Why Disney is so Obsessed with Diversity

[@gabriellaharris3494]

As a woman I feel uncomfortable watching the stuff they put out. It’s so fake and in your face. That’s not what we want. The way they write Rhaenyra Targaryen in HOTD is a great example of how to do it.

[@CordeliaWagner1999]

"We"? Are you qualifizierte to speak for all eomen? I can't stand Game of Thrones, it's just d uu m bb in my opinion. I definetely don't want to see characters and stories like that. I want smart stories that don't need cheapest xes scenes to keep the audience interested. I want really smart characters.

[@NotFadeAway522]

@@CordeliaWagner1999 you're allowed to write "women", "dumb", and "sex." Just so you know.

[@SlyCooper1920]

​@@NotFadeAway522 I always think "Diversity" to be nothing but a cheap sellout move

[@JW0885]

For the record, I agree with you. My wife and I are always talking about how things can happen organically without being forced. Case in point, the avengers endgame “she’s got help” woman superhero team up moment done felt forced as fuck. Ironically enough, the show The Boys, had a moment in season three where they parodied this with the “girls get it done” thing. Then in the last episode when all the woman team up to beat the shit out of storm front it was organic and done right. I loved game of thrones by the way. But anyways, I think it doesn’t matter as long as it’s organic, not that my white male opinion means anything, just wanted to say that I agree with you.

[@fishertheadore6095]

11 years on KZbin and No Subscribers? Let Me be the First.

[@alexgodwin356]

Disney used to touch our hearts, now they touch us inappropriately.

[@horatiohuffnagel7978]

That's pretty much what's going on. Keep in mind most of their stuff is supposed to be for children. Why are you trying to teach 6 years olds what being gay is.....that's just creepy.

[@austinreed7343]

They have tried to touch our hearts recently though, they always miss.

[@shamarremp7089]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@inframatic]

😂 Bro, disney always touched you innapropriately. In the past, they just put on a good movie in the background while doing it

[@shamarremp7089]

@@inframatic 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Angry_Peanut_52]

They became so obsessed with diversity that it completely lost its meaning

[@hellacia8151]

@@Angry_Peanut_52 They love that BlackRock money so much

[@lucasdiazjr5679]

Pandering not diversity

[@mrswhatdoyoucare2947]

i just really don't understand: We have movies like The Princess and The Frog, Bear Brothers, Lilo and Stitch that all tackled different cultures perfectly and with a very sweet and heartwarming original story and the people LOVED these movies. Disney was not even trying back then, but they still managed to show representation to different cultures. And now? They 'ruin' already existing titles, adding unecessary representation in spots that make no sense, alienating Women, POC and Homosexuals by putting them on such weird pedestols that make no sense in the long run.

[@chrisevans9688]

Chris Evans is now good luck on this weekend do you just like you feel like that you k okay just me and my now free day luck with that you in my future just me go back next time you find out now

[@Yeen666]

@@chrisevans9688did you just have a stroke typing this wtf?

[@Leamichellefan2244]

@@mrswhatdoyoucare2947 yeah but it doesn’t help when the actors and actresses that they hire are just as bad as they are in the sense that they love being put on those pedestals and they act like they’re doing something great when in reality all they’re doing is disrespecting my story disrespecting all mean there’s nobody that wins when this happens.

[@alexslusher16]

Bear Brothers? LOL. Not sure what that movie is but I LOVE Disney's Brother Bear. LOL XD

[@chrisevans9688]

@@Leamichellefan2244 Chris Evans first time in now yes now that is good news soon gool thanks you guys news NFL this week and we can do it tomorrow night if you find out now that you do it next week

[@-obamium5320]

They’re obsessed with their ESG score, it’s why they rank in the top ten

[@pepsimaaaaaaaaaan]

I srsly dont know why the idiots at disney are so obsessed with this score

[@jorgeacosta6698]

​@@pepsimaaaaaaaaaan Yeah, like...does that sh1t gives more money than millions and millions of people? (which they are losing be each passing year)

[@riblo72]

​​@@pepsimaaaaaaaaaanbecause they think the ESG rating and the DEI hiring make them look good to the world. In addition ESG rating grants them money that keep them alive in this post COVID phase in wich box office earnings are lower

[@robertagren9360]

It's some invest BS where blackrock will not invest in companies who not fit into their idea.

[@-obamium5320]

@@robertagren9360 Companies are trying to avoid participating a supply and demand market by relying on other sources of money. Im always baffled by people who blame capitalism even though these companies and investment firms are subverting the whole thing

[@done9137]

The average audience member doesn't care about sexuality, it doesn't make us phobes

[@themysteriousnavi6850]

Yeah, I agree and at this point, I actually almost want to be just that!

[@yanrokbowl28]

Or misics

[@pepsimaaaaaaaaaan]

This whole phobia thing is just a pathetic excuse they shove in our faces because they didn't get the love and attention they needed in their life

[@pepsimaaaaaaaaaan]

And they never will imo

[@haroldb1856]

Disney hates the audience.

