as well. 606 00:27:08,610 --> 00:27:10,680 I think it did steer some people away from it. 607 00:27:10,680 --> 00:27:12,480 This is Disney, this is Pixar. 608 00:27:12,480 --> 00:27:15,090 This is a brand that's been very successful. 609 00:27:15,090 --> 00:27:18,750 So it was deemed a huge disappointment at the box office. 610 00:27:18,750 --> 00:27:20,490 - It tanked. 611 00:27:20,490 --> 00:27:24,000 This is not what parents want. 612 00:27:24,000 --> 00:27:28,290 I think they believe that this is a fad with Americans. 613 00:27:28,290 --> 00:27:30,270 Yeah, they're concerned right now, but they'll get over it. 614 00:27:30,270 --> 00:27:32,580 They'll accept our agenda. 615 00:27:32,580 --> 00:27:34,500 - There's a big difference between tolerance 616 00:27:34,500 --> 00:27:35,670 and affirmation. 617 00:27:35,670 --> 00:27:36,780 Tolerance, yes. 618 00:27:36,780 --> 00:27:39,750 Of gays and transgender people we have to have tolerance. 619 00:27:39,750 --> 00:27:41,520 But to affirm something, 620 00:27:41,520 --> 00:27:44,160 when you get into the questions of behavior. 621 00:27:44,160 --> 00:27:46,170 - It seems as if this is a company 622 00:27:46,170 --> 00:27:48,270 that does not love children 623 00:27:48,270 --> 00:27:50,760 and put children at the center of its universe. 624 00:27:50,760 --> 00:27:55,760 It's about adults sort of finding some sort of identity 625 00:27:56,040 --> 00:28:00,240 or expression through manipulating children. 626 00:28:00,240 --> 00:28:01,980 - [Mercedes] That was all too clear 627 00:28:01,980 --> 00:28:04,770 as president of Disney Entertainment, Karey Burke, 628 00:28:04,770 --> 00:28:07,440 felt the need to discuss her own children 629 00:28:07,440 --> 00:28:08,940 as it related to her job 630 00:28:08,940 --> 00:28:12,780 in promoting more LGBTQ Disney stars. 631 00:28:12,780 --> 00:28:16,683 - I'm here as a mother of two queer children, actually, 632 00:28:18,240 --> 00:28:23,240 one transgender child and one pansexual child. 633 00:28:23,782 --> 00:28:26,670 And also as a leader. 634 00:28:26,670 --> 00:28:31,670 Many, many, many LGBTQIA characters in our stories, 635 00:28:31,814 --> 00:28:36,600 and yet we don't have enough leads. 636 00:28:36,600 --> 00:28:39,390 - Walt Disney must be turning over in his grave 637 00:28:39,390 --> 00:28:43,470 to think that he sees now the grooming of little kids 638 00:28:43,470 --> 00:28:45,420 to question their own sexuality 639 00:28:45,420 --> 00:28:47,730 with this gender-affirming nonsense, 640 00:28:47,730 --> 00:28:51,240 which leads to all kinds of problems with the teenagers, 641 00:28:51,240 --> 00:28:53,850 puberty blockers, chemical castration. 642 00:28:53,850 --> 00:28:55,770 Have we all lost our mind? 643 00:28:55,770 --> 00:28:59,790 - In fact, Miss Burke announced that 50%, half, 644 00:28:59,790 --> 00:29:02,760 of all Disney characters in all movies, 645 00:29:02,760 --> 00:29:06,430 shows, and stories will be LGBTQIA 646 00:29:07,590 --> 00:29:10,680 or from underrepresented groups in the future. 647 00:29:10,680 --> 00:29:11,940 But it's not up to Disney 648 00:29:11,940 --> 00:29:15,870 to teach kids about sex or gender identity. 649 00:29:15,870 --> 00:29:18,090 Isn't that the parent's job? 650 00:29:18,090 --> 00:29:20,370 - I think people need to step back and ask the question 651 00:29:20,370 --> 00:29:23,280 is Disney a product of the culture 652 00:29:23,280 --> 00:29:25,410 or are they shaping the culture? 653 00:29:25,410 --> 00:29:28,623 You see, I think Disney is a part of shaping the culture. 654 00:29:30,491 --> 00:29:33,510 And from the beginning, when we started with Disney 655 00:29:33,510 --> 00:29:37,920 and Steamboat Willie and Mickey Mouse. 656 00:29:37,920 --> 00:29:40,530 We now stand at where they're promoting 657 00:29:40,530 --> 00:29:43,743 Little Demon and a child of Satan. 658 00:29:44,640 --> 00:29:46,750 That's where Disney has come. 659 00:29:46,750 --> 00:29:47,740 (censored) 660 00:29:47,740 --> 00:29:48,840 - Well, once she gets to know you, 661 00:29:48,840 --> 00:29:51,450 I'm sure she'll jump at the chance to slit your wrists! 662 00:29:51,450 --> 00:29:53,152 - I don't bleed (censored)! 663 00:29:53,152 --> 00:29:53,985 (hard rock music) 664 00:29:53,985 --> 00:29:55,770 - [Mercedes] "Little Demon" is a cartoon series 665 00:29:55,770 --> 00:29:57,690 streaming on Disney+, 666 00:29:57,690 --> 00:30:00,150 centered around the story of Chrissy, 667 00:30:00,150 --> 00:30:03,030 a teenage girl who is the Antichrist. 668 00:30:03,030 --> 00:30:05,250 Chrissy's mother, who is a Wiccan, 669 00:30:05,250 --> 00:30:07,860 gives birth after mating with Satan. 670 00:30:07,860 --> 00:30:10,080 - Remember me, mother (censored). 671 00:30:10,080 --> 00:30:14,493 - The human brain is a very, very complex organ system, 672 00:30:15,390 --> 00:30:18,270 and it has billions and billions of neurons, 673 00:30:18,270 --> 00:30:20,373 hundreds of billions of interconnections. 674 00:30:21,360 --> 00:30:24,690 It remembers everything you've ever seen 675 00:30:24,690 --> 00:30:26,790 and everything you've ever heard. 676 00:30:26,790 --> 00:30:29,577 These things that we are teaching these young children 677 00:30:29,577 --> 00:30:33,420 and that we're exposing them to, they're in there. 678 00:30:33,420 --> 00:30:34,980 They're going to affect them. 679 00:30:34,980 --> 00:30:39,000 They're gonna affect who they become and how they think. 680 00:30:39,000 --> 00:30:42,090 - The Judeo-Christian concept of man and society 681 00:30:42,090 --> 00:30:44,190 and of morality. going back to the Decalogue, 682 00:30:44,190 --> 00:30:45,450 to the Ten Commandments, 683 00:30:45,450 --> 00:30:48,030 that's been at the heart of Western civilization 684 00:30:48,030 --> 00:30:49,500 for 2,000 years. 685 00:30:49,500 --> 00:30:53,910 If you don't have the Judeo-Christian idea of morality 686 00:30:53,910 --> 00:30:56,160 as the heart of society, 687 00:30:56,160 --> 00:30:58,260 it's going to be replaced by something. 688 00:30:58,260 --> 00:31:01,290 - The current crop of executives and the employees 689 00:31:01,290 --> 00:31:05,010 have inherited a great cultural tradition 690 00:31:05,010 --> 00:31:08,730 and a trove of beautiful children's shows. 691 00:31:08,730 --> 00:31:11,940 And for them to be so arrogant as to step in 692 00:31:11,940 --> 00:31:15,270 and decide that, from their great enlightened vantage point, 693 00:31:15,270 --> 00:31:17,430 they know better than all of the people 694 00:31:17,430 --> 00:31:20,280 that came before them, on whose shoulders they stand, 695 00:31:20,280 --> 00:31:22,890 is the height of arrogance. 696 00:31:22,890 --> 00:31:24,870 - Disney is a company whose mission 697 00:31:24,870 --> 00:31:27,633 is to be the world's premier entertainment company. 698 00:31:28,620 --> 00:31:29,850 Simple enough. 699 00:31:29,850 --> 00:31:32,010 However, Disney has taken on 700 00:31:32,010 --> 00:31:33,720 a different social agenda as well, 701 00:31:33,720 --> 00:31:34,920 or many different social agendas, 702 00:31:34,920 --> 00:31:35,970 to say that that's not enough 703 00:31:35,970 --> 00:31:39,270 just to provide entertainment to families and their children 704 00:31:39,270 --> 00:31:41,460 and to make money doing it, that's not enough, 705 00:31:41,460 --> 00:31:44,850 that they also need to address other social causes 706 00:31:44,850 --> 00:31:48,840 and address other, in their view, social injustices as well. 707 00:31:48,840 --> 00:31:51,030 - What do social and political agendas 708 00:31:51,030 --> 00:31:53,310 have to do with making money? 709 00:31:53,310 --> 00:31:57,630 Disney has always been motivated by the almighty dollar. 710 00:31:57,630 --> 00:31:59,220 Why are they getting more involved 711 00:31:59,220 --> 00:32:01,740 in political and culture wars 712 00:32:01,740 --> 00:32:04,950 that have nothing to do with their core business? 713 00:32:04,950 --> 00:32:08,040 Today, major corporations like Disney 714 00:32:08,040 --> 00:32:10,890 are becoming increasingly involved 715 00:32:10,890 --> 00:32:15,060 in everything from sexual politics to climate change. 716 00:32:15,060 --> 00:32:18,690 That pleases huge asset management companies. 717 00:32:18,690 --> 00:32:21,270 These companies are using your retirement 718 00:32:21,270 --> 00:32:24,870 and investment dollars not based on profits, 719 00:32:24,870 --> 00:32:27,150 but on a company's environmental, 720 00:32:27,150 --> 00:32:30,000 social and governance score. 721 00:32:30,000 --> 00:32:34,320 It's something called ESG, and it's big business. 722 00:32:34,320 --> 00:32:37,470 - The top shareholders of Disney are three firms, 723 00:32:37,470 --> 00:32:40,920 are Vanguard, BlackRock, and State Street. 724 00:32:40,920 --> 00:32:42,900 These happen to be three of the largest, 725 00:32:42,900 --> 00:32:44,130 I think the three largest 726 00:32:44,130 --> 00:32:46,860 passive asset managers in the world 727 00:32:46,860 --> 00:32:49,920 that together manage over $20 trillion. 728 00:32:49,920 --> 00:32:51,900 That's about the scale of the U.S. GDP 729 00:32:51,900 --> 00:32:53,760 in the hands of three firms 730 00:32:53,760 --> 00:32:57,270 that are all leaders in the ESG movement. 