[@senormarston]

Imagine a multimillion corporate telling you that the way you live is wrong and lecture you on how shameful you are. These people are nuts

[@ericnierstedt6242]

For me, The Little Mermaid was the turning point. I don't actually hate the film, and there some things about I like (Grimsby getting a little more to do, performances that were mostly ok), but it was the first time I really felt that I was watching a hollow films with actors stuck having to repeat things that the original did. And while Halle Bailey was fine and is not responsible for the creative decisions, I hated the argument of 'a mermaid is a fictional being so her race doesn't matter.' Then changing it means nothing, and given there's a new kids show where Ariel is black, Disney clearly did it to justify the remake and try to make an appeal to that audience. I can't speak for African-Americans/black people, but I also thought, "Does Disney really think that they will embrace a 'new classic' that is that same story white people already did? Especially when there ARE stories about mermaids in African culture?"

[@done9137]

Disney doesn't understand black people. They hire to the weird ones that think they represent us but actually sell us out for jobs that were stolen from white men with talent

[@eglantinepapeau1582]

yeah but Disney wanted to pander to black americans, not africans , africans have their own issues but it doesn't include "lack of representation in western culture", they don't give 2 cra*s abt that . Also in african legends , mermaids are evil and hate humans and that includes Mami wata , the queen mermaid , who herself is inspired by the european legend (wata= water ) . Don't trust Wiki and the western sources, africans didn't "venerate" mami wata , she's seen as an evil spirit there, trust africans speaking abt it on reddit or other forums .

[@chyandinii]

I'm not black nor white, but thank goodness for that last thought of yours... I'm just like "you wanna celebrate diversity and embrace new stuff but just do the same thing we've done over and over and give us leftovers instead of our OWN stories?"??? Hell there aren't much pop culture representing my own ethnicity yet these "diverse" stories don't bother to do something new and fresh with something like showing that ethnicity in more stuff and show otherwise unknown cultures to others

[@silashurd3597]

@@eglantinepapeau1582huh. That is an interesting Mermaid legend😮

[@eglantinepapeau1582]

@@silashurd3597 yes it is a cool legend but in the legend she's a villain . literally Mami Wata is like King Triton in the DIsney movie, except she hates humans more , she drags them by their feet to drown them .

[@Zelielz1]

They are not obsessed with Diversity, they are obsessed with discriminating people based on their skin color and gender.

[@gloriathomas3245]

Exactly how they discriminating?

[@NTNG13]

@@gloriathomas3245 by only hiring dark skinned actors and asians as the Vice President said in that video. Actively rejecting whites from hiring is racism no matter what the hypocritic college liberals say. I'm latino and it's hilariously obvious how they work, they're as subtle as 50s Hollywood with their racism.

[@RusRus72]

@@gloriathomas3245white straight men

[@themysteriousnavi6850]

Could you imagine if Bollywood and/or other Indian film studios/industries decided to have Chinese and/or other non-South Asian characters in their movies for the sake of 'representation'? I bet you most Indians would lose their minds!

[@silashurd3597]

How UnIncLUsiVe those evil jerks are!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I’m just messing around 😂

[@ShubhankarDev-q5g]

​ @silashurd3597 they don't have chinese people in india. But you have other minority groups in considerable amount in the USA.

[@rishavmitra6122]

Just to counter the above commenter views india has the most diverse looking people but we are not idiots and gay like hollywood so dont preach us we know how to fun movies !!!

[@fragilegameplay3161]

As an indian understood the reference but we are so diverse from top to bottom. We have 500+ ethnic groups to 48+ languages in once country. every 10km we speak different language

[@trinityx3o522]

@@fragilegameplay3161 Case in point, USA isnt the entire world, and the entire world doesn't revolve around USA. Problems there aren't necessarily the same in other countries, so there's no need for them to stick their noses where it doesn't belong

[@CrazyEveeFanGirl234]

The one disney remake that brakes me is snow white. Why is a latina playing snow? Part of snow White's description is skin as white as snow. That's why they call her snow white. Also the actress playing her doesn't know the source material. The prince wasn't stalking snow he was riding past the court yeard of the castle and happened to hear her singing and went to investigate where the singing was coming from.

[@benschultz1784]

Rachel Zegler is Whasian (German-Filipina ancestry)

[@lucasallen5792]

Bro your thinking of Mary had a little lamb not snow white The song literally goes: Mary had a little lamb, little lamb, little lamb, Mary had a little lamb who's face was white as snow Also correct me if I'm wrong but doesn't the song sound like it's referring to the lamb having a face as white as snow and not Mary herself, so even if this was related to snow white the line about the color of her face isn't even a reference to her it's a reference to the lamb

[@asherwiggin6456]

@@lucasallen5792wasn’t it fleece and not face? “Fleece as white as snow”?

[@asherwiggin6456]

@@lucasallen5792wasn’t it fleece and not face? “Fleece as white as snow”?

[@Leamichellefan2244]

@@CrazyEveeFanGirl234 please don’t hate me, but I couldn’t stand Ariel. I couldn’t stay Ariel. I did that just didn’t work for me. However, I completely agree with you about snow White that is bull that is absolutely 1000% bull she has no business playing because of the obvious disgusting hateful personality.

[@OsloTime]

I love that Raven-Symoné stuck to her belief that SHE wasn't Raven Baxter and thus didn't need to tack herself onto the front of the character. She was ACTING. It's like people forgot that movies, shows, plays are all playing pretend and if it's not then it's non-fiction and thats something else entirely. Great video! I'm so glad I found your channel. Just subscribed! 😊

[@chrisevans9688]

Chris Evans be back in right tomorrow and soon before you be soon thanks you guys and good morning and happy in now ❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@stevendunnuck]

They don't hire actors anymore they hire activists

[@altarush]

She knows the difference.

[@KristopherPrime]

besides, it's a KIDS SHOW! lgbt stuff generally isn't appropriate for kids content.

[@shanicestella2226]

Maybe this is a Weird Unpopular Opinion territory , As Non-American , I find the strangest paradox of American society is diversity and multiculturalism is something that only weaponized for the sake of gaining profit for entertaiment company as American entertaiment scene already a fast phased and hyper competitive market , but ironically the society is somewhat insular and looks living in a giant bubble and not everybody realize the multiculturalism that their country possess

[@suryavajra]

An interesting point of view…

[@mk_wizard]

PS: I never saw Ursula as queer coded not even now in my adult life. I just saw her as... a villain.

[@liannabunny7775]

I mean, I know she was modeled after the Drag Queen named Divine and was originally gonna be voiced by Divine

[@tunnelsnakesrule7541]

Wasn't she modeled after John Waters movie regular Divine, a drag queen?

[@Cell287]

@@liannabunny7775 an actual fact.

[@liannabunny7775]

@@Cell287 Yeah, the only reason I don't think Divine could have helped because like… Divine died before the movie was released

[@satisfactionofimprovemen-ft1qu]

@@liannabunny7775 Despite that we still never saw her as queer neither when watching it as a child or adult she was just a scary villain

[@briancarroll1917]

Two words “Black Rock”

[@mrprotheroe4981]

Diversity is great, but Disney got seriously obsessed with it, and they used it for marketing rather then making good stories with it. Making a film about diversity can be good thing if given to the right hands "Like having talented filmmakers". If there are any divers people who thinks the films are crap. And please name me good diverse films like *Barbie*

[@Cell287]

Hook. Had many diverse characters. A fresher take on Peter Pan and had Robin Williams

[@mrprotheroe4981]

@@Cell287 Bangarang

[@Thischanneldoesnotexistyet]

I think this is hilarious considering that this is the same company to initially shoot down the ideas of a black panther or Mrs marvel movie because they thought that having a black or female protagonist would not sell. Diversity is great but it needs to be done naturally instead of in a forced way because I do not believe that they actually care about diversity as much as the money that they could make from mass appeal. Edit: Also, people from different races or identities can relate to other people too.

[@dick-vn3yv]

Disney needs to take Brie Larsons speech to heart. If you are a 40 year old White guy and have a problem with "A Wrinkle in Time" don't watch it, it wasn't made for you.

[@avrivah1101]

If you substitute the word "diversity" for "activists," these policies start to make sense. They write, film, and market these movies & shows for activists. Race/gender/sexual orientation, if they enter into it at all, are chosen to increase the likelihood that a candidate or casting choice is already an activist or amenable to Disney's politics.

[@gamervet4760]

Thanks. You can feel like you're going crazy when you're the one who sees it for it what it is, while others consume and continuously mock you for being "crazy and paranoid." Always nice to see another person on the same level. Thanks again.

[@billviola7884]

I wouldn't call these ignorant bastards "activists"

[@miaferrari958]

Nah, they do it for blackrock

[@avrivah1101]

@@miaferrari958 That's the carrot, the financial incentive, to keep the bean counters and the shareholders interested in investing or keeping their money involved. Bob Iger, who has expressed a strong desire to run for high office, knows that he has to pass the acid test with the party faithful in order to secure the funding and support for his nomination. The creatives, who have seats in the writer's rooms where these abominations are created, are true believers or opportunistic simps.

[@mazkeraid4039]

Substitute the word "activists" to "virtue signalists" or better yet "Tokenists," and you'll pretty much paint the picture better.

[@greywell2982]

As a multiracial person, I just like to watch things to escape the World. As a person who liked Proud Family it was a fun show because it showed the everyday lives of these characters.

[@KristopherPrime]

same. it didn't matter to me whether they were black or white, they were just an awesome family with awesome experiences.