731 00:32:57,270 --> 00:33:00,210 - [Mercedes] Larry Fink is the CEO of BlackRock, 732 00:33:00,210 --> 00:33:02,250 which is one of the largest shareholders 733 00:33:02,250 --> 00:33:04,260 of the Disney Corporation. 734 00:33:04,260 --> 00:33:07,470 Fink is also a big believer in ESG 735 00:33:07,470 --> 00:33:09,300 and says the goal of companies 736 00:33:09,300 --> 00:33:11,820 is not about providing the best products 737 00:33:11,820 --> 00:33:13,380 to make the most money. 738 00:33:13,380 --> 00:33:16,230 It's about creating social change. 739 00:33:16,230 --> 00:33:18,300 - The purpose of a company, 740 00:33:18,300 --> 00:33:21,180 and as we are now raising questions, 741 00:33:21,180 --> 00:33:22,950 what is the true purpose of a company, 742 00:33:22,950 --> 00:33:25,350 you raised the purpose that it has profitability 743 00:33:26,250 --> 00:33:27,210 for your shareholders. 744 00:33:27,210 --> 00:33:29,880 I think that is evolving and changing. 745 00:33:29,880 --> 00:33:31,800 - It absolutely has nothing to do 746 00:33:31,800 --> 00:33:33,810 with advancing the interest of stockholders 747 00:33:33,810 --> 00:33:36,090 and everything to do with advancing the interests 748 00:33:36,090 --> 00:33:38,220 of the ESG proponents 749 00:33:38,220 --> 00:33:40,890 who rule like monarchs on top of Disney. 750 00:33:40,890 --> 00:33:42,420 - [Mercedes] But there is mounting evidence 751 00:33:42,420 --> 00:33:46,140 that ESG-based investing is terribly flawed. 752 00:33:46,140 --> 00:33:49,290 Despite a strong rating on the ESG scale, 753 00:33:49,290 --> 00:33:52,050 Disney's war with legislators in Florida 754 00:33:52,050 --> 00:33:56,100 and miserable box office returns were taking their toll. 755 00:33:56,100 --> 00:33:58,260 Disney was among the worst performers 756 00:33:58,260 --> 00:34:01,920 in the Dow Jones Industrial Average in 2022. 757 00:34:01,920 --> 00:34:04,740 - Breaking news tonight, a massive shake-up at Disney. 758 00:34:04,740 --> 00:34:07,470 - The stunning development in the business world overnight. 759 00:34:07,470 --> 00:34:10,320 Bob Iger is back at the top of Disney 760 00:34:10,320 --> 00:34:13,139 just two years after retiring from a legendary run. 761 00:34:13,139 --> 00:34:15,750 He replaces his own successor, Bob Chapek, 762 00:34:15,750 --> 00:34:17,880 after the company suffered a disappointing earnings 763 00:34:17,880 --> 00:34:19,469 last quarter, and that's not it. 764 00:34:19,469 --> 00:34:21,810 - [Mercedes] As Disney shares were in a nosedive, 765 00:34:21,810 --> 00:34:25,409 the Disney board suddenly replaced the company's CEO. 766 00:34:25,409 --> 00:34:27,480 At an employee town hall meeting, 767 00:34:27,480 --> 00:34:32,219 new CEO Bob Iger seemed to choose his words carefully 768 00:34:32,219 --> 00:34:34,170 when it came to what some referred to 769 00:34:34,170 --> 00:34:37,770 as the company's get woke, go broke agenda. 770 00:34:37,770 --> 00:34:39,840 - When you tell stories, it's a delicate balance. 771 00:34:39,840 --> 00:34:41,699 You're talking to an audience, 772 00:34:41,699 --> 00:34:44,190 but it's also important to listen to an audience. 773 00:34:44,190 --> 00:34:45,630 It's important to have respect 774 00:34:45,630 --> 00:34:47,400 for the people that you're serving, 775 00:34:47,400 --> 00:34:50,639 that you're trying to reach, and not have disdain for it. 776 00:34:50,639 --> 00:34:55,110 That said, we're not gonna make everybody happy all the time 777 00:34:55,110 --> 00:34:56,730 and we're not gonna try to. 778 00:34:56,730 --> 00:34:58,290 - [Mercedes] Disney's new CEO 779 00:34:58,290 --> 00:35:01,110 seemed to admit the happiest place on Earth 780 00:35:01,110 --> 00:35:05,970 was no longer willing to make everybody, well, happy. 781 00:35:05,970 --> 00:35:09,390 - They stopped going to these big franchise movies 782 00:35:09,390 --> 00:35:12,120 and stopped buying the toys, 783 00:35:12,120 --> 00:35:14,190 and they stopped going to Disney World. 784 00:35:14,190 --> 00:35:19,110 And so you see it's the the old adage of get woke, go broke. 785 00:35:19,110 --> 00:35:20,917 - Walt Disney once said, 786 00:35:20,917 --> 00:35:24,210 "I believe that the spiritual and intellectual freedom, 787 00:35:24,210 --> 00:35:29,210 which we Americans enjoy, is our greatest cultural blessing. 788 00:35:29,280 --> 00:35:33,360 Therefore, it seems to me that the first duty of culture 789 00:35:33,360 --> 00:35:37,890 is to defend freedom and resist all tyranny." 