[@daneyal7162]

Personally? It's because of companies like blackrock and vanguard. They are the ones who are pushing to keep this madness going, and they are some of disney's biggest supporters.

[@Zzrik]

I feel like Disney no longer focuses on the characters and their stories themselves, they only care about their looks and skin tones. Is there a difference between a White say Ariel in this case and a Black one?, well appart from her skin color no. If they want to do a mermaid that appeals to specific group for some reason, then just make a new character but that is something they are not going to do.

[@Fear_the_Nog]

The reason they don't do that is because it's all about being reactionary. They don't want to create new characters, because their goal was never to actually TRULY represent minorities. Their goal is to supplant heretofore white things. It's to tear down. Not build up. The result: both white people and other races get the short end of the stick in the grand scheme of things.

[@nuts0that]

So WHY are they doing it? To appeal to a wide audience? Obviously not. Something else is going on.

[@isaiasherrero7889]

they sold out to vanguard and Blackrock and it shows.

[@DavidMartinez-ce3lp]

The people making these movies are making them for themselves, but they believe they are not alone. They think they're part of some secret majority and that they'll show up with each of these projects. There is no secret majority.

[@avakko]

100 ٪ correct... but there is a larger plan.. it all comes down to power and control.. destroy the family unit, the middle class and the American dream. No more checks and balances against them. ​@isaiasherrero7889

[@dick-vn3yv]

The first three major stock holders are Vanguard, BlackRock and State Street Bank, in that order. They don't care how much stockholder money they waste.

[@gigachadgaming1551]

Fr. I thought that all this would atleast be profitable, but for some reason this megacorporation is sacrificing that

[@frybodelgado1482]

It‘s the hypocricy at the very root of it all. The vast majority if people are just SO aaware that they are being bombarded by propaganda by people who couldn‘t care less about the real problems they pretend to address. It‘s all just so very tiresome and transparent. I can‘t wait for this phase to die out!

[@thebaxman4459]

Very well said and excellent points. By the way, you spelled aware with two "A"s. Just letting you know.

[@frybodelgado1482]

@@thebaxman4459 Thank you altough I wonder why a spelling mistake is high on your list of thing you want to point out. I mean you are right but don´t you turn insane when you read trough 99% of badly phrased and gtotesquely misspelled garbage in comment sections that way...?

[@morte2504]

Blackrock, Vanguard, Rothschilds.

[@cerberusloyalist5038]

👃

[@chingma8064]

Add state street to the list

[@juannaym8488]

THe Rothschilds lost their power bro. They are still awful people and way too wealthy, but they were even disbarred from Israel for not paying their taxes

[@chazjohannsen]

That (so) Raven clip in the beginning is so good.

[@willard39]

If Disney is talking about hiring a white male for Jasmine, yeah, that makes sense, as it would for a company to not hire a person of color for a role that is for a white person. Race appropriate would be the term I would use. What doesn't make sense is to base any hiring on some DEI quota system. Especially when you're talking about characters who have traditionally been one race. That's what people hate; changing the race, sex, gender, orientation simply to satisfy some identity politics shenanigans. And to have a decidedly prejudiced application of that rule (e.g., while Disney felt okay replacing white Ariel with black Ariel in the Little Mermaid, the folklore is actually from Denmark. Disney would never replace a black actor with a white one in a property based on African folklore and that makes perfect sense).

[@Leamichellefan2244]

@@willard39 thank you I’m so sick of people acting like what doesn’t matter that they changed Ariel yes it does.

[@Snikit]

The money isn’t drying up: Black Rock, Vanguard, State Street.

[@isaiasherrero7889]

they've been bought by Black Rock and Vanguard so it makes sense why they lean heavily in DEI area.

[@Snikit]

@@isaiasherrero7889 I know right?! Companies like Disney are adverse to risk which is why they pump out all these sequels and remakes and buy up franchises with existing audiences. But then they betray those audiences, lose money, and yet continue to double down on the risk of DEI? This is all because the money is coming from somewhere else. 💵

[@Cell287]

@@isaiasherrero7889 and Blackrock will crumble. They will eventually run out of money

[@project_veritas_is_not_you8824]

Just say juice.

[@easyonme6141]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂​@@Cell287

[@broden4838]

You know, for a Kingdom Hearts x Smash Bros. fanfic, I was considering having a side story having one of the antagonizing characters look like either Iger or Kennedy

[@milcahreyes5287]

Awesome. Could I read it?

[@constantinelheman]

What the hell is wrong with companies in USA ?

[@Nooliy1]

Short and simple: Blackrock investments. A bit longer: DEI and other green crap come from investors thinking they are investing in something that can't be canceled because of identity politics.

[@ValleyoftheKings64]

Disney were much better at diversity when they weren't trying to be.

[@orkoskang7967]

I like Tiana, that friend of Kenai, Pocahontas, Mulan, Belle, Jane Porter, and more.