790 00:35:37,890 --> 00:35:39,540 That celebration of freedom, 791 00:35:39,540 --> 00:35:44,540 which embodied so much of Disney's work, stands in jeopardy. 792 00:35:44,580 --> 00:35:47,580 Today's Disney is taking some dangerous 793 00:35:47,580 --> 00:35:51,449 and destructive political positions around the world. 794 00:35:51,449 --> 00:35:55,116 (traditional Chinese music) 795 00:35:56,460 --> 00:36:01,460 - Red China is one of the most oppressive nations on Earth. 796 00:36:03,871 --> 00:36:05,370 It is also, by the way, 797 00:36:05,370 --> 00:36:08,103 an enemy of the United States of America. 798 00:36:09,690 --> 00:36:13,480 But if you're Hollywood and you wanna make a lot of money 799 00:36:14,430 --> 00:36:16,353 and you want to go to that market, 800 00:36:17,220 --> 00:36:20,970 all you have to do is genuflect before them 801 00:36:20,970 --> 00:36:24,990 and ask them, what's the censorship they would like? 802 00:36:24,990 --> 00:36:27,900 And then Disney self-censors itself. 803 00:36:27,900 --> 00:36:30,150 Then it will turn around in the United States 804 00:36:30,150 --> 00:36:33,033 and talk about how it is committed to free expression. 805 00:36:34,500 --> 00:36:37,080 The hypocrisy is stunning. 806 00:36:37,080 --> 00:36:40,680 - They desperately wanna crack the Chinese marketplace. 807 00:36:40,680 --> 00:36:41,910 It's a booming market. 808 00:36:41,910 --> 00:36:43,440 There are lots and lots of theaters, 809 00:36:43,440 --> 00:36:45,000 more opening all the time. 810 00:36:45,000 --> 00:36:49,020 And if an American film goes to China, opens and opens big, 811 00:36:49,020 --> 00:36:51,510 you're talking millions and millions of dollars. 812 00:36:51,510 --> 00:36:53,730 So in order to appease that market, 813 00:36:53,730 --> 00:36:56,940 you cut out scenes that are existing in the American films 814 00:36:56,940 --> 00:36:59,520 to make sure that the censors aren't angry about them. 815 00:36:59,520 --> 00:37:03,720 - Why is it that Disney can put this gay agenda, 816 00:37:03,720 --> 00:37:06,630 shoving it down our throats in the United States of America? 817 00:37:06,630 --> 00:37:08,940 When they send their movies over to China, 818 00:37:08,940 --> 00:37:10,470 they cut those scenes. 819 00:37:10,470 --> 00:37:12,240 When they send their movies to the Middle East, 820 00:37:12,240 --> 00:37:13,770 they cut those scenes. 821 00:37:13,770 --> 00:37:15,270 - One of the frustrations I have 822 00:37:15,270 --> 00:37:17,070 as an entertainment reporter and film critic 823 00:37:17,070 --> 00:37:20,400 is that sometimes actors, celebrities, even studios, 824 00:37:20,400 --> 00:37:21,900 will be very aggressive. 825 00:37:21,900 --> 00:37:24,030 They want to use their voice and their clout 826 00:37:24,030 --> 00:37:26,190 to send a message to maybe change some things. 827 00:37:26,190 --> 00:37:28,170 Yet when the product goes overseas 828 00:37:28,170 --> 00:37:29,730 and the overseas countries 829 00:37:29,730 --> 00:37:31,890 are committing human rights abuses 830 00:37:31,890 --> 00:37:34,680 or conducting cultural experiments, 831 00:37:34,680 --> 00:37:36,960 that activism just goes away. 832 00:37:36,960 --> 00:37:38,370 - There is drama at Disney 833 00:37:38,370 --> 00:37:40,050 over its latest release of "Mulan". 834 00:37:40,050 --> 00:37:41,520 - [Reporter] In the credits of the film, 835 00:37:41,520 --> 00:37:44,370 Disney thanks controversial government agencies 836 00:37:44,370 --> 00:37:46,740 in China's Xinjiang province. 837 00:37:46,740 --> 00:37:49,650 That's where reportedly more than one million Muslims 838 00:37:49,650 --> 00:37:52,200 are being held in concentration camps. 839 00:37:52,200 --> 00:37:55,470 - The Uyghur region is slave labor camps 840 00:37:55,470 --> 00:37:59,940 where they're exterminating people, and they're Muslims. 841 00:37:59,940 --> 00:38:01,440 You see the hypocrisy. 842 00:38:01,440 --> 00:38:04,410 And Disney goes along with it 'cause it's money. 843 00:38:04,410 --> 00:38:07,200 There's a billion and a half Chinese. 844 00:38:07,200 --> 00:38:08,520 - What does that actually do? 845 00:38:08,520 --> 00:38:11,760 When Disney repeatedly critiques alleged injustice 846 00:38:11,760 --> 00:38:13,380 here in the United States 847 00:38:13,380 --> 00:38:16,560 without saying a peep about actual human rights atrocities, 848 00:38:16,560 --> 00:38:18,750 to the contrary, actually lying prostrate 849 00:38:18,750 --> 00:38:20,310 in front of their Chinese overlords. 850 00:38:20,310 --> 00:38:22,530 - [Mercedes] From Hong Kong to South Korea. 