[@ChuckE.CheesesIllinois]

They removed Splash Mountain because it was "Problematic" and yet replaced it a "progressive" Tiana ride that contains things that aren't progressive Way to go Disney

[@foxboy6145]

And keeps breaking down

[@benschultz1784]

Without Dr. Facilier because "we can't have a villain of color"

[@Leamichellefan2244]

@@ChuckE.CheesesIllinois to say nothing of the fact that they can’t even keep it open because it constantly breaks down.

[@Leamichellefan2244]

@@benschultz1784 exactly and he’s the only thing that would’ve made that fun.

[@hellacia8151]

The short answer: BlackRock. They mandate Disney to be woke in order to fulfill their ESG score, therefore more funding from them. It doesn't matter if movies flop, it's about pushing an agenda.

[@mattyg906]

The studio where dreams and creativity die

[@TheHomeDesigner123]

The audience you had been reaching represents 98% of people who went to movies. Disney feels that they need to make movies for the remaining 2% of people with their new messaging, and they wonder why their movies are failing.

[@Lynchsnightmare]

As a latina that doesn’t live in usa, africans, and latinos (not latino-american, african-american) we have so many important problems, we don’t care about being “represented”. I think the ones that want to be represented are the descendants of latinos and africans that live in the usa. So its a super small number of people who want to see this movies. Never met someone or read about a latino (born and raised in a latino country, not descendant) who said wow!!! Im being represented!!! We just make fun of Disney.

[@bojangles7331]

This is so problematic. And I’m a Mixed person (white mom/black father) . Why not just create good characters and not focus on their race? It’s clear that in the past Hollywood had a huge white wash problem(cannot deny it). But you don’t fix that by flipping it the other way intentionally. It just promotes racism in a different way. So my question is. How can this change? Just stop with the messaging. You can have people of different race. Just don’t push this race problem when most people don’t care about race.

[@oliverknill631]

this is a good formulation: " they are no more in the movie business but in the sermon business". Indeed, we see how much the public likes to be preached at also during entertainment. Where did the talent from Marvel's studios or Pixar or Dreamworks go?

[@sfkeepay]

I waited patiently the full length of the video waiting for the question in the title to be answered. But if Disney is obsessed with diversity, this video doesn’t tell us why. I’ll take a stab at it. I don’t believe they are obsessed with diversity. I think that just like all public companies, they’re obsessed with money. They understand demographics, want to reach the broadest markets possible, and they’ve jumped the gun. They’re 10 to 20 years too early, and their releases are much too saturated, and far too soon. That’s only a guess. But one thing they are not is a wing of some high-power “liberal” agenda. There is no “agenda” to destroy America, turn the frogs gay, or whatever. I definitely see why people think there is, but you can’t get progressives coordinated enough to change the channel, let alone undertake some mammoth plot.

[@DonJuanMarco1994]

How stupid Disney? Gays are offended by Ursula? But gays love Ursula. Her song was bad-ass you know.

[@tomnorton4277]

Poor Unfortunate Souls is iconic. Not as good as Hellfire but it's almost impossible to reach Hellfire's level, so getting anywhere close is still an impressive achievement.

[@allystitcheskurta]

URSULA IS QUEEN!!!!!! She’s even inspired by the DRAG QUEEN, DIVINE!!

[@CordeliaWagner1999]

But going back to 1950s style subburbian life propaganda won't do it. I don't want the old characters, I want something that fits in our time without being to progressive or to conservative. Snow White with all her cleaning made sense in a time when most women did nothing else, when the Propaganda said that bring a housekeeper is the highest goal for a woman. That's over 70 years ago, that's not what people want nowadays aside from Nostalgia. I don't want Remakes of Originals that portay an outdated Lifestyle, I want New stories.

[@matthewbagley2590]

ESG, Blackrock, and other investors and activists are why Disney is obsessed with diversity.

[@Pressbutan]

Because saying words about equity and diversity is a lot cheaper than anything else

[@beatjunkybg]

I'm gay but I don't wanna be 'represented constantly, it feels forced and cringe at times. I want diversity when it makes sense story wise, that's it. If you're trying to find a way to include everyone in a story about 14th century Britain.. just stop

[@foxboy6145]

They end up making it even less believable than before, taking you out of the experience.

[@SuperUniverse]

I think the original dream team that made Disney a success left the company. I mean Lucas was the brains behind the success of star wars and he was replaced with a less talented leader like KK Is it no wonder that KK's staff doesn't even know who destroyed the death star?!

[@dennisbrown4219]

Disney is not about entertaining anyone ,its about diversity and theology messaging throughout these projects. This is where losing all audiences older and some younger each every time because audiences don't want these messages but an escape in the entertainment by good story telling. Look in the mirror and take a look yourself sometime and will see what's happening and that's a message to these big studios.