851 00:38:22,530 --> 00:38:25,200 People were shocked to see an American company 852 00:38:25,200 --> 00:38:28,350 so closely aligned with the Chinese government. 853 00:38:28,350 --> 00:38:30,030 They called for boycotts, 854 00:38:30,030 --> 00:38:33,210 among cries for freedom and democracy. 855 00:38:33,210 --> 00:38:35,850 - And it is one of the most despicable aspects 856 00:38:35,850 --> 00:38:37,350 of the new Disney. 857 00:38:37,350 --> 00:38:41,130 And it is this kowtowing to communist China, 858 00:38:41,130 --> 00:38:46,130 to totalitarian regimes, jettisoning American values 859 00:38:46,830 --> 00:38:51,830 and basically aiding and abetting the worst kind of genocide 860 00:38:52,350 --> 00:38:54,720 that was going on against the Uyghurs. 861 00:38:54,720 --> 00:38:58,140 - So Xi Jinping in China has built a great wall, 862 00:38:58,140 --> 00:38:59,730 a great Chinese wall, 863 00:38:59,730 --> 00:39:02,790 that says that you can't enter the Chinese market 864 00:39:02,790 --> 00:39:04,800 if you criticize the CCP. 865 00:39:04,800 --> 00:39:06,420 But here's the dirty little secret. 866 00:39:06,420 --> 00:39:08,070 If you critique the United States, 867 00:39:08,070 --> 00:39:09,810 we'll roll out the red carpet to you. 868 00:39:09,810 --> 00:39:11,370 - [Mercedes] As Disney draws attention 869 00:39:11,370 --> 00:39:14,310 to past injustices in the United States, 870 00:39:14,310 --> 00:39:16,560 they were accused of racially doctoring 871 00:39:16,560 --> 00:39:19,470 their own marketing material overseas. 872 00:39:19,470 --> 00:39:22,200 Non-white actors in Chinese posters 873 00:39:22,200 --> 00:39:24,630 for "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" 874 00:39:24,630 --> 00:39:26,910 were eliminated or diminished. 875 00:39:26,910 --> 00:39:29,190 Lead Black actor John Boyega 876 00:39:29,190 --> 00:39:32,610 was vastly reduced on the poster for China. 877 00:39:32,610 --> 00:39:34,650 - Fans of the "Star Wars" series are complaining 878 00:39:34,650 --> 00:39:37,830 that the Chinese poster for the latest film is racist. 879 00:39:37,830 --> 00:39:39,150 So let's take a look at why. 880 00:39:39,150 --> 00:39:40,950 - Well, it's certainly disturbing 881 00:39:40,950 --> 00:39:44,490 that Disney would take a black character off of a poster 882 00:39:44,490 --> 00:39:47,550 because it was going to China 883 00:39:47,550 --> 00:39:51,870 and they felt that it was inappropriate 884 00:39:51,870 --> 00:39:56,010 for reasons that escape me, quite frankly. (chuckles) 885 00:39:56,010 --> 00:39:58,320 - When you think about the poster incident 886 00:39:58,320 --> 00:40:01,440 with John Boyega kind of being shrunk or kind of diminished, 887 00:40:01,440 --> 00:40:04,110 it should be part of the conversation. 888 00:40:04,110 --> 00:40:05,250 And I think if you're at Disney 889 00:40:05,250 --> 00:40:06,450 and you care about human rights 890 00:40:06,450 --> 00:40:09,600 and you care about progress and social justice 891 00:40:09,600 --> 00:40:12,570 and you talk about it in certain arenas, 892 00:40:12,570 --> 00:40:15,360 in certain states with certain legislation, 893 00:40:15,360 --> 00:40:17,340 and then you ignore bigger issues, 894 00:40:17,340 --> 00:40:19,770 it just shows that there's an inauthenticity 895 00:40:19,770 --> 00:40:21,660 that's behind the scenes. 896 00:40:21,660 --> 00:40:22,860 - At the same time, 897 00:40:22,860 --> 00:40:26,700 Disney has thrown their beloved films under the bus, 898 00:40:26,700 --> 00:40:29,760 pulling classic films like "Dumbo", "Peter Pan", 899 00:40:29,760 --> 00:40:33,060 the "Aristocats" and "Swiss Family Robinson", 900 00:40:33,060 --> 00:40:36,510 so that children could not view them from their accounts, 901 00:40:36,510 --> 00:40:39,120 and labeling them as offensive. 902 00:40:39,120 --> 00:40:42,720 Tinkerbell and Captain Hook, even the Muppets 903 00:40:42,720 --> 00:40:46,080 were called potentially problematic by Disney 904 00:40:46,080 --> 00:40:47,700 as they slapped warning labels 905 00:40:47,700 --> 00:40:51,750 on scores of classic films and TV shows. 906 00:40:51,750 --> 00:40:54,150 - Well, another cultural icon taking fire. 907 00:40:54,150 --> 00:40:57,480 This time it's the one and only "Muppet Show". 908 00:40:57,480 --> 00:40:59,250 The Disney+ streaming service 909 00:40:59,250 --> 00:41:00,600 has begun offering the series 910 00:41:00,600 --> 00:41:02,190 and is including a disclaimer warning 911 00:41:02,190 --> 00:41:04,860 of, quote, "offensive content". 912 00:41:04,860 --> 00:41:06,450 - It's what they're promoting lately 913 00:41:06,450 --> 00:41:08,250 that is offensive to people. 