[@bertieb7811]

If you try to please everyone you end up pleasing no one.

[@haroldb1856]

If you try to please BlackRock, you please the critics.

[@01sevensix]

He’s right, you can’t please everybody. But he’s pleasing nobody.

[@AmericanFreeman2024]

Let's just say, I checked google what race Iger is, and he's from a Jewish family. so, that's why he's obsessed with diversity. Don't take it from me, it's google.

[@darthvaper4776]

You should let fans make entertainment not some narcissist

[@JTheTeach]

Damn you Kathleen Kenedy

[@alexp.d3689]

" PUT A CHICK IN IT AND MAKE IT LAME AND GAY " .... 😂😂😂😂😂

[@jonasirw1]

Incredibly well written vid

[@bonzodog67lizardking15]

Classic cinema is classic for a Reason. By rights, "It's a Wonderful Life" shouldn't appeal to ANY modern audience because it's old, mostly white, and, well, too WHITE!! ... And yet it still works its magic. Representation is a piss-poor substitute for quality storytelling.

[@roberw1912]

I have struggled to watch most Disney shows. The problem with broad audiences you can't be edgy and inventive. The false inclusivity alienates the communities they are aiming at as they know they being pandered to.

[@robin.marvels2585]

Okay, when the race of a character doesn’t matter to the plot or their arc, if the actress is the best one for the job, they should absolutely cast them, no matter the race. Hailey Bailey is an amazing Ariel, she perfectly fits the wide-eyed, curious character.

[@BiggieTrismegistus]

Halle Bailey is certainly wide-eyed but not in the way it's normally meant.

[@csquared84]

Exactly! When it comes to Disney remakes, the characters can be whatever race as long as they reflect and capture the personality of what made them memorable in the first place

[@suryavajra]

I mean she looked like a fantasy mermaid to me, just based on her expressions. Like she seemed ro really exude the role. Who could have done better?

[@Leamichellefan2244]

@@robin.marvels2585 oh bowl bowl bowl bowl bowl bowl bowl bowl, your precious Bailey is not an amazing Ariel and don’t give me that it doesn’t matter about her race crap yes it does. Yes, the freak it does. The author took great to explain that the little mermaid that Ariel is based off of is white that is mentioned numerous times in that story and she’s white with red hair in the animated Disney movie Bailey and sister on keeping her stupid dreadlocks which Ariel does not have, and don’t get me started on the lackluster act was not for the role. She was literally bought and paid for by Beyoncé who told them if Bailey wasn’t in the next Disney movie the lion King remake would be the last thing she ever does for Disney bought her that role, but you’re not ready.

[@Leamichellefan2244]

@@csquared84 no the hell they can’t stop with that stop with that. They can’t there a certain way they could stay that way.

[@Simbala-bq5vy]

I don't understand Bob. Most of theyre classic Disney movies have a diverse culture or character. We want more african. Well but didn't you guys made the lion king and now Iwaju? We want more princesses with different races so we'll race swap Ariel adn Snow white. Yeah but you guys have Mulan, Pocahontas, Tiana and now Asha. We want them to send the audience a message. But what is the message? Diversity is not a message. The movies like Cinderella, the lion king, Mulan, beauty and the beast and so on had a great and meaningful message anout responsibility or loving someone from the inside not outside. You gus hate sttong female characters. Uhm no. We love the movie Mulan and Kim possible. Kim possible was popular because back its time there wasnt many female heroes. Now theres only female heroes that are perfect in every single way. Also why blame the audience? Its perfectly fine if you don't like something m critiscm is there so that you can improve not to bash on something. I mean Disney still can produce some bangers I mean 2 years ago we had Encanto this year we got Inside out 2 wich was fantastic and theyre upcoming movies are Deadpool and Wolverine and Moana 2. I hate Bob and Kathleen. They should both be fired for an eternity and never get a job from the movie industry!

[@byronsotirispetrakis9470]

we don't need diversity. we need entertainment for everyone.

[@hurtfulrhubarb5851]

SAN ANTONIO MENTIONED‼️REMEMBER THE ALAMO 🦅🦅🔥🔥🙏

[@Paulog2003]

Love this guy! He’s like the judge, pure neutral and unbiased tone just calling these people out for the bullshit. Keep up the good stuff

[@upliftlizard1715]

I used to believe that it was Disney pandering to the loud minority, but I'm not convinced it is the agendas of those who are working on these new properties that have caused this drastic shift

[@shanicestella2226]

Modern Disney feel just all superficial style over substance , superficial fancy decor over function Theyre not a joke theyre entire circus

[@shanicestella2226]

Kelly Sue De Conick ever says " If You Don't like my Politics then Don't buy My Books " This quotes from her really reflect the Modern Disney business approach that sounded says " If You Don't like My Political Correctness , Then Youre Problematic "

[@orkoskang7967]

That fool will pay for ruining Carol Susan Jane Danvers.