914 00:41:08,250 --> 00:41:10,860 Since when did the Muppets ever become controversial 915 00:41:10,860 --> 00:41:12,900 except with the elites who work at Disney? 916 00:41:12,900 --> 00:41:14,970 - It's just part of this really nauseating trend 917 00:41:14,970 --> 00:41:17,730 where the platforms don't trust the audiences 918 00:41:17,730 --> 00:41:19,200 to make their own decisions 919 00:41:19,200 --> 00:41:21,150 and that we're so fragile that, 920 00:41:21,150 --> 00:41:22,890 if we see a cultural moment 921 00:41:22,890 --> 00:41:25,650 that doesn't exactly represent where we are today, 922 00:41:25,650 --> 00:41:27,450 we'll be afraid, we'll shrink away, 923 00:41:27,450 --> 00:41:28,380 we'll do something violent. 924 00:41:28,380 --> 00:41:29,460 It's silly. 925 00:41:29,460 --> 00:41:32,460 - It's almost hilarious if it wasn't so sad 926 00:41:32,460 --> 00:41:37,440 that they are putting stamps on their own great products 927 00:41:37,440 --> 00:41:40,590 and saying that this could have some offensive content 928 00:41:40,590 --> 00:41:42,453 and this could be racist. 929 00:41:43,312 --> 00:41:47,040 If you spend all your time with a microscope, 930 00:41:47,040 --> 00:41:50,490 trying to find something that will offend somebody, 931 00:41:50,490 --> 00:41:53,250 you'd never have any time to actually spend 932 00:41:53,250 --> 00:41:56,077 on creating inspirational material. 933 00:41:56,077 --> 00:41:57,090 - [Reporter] "Lady and the Tramp" 934 00:41:57,090 --> 00:41:59,640 contains stereotypes of Asians. 935 00:41:59,640 --> 00:42:04,080 - [Cat] Do you seeing that thing swimming round and round? 936 00:42:04,080 --> 00:42:07,620 - When "Lady and the Tramp" came out, 937 00:42:07,620 --> 00:42:11,070 that movie was so extraordinary 938 00:42:11,070 --> 00:42:16,070 that, generations later, children are watching it. 939 00:42:17,220 --> 00:42:20,370 My grandchildren are watching it. 940 00:42:20,370 --> 00:42:24,180 But wait a minute, it's a racist movie 941 00:42:24,180 --> 00:42:28,590 because of the Siamese cats? (laughs) 942 00:42:28,590 --> 00:42:31,110 It's a laugh. That was offensive? 943 00:42:31,110 --> 00:42:32,700 So out they go. 944 00:42:32,700 --> 00:42:35,910 - And that's what a lot of this wokeness does. 945 00:42:35,910 --> 00:42:39,720 It creates conflict where no conflict actually existed. 946 00:42:39,720 --> 00:42:43,380 It creates offense where no offense actually existed. 947 00:42:43,380 --> 00:42:45,480 Why should you give someone else the power 948 00:42:45,480 --> 00:42:48,300 to tell you what you're supposed to be offended by? 949 00:42:48,300 --> 00:42:51,030 - A horrible, big circus. 950 00:42:51,030 --> 00:42:53,520 That's what movie director Tim Burton called 951 00:42:53,520 --> 00:42:57,900 working with Disney after his recent remake of "Dumbo". 952 00:42:57,900 --> 00:43:01,050 The director, who has made many hits for the studio 953 00:43:01,050 --> 00:43:05,220 over the decades, said, "My days with Disney are done. 954 00:43:05,220 --> 00:43:07,800 I realized that I was Dumbo, 955 00:43:07,800 --> 00:43:10,950 that I was working in this horrible big circus 956 00:43:10,950 --> 00:43:13,170 and I needed to escape." 957 00:43:13,170 --> 00:43:17,880 Burton went on to label Disney homogenized and consolidated 958 00:43:17,880 --> 00:43:22,230 with less room for different types of things, 959 00:43:22,230 --> 00:43:24,390 a far cry from Walt's vision 960 00:43:24,390 --> 00:43:28,470 as a place dedicated to the ideals, the dreams, 961 00:43:28,470 --> 00:43:32,070 and the hard facts that created America. 962 00:43:32,070 --> 00:43:32,970 - You have to really kind of go 963 00:43:32,970 --> 00:43:34,830 into the Disney inner brain trust 964 00:43:34,830 --> 00:43:36,120 to know what they're thinking these days, 965 00:43:36,120 --> 00:43:38,880 but it certainly doesn't seem like the Disney of old. 966 00:43:38,880 --> 00:43:41,100 The Disney of old was family-friendly, 967 00:43:41,100 --> 00:43:42,930 they cared about storytelling, 968 00:43:42,930 --> 00:43:45,870 they cared about making a pleasant experience 969 00:43:45,870 --> 00:43:49,110 with good, old-school lessons and values. 970 00:43:49,110 --> 00:43:52,020 I don't see that as exactly the same today. 971 00:43:52,020 --> 00:43:53,730 There seems to be a more modern agenda, 972 00:43:53,730 --> 00:43:57,450 and I think it's really detached from the brand itself. 973 00:43:57,450 --> 00:44:02,450 - I would hope and pray that they would come to their senses 974 00:44:03,990 --> 00:44:08,760 and ask themselves, is what we're doing now 975 00:44:08,760 --> 00:44:10,890 creating more harmony? 976 00:44:10,890 --> 00:44:14,430 Is it creating a better social climate? 977 00:44:14,430 --> 00:44:16,470 Is it strengthening families? 978 00:44:16,470 --> 00:44:18,870 Is it strengthening communities? 979 00:44:18,870 --> 00:44:21,453 And if the answers to those things is no, 980 00:44:22,470 --> 00:44:24,330 maybe you need to rethink it. 981 00:44:24,330 --> 00:44:26,820 - [Mercedes] And the blogosphere seems to agree 982 00:44:26,820 --> 00:44:30,000 the Disney train is becoming derailed. 983 00:44:30,000 --> 00:44:33,360 - Their not so secret gay agenda got exposed. 984 00:44:33,360 --> 00:44:37,140 They're about to lose the Mickey Mouse trademark this year. 985 00:44:37,140 --> 00:44:41,640 All of their sexual predator employees are being exposed. 986 00:44:41,640 --> 00:44:43,560 They're kind of digging their own grave. 987 00:44:43,560 --> 00:44:45,540 - I watched everything up to date so far 988 00:44:45,540 --> 00:44:47,760 and I hope the show can change my mind 989 00:44:47,760 --> 00:44:49,800 and if it does, I'll change my score, 990 00:44:49,800 --> 00:44:51,600 but right now the show is a dud. 991 00:44:51,600 --> 00:44:54,210 - Disney launched new LGBTQ's Pride collection 992 00:44:54,210 --> 00:44:55,620 clothing line for kids. 993 00:44:55,620 --> 00:44:56,647 Disney said in a statement, 994 00:44:56,647 --> 00:44:58,020 "We stand in solidarity 995 00:44:58,020 --> 00:45:00,990 with our LGBTQIA+ community everywhere." 996 00:45:00,990 --> 00:45:04,170 Curious, are you going to be making this clothing line 997 00:45:04,170 --> 00:45:05,430 available in China? 998 00:45:05,430 --> 00:45:10,430 I mean you say everywhere, but... 999 00:45:10,590 --> 00:45:13,050 - Polls show Disney's negative perception 1000 00:45:13,050 --> 00:45:15,750 in the American public has exploded. 1001 00:45:15,750 --> 00:45:20,460 Disney's approval rating has fallen from 77% last year 1002 00:45:20,460 --> 00:45:23,460 to just 51% today. 1003 00:45:23,460 --> 00:45:25,350 NBC released a poll that found 1004 00:45:25,350 --> 00:45:29,970 only 33% had a positive opinion of Disney. 1005 00:45:29,970 --> 00:45:33,510 Vast numbers of people who Disney once enchanted 1006 00:45:33,510 --> 00:45:37,710 are now disenchanted by the house of mouse. 1007 00:45:37,710 --> 00:45:42,180 For now, our ride through Walt's disenchanted kingdom 1008 00:45:42,180 --> 00:45:43,920 has come to an end. 1009 00:45:43,920 --> 00:45:46,500 As Disney sows seeds of division 1010 00:45:46,500 --> 00:45:50,040 by injecting sex, race, and politics 1011 00:45:50,040 --> 00:45:51,900 into just about everything, 1012 00:45:51,900 --> 00:45:53,820 will more people turn their back 1013 00:45:53,820 --> 00:45:56,910 on the once happiest place on Earth? 1014 00:45:56,910 --> 00:45:58,953 There's evidence they already are. 1015 00:46:00,496 --> 00:46:03,246 (soft whooshing) 1016 00:46:11,792 --> 00:46:15,459 (dramatic electronic music) 1017 00:46:23,460 --> 00:46:26,280 - People have gotten offended by a lot of old Disney movies. 1018 00:46:26,280 --> 00:46:27,480 Have you heard about that at all? 1019 00:46:27,480 --> 00:46:29,608 - Old Disney movies? Yeah, I've heard that. 1020 00:46:29,608 --> 00:46:30,600 - Do you think that people 1021 00:46:30,600 --> 00:46:32,310 should be offended by those things 1022 00:46:32,310 --> 00:46:34,800 or do you think people are overreacting a bit? 1023 00:46:34,800 --> 00:46:38,940 - Um, probably overreacting a little bit, I would say. 1024 00:46:38,940 --> 00:46:41,580 - This is the message at the beginning of the movie. 1025 00:46:41,580 --> 00:46:44,040 It says, "This program includes negative depictions 1026 00:46:44,040 --> 00:46:47,490 and/or mistreatment of people or cultures." 1027 00:46:47,490 --> 00:46:50,010 Is this mean to other cultures? 1028 00:46:50,010 --> 00:46:53,407 Would this hurt people's feelings because of their culture? 1029 00:46:53,407 --> 00:46:54,240 - No. 1030 00:46:54,240 --> 00:46:55,740 - No? 1031 00:46:55,740 --> 00:46:59,013 What about this? Aladdin. 1032 00:47:00,371 --> 00:47:01,204 - No. 1033 00:47:01,204 --> 00:47:02,640 - No? 1034 00:47:02,640 --> 00:47:05,880 It's almost like some people are looking to get offended. 1035 00:47:05,880 --> 00:47:08,220 - Right, they're trying to find a reason to get offended. 