[@InterestsparkedTV]

Stop ESG, Stop this behaviour

[@brianland2944]

This is definitely my new , very favorite channel! Good work!

[@briancarroll1917]

Just wanna say how impressed i am with this video. The editing, the perspective and your words are very poetic. I’m glad I found your channel. Can’t wait to dive into your videos and promote this channel to all my friends.

[@raekm]

I've always thought Disney's mickey logo looked like the radioactive sign. Now they are basically the same thing.

[@oneironaut420]

They’re not “obsessed with diversity”, they’re obsessed with money and it’s simply a diverse world. It’s just reality. They’re saying the money of their gay, black, female fans is just as green as anyone else’s. Why NOT go after the segment of society. It’s just reality and some people don’t like seeing such people treated just like them.

[@splat-trainproductions]

Diversity is NOT the problem, it’s how it’s used and portrayed that’s the problem.

[@gloriathomas3245]

if diversity is not the problem then explain to me why entertainment is so segregated then?

[@splat-trainproductions]

@@gloriathomas3245 Wait-WHAT?!!!

[@gloriathomas3245]

Friends, Seinfeld, The Cosby Show, Martin, etc are a staunch of the "separate but equal" mindest of TV. To say that diversity exist is nonsense.

[@HarryHamsterChannel]

Iger ought to dye all his wigs the same color.

[@ragnarkisten]

It is a strange definition of diversity when they deny to hire white men, if you ask me!

[@mk_wizard]

Just the opening made me smile because THIS is what I've been saying this whole time: the real down to Earth people who are of minority groups want to be valued by their merit not their skin colour, gender, religion, who they kiss, etc. They are cool with characters not being just like them to the letter and will even come out and say that DEI routes will hurt the character/lore. It's too bad Hollywood doesn't give awards for being dignified.

[@suryavajra]

The problem is a great blurring together of all of these things together.p, where may be you may try to tell a great story that has not been told before and someone else will call it “woke” or “DEI”.

[@Leamichellefan2244]

@@mk_wizard and I’ve noticed that sensible people in minority groups don’t appreciate the changes like did you see the little video of the little girl who called out the BS and said that that wasn’t Ariel that poor child got dragged all over social media why because she spoke the truth.

[@veerchasm1]

Money/Blackrock

[@HieiDaHellSpawn94]

Trying to keep that ESG scored up is really not worth it

[@christopherreichart9193]

I want my Disney back I am done to be upset slint I Believe Naomi Scott I am speechless I am here for my Annie 1999 back and song of the south and all disney sing along songs and all Disney vaolt I hate to lie 29 years from Disney they got me in this pain for many years keep some From 2024 Inside out two and Deadpool and wolverine and descendants the rise of red and make Moana two on Disney+

[@danielallred4806]

Diversity has two definitions, first is the reasonable and admirable definition that respects that everyone has different traits, gifts, and talents. The other is the Marxist or “woke” one where the oppressed has the right to discriminate and gain vengeance against the oppressors. Keep in mind that a certain Far East Asian country that refers to itself as Communist and practices Communist principles essentially controls Hollywood.

[@isaiasherrero7889]

If Apple buys Disney then it would come around full circle. Hopefully, other companies will pick up on the errors of Disney and other companies that have pushed DEI & learn from it. I also think that the problem is not diversity and what that means is you can create wonderful stories as a whole because you can have diverse characters. However, the main problem is when you force it into the story that is where the main issue lies. A story contains plot, conflict (both inner and outer-while inner is what usually drives the character's motivation for doing things), character, setting, point of view, as well as themes. There are both good and bad examples of this. An author's main purpose is to either inform, persuade, or entertain. Usually when it's to persuade is for essay purposes or debates. Inform is usually for educational purposes, similar to what we would see in documentaries. While the average moviegoer goes to movies or TV shows as a means of escape. And when you replace what shapes what makes good TV or films with something that would maybe only be seen in a persuasive, argumentative essay, or debate and try to force it into a story or genre where both of those narratives don't go together they evidently crash together and everyone suffers as a result. Timeless truths used to be the bread and butter that held up many of the stories we would see in movies and shows but sadly that's slowly starting to become a thing of the past.

[@eldrishpuza8512]

Why would apple change disney dont they have the sane investers?

[@DrAngelKins]

11:31 I agree. Woke is just a buzzword then something being actually useful

[@ReadilyAvailibleChomper]

Because money. Whatever is most popular is what they chase to make money. Diversity is popular right now, so they chase it. If it was Germany 1945, you know what they’d do. It all about the money, always has been.

[@Interdacted]

Do companies get tax breaks for diversed employees?

[@tunnelsnakesrule7541]

Probably more like money from investors, those folks have a twisted idea of what people want. It's why so many companies implement things that go nowhere into their websites and whatnot, like the Metaverse.