1036 00:47:08,220 --> 00:47:09,383 Yeah. 1037 00:47:09,383 --> 00:47:11,970 - Do you think that, for kids who wanna watch movies 1038 00:47:11,970 --> 00:47:13,950 and stuff like that for entertainment or fun, 1039 00:47:13,950 --> 00:47:14,783 do you think it's good 1040 00:47:14,783 --> 00:47:16,980 to put a political message in there at all? 1041 00:47:16,980 --> 00:47:18,930 - I think that kids should be little, 1042 00:47:18,930 --> 00:47:20,100 and they don't really need to focus 1043 00:47:20,100 --> 00:47:22,470 on political stuff right now. 1044 00:47:22,470 --> 00:47:24,450 Maybe whenever they're older, but not right now. 1045 00:47:24,450 --> 00:47:26,580 I think they should enjoy their time. 1046 00:47:26,580 --> 00:47:27,413 - Yeah. 1047 00:47:27,413 --> 00:47:29,807 Me personally, I wouldn't put anything like that 1048 00:47:29,807 --> 00:47:31,507 'cause kids are little and they won't understand 1049 00:47:31,507 --> 00:47:34,320 what's going on in there. 1050 00:47:34,320 --> 00:47:36,841 - Like this. This is from "Peter Pan". 1051 00:47:36,841 --> 00:47:37,680 (park goer laughs) 1052 00:47:37,680 --> 00:47:38,970 Do you think that's offensive? 1053 00:47:38,970 --> 00:47:40,770 - I'm actually Native American. 1054 00:47:40,770 --> 00:47:42,150 I don't really think it's offensive 1055 00:47:42,150 --> 00:47:44,580 as long as you don't mean it in offensive way. 1056 00:47:44,580 --> 00:47:45,413 - Right. 1057 00:47:45,413 --> 00:47:46,560 How about this? 1058 00:47:46,560 --> 00:47:48,660 Does this hurt Native Americans' feelings? 1059 00:47:52,050 --> 00:47:52,883 - No. 1060 00:47:52,883 --> 00:47:55,860 - Why does this not offend you as a Native American? 1061 00:47:55,860 --> 00:47:57,210 - It's getting our culture out there. 1062 00:47:57,210 --> 00:48:00,330 People are learning about us. They know we're here now. 1063 00:48:00,330 --> 00:48:01,283 A lot of people, they see Native Americans, 1064 00:48:01,283 --> 00:48:02,910 they're like, "Whoa, that's so cool!" 1065 00:48:02,910 --> 00:48:04,470 So I think it's a great way 1066 00:48:04,470 --> 00:48:08,280 to just kind of tell people we're still here. 1067 00:48:08,280 --> 00:48:09,960 - Do you think that people get offended 1068 00:48:09,960 --> 00:48:11,430 too easily at things? 1069 00:48:11,430 --> 00:48:12,263 - Yes. 1070 00:48:12,263 --> 00:48:14,070 - Yes? Why do you say that? 1071 00:48:14,070 --> 00:48:16,050 - Because some things they just overreact to. 1072 00:48:16,050 --> 00:48:16,920 - Yeah. 1073 00:48:16,920 --> 00:48:18,957 It's like this, like the King Louis one 1074 00:48:18,957 --> 00:48:20,490 in "The Jungle Book". 1075 00:48:20,490 --> 00:48:23,850 People have said that this is a stereotypical black guy 1076 00:48:23,850 --> 00:48:26,629 and that it's hurtful to black people. 1077 00:48:26,629 --> 00:48:28,830 Do you find that offensive to people? 1078 00:48:28,830 --> 00:48:30,570 - Um... 1079 00:48:30,570 --> 00:48:32,250 I don't. 1080 00:48:32,250 --> 00:48:33,330 I don't personally. 1081 00:48:33,330 --> 00:48:37,500 Blacks, we were kind of the architects 1082 00:48:37,500 --> 00:48:41,403 of a lot of soul music and jazz music and blues and whatnot. 1083 00:48:42,810 --> 00:48:44,730 - In a way it's almost a celebration kind of. 1084 00:48:44,730 --> 00:48:45,563 - Yeah. 1085 00:48:45,563 --> 00:48:48,693 - I mean, so using that music or that type of archetype, 1086 00:48:50,359 --> 00:48:53,400 it's just the way it is, you know what I mean? 1087 00:48:53,400 --> 00:48:55,680 Cultures and races, they can be celebrated, 1088 00:48:55,680 --> 00:48:56,610 you know what I mean? 1089 00:48:56,610 --> 00:48:58,830 - What do you think Disney could do better? 1090 00:48:58,830 --> 00:48:59,880 - When we were kids growing up, 1091 00:48:59,880 --> 00:49:01,680 it was just a different environment. 1092 00:49:01,680 --> 00:49:03,630 It was just a fun place. 1093 00:49:03,630 --> 00:49:06,810 There was no politics involved, no ideologies involved. 1094 00:49:06,810 --> 00:49:07,680 - It was just fun. 1095 00:49:07,680 --> 00:49:11,130 Going to Disney growing up was so much fun, 1096 00:49:11,130 --> 00:49:12,210 and watching Disney movies 1097 00:49:12,210 --> 00:49:14,460 was the highlight of my childhood. 1098 00:49:14,460 --> 00:49:15,900 And now I actually think twice 1099 00:49:15,900 --> 00:49:18,660 about letting my kids watch certain things. 1100 00:49:18,660 --> 00:49:20,403 - Is this mean to women? 1101 00:49:22,200 --> 00:49:23,033 - Yes. 1102 00:49:23,033 --> 00:49:25,500 - Yes? Why is it mean to women? 1103 00:49:25,500 --> 00:49:28,500 - Because they wanna be a mermaid, 1104 00:49:28,500 --> 00:49:32,940 but nobody can be a mermaid in real life. 1105 00:49:32,940 --> 00:49:35,223 - That's true. It's mermaid phobic.