[@patrickshannon4854]

Bob Iger has the worst poker face I’ve ever seen. I’m thinking he’s a terrible card player. Iger is literally the characterization of the joke, “ I can tell when Bob is lying, his lips move!” Go back & watch his face in the video where Iger is declaring what he does or doesn’t promote. His face literally telegraphs his deceptive comments.

[@Obinnex]

Diversity is LGBTQ+ aka 'the alphabet people' and 'the rainbow people'.

[@Kam_i_]

I get legitimately angry when I see people believing that Disney’s idea of diversity and progressivism are true to these concepts. There is a huge difference between “preaching” and “storytelling with a message.”Thousands of good stories with progressive messages are LOVED by people who crow about “disney is trying to push an agenda!” Disney is not trying to push an agenda. They are trying to use a warped, twisted interpretation of progressivism to market their shitty, creatively corrupt new products. At this point I’m convinced their heavy-handedness with “social messages” is some kind of ploy by right-wing Disney executives to undermine genuinely important social movements like intersectional feminism. No true activist, no true left-wing individual, no true socialist or feminist actually supports Disney’s bullshit. Only neoliberal center-right idiots who want to virtue signal actually pretend to like Disney’s recent shitty remakes and lackluster original products, and most of these people are millenials and gen Xers with their own kids, who just want an hour of entertainment they can mindlessly turn on for their family to watch. My other theory is that the corporate groupthink environment of Disney has rotted the brain of everyone in creative leadership roles to the point where they are scared to propose anything that doesn’t have the same twisted, overly-simplified forced messages thrown in, whether it’s the plot or choosing who to hire for the project. That’s how you get out-of-context clips from these hacks saying that they won’t hire white men, or that they only want gay characters, whatever. It’s all virtue signaling, to disguise their continuing to fall short on creating compelling art. Like you say in the video, most of the problem here is the corporatization of storytelling rather than allowing for the vision of individual artists, and the oversaturation of the entertainment market in an attempt to gain the most return on investment for shareholders.

[@CloneShockTrooper]

I do get there is some injustice in regards to black people. But that needs to corrected somewhere else and not in the movies or other kinds of entertainment. Woke is a thing but I do give it to Bob Iger that it’s overused by MAGA cultists. But it’s still a thing. The problem has its roots in America 🇺🇸 where there’s no political middle ground. Either there’s a an extreme right wing or an extreme left wing and that’s a problem. But Donald Trump and his cronies abuse the term on a regular basis. But that doesn’t change the fact that woke exists. Do this through political reforms and not in my entertainment.

[@RenzoOrtega777]

Hollywood & Disney hasn’t got a dime off me since 2014! They can screw off with their bullshit at this point!

[@CloneShockTrooper]

It seems to me that the focus on diversity is so much that quality storytelling gets backseat. Also racism is plainly bad not what direction it goes. Sad but true. Well my solution to that, is to vote 🗳️ with my wallet 🪪 😊

[@gloriathomas3245]

People that say they hate diversity must want TV to go back to the days when it was segmented and segregated into white and black TV. The fact we live on n racially integrated should be no excuse TV shows and movies to lack diversity.

[@fox47th98]

I don’t need to watch the video because I ALREADY know why. They want money. They want certain groups of their audience to come watch a movie because it’s relates to them. Small issue with that. These groups only make up about 15 PERCENT at least of the audience. They should make a good movie or tv show just to make a good movie or tv show. Not shove their “woke=cash” tactic into everything. You can make a good LGBTQ or Black character to be one of the stars of a movie or the main character, but you can’t make them a caricature and have their whole entire personal be a LGBTQ or Black individual. The average audience will and has noticed it, and it is becoming annoying. They want to represent everyone, but they are doing it for profit, not because they really want to. The CEO of Disney and their board could give a rats ass about the LGBTQ community or the Black and any other minority group. They want money and nothing more, so they will do anything to get it, including making boom after boom for the sake of (false) representation.

[@InterestsparkedTV]

I didn’t know she was gay. I can her teenage me crying.

[@pchound5962]

Gee, I heard a lot of gays love Ursula. Correct me if I'm wrong cause I'm straight.

[@TheCasimir94]

I hate this boomer idea that the characters have to reflect the diverse audience. That is absolute bullcrap. I related to Ariel and im not a 16 yo ginger girl with a tail. Just write good stories and people will find things to relate to, like the emotions or the setting.

[@Xtheearthchildx]

They’re making very expensive diversity trading videos.

[@PatrickONeal-w4h]

Disney customers are diversifying themselves to other parks. Bye bye disney.

[@allegory1062]

This is such an amazing video. You deserve a lot of subscribers. Amazing!!

[@PyranoStudios]

the diversity would be nice if they had enough moral integrity to not censor it all when things premiere in China. Just performative

[@VilaTravF]

Ideologies are bad because they encapsulate a set of correct concepts and outside that bubble, everything else is wrong.

[@Bernard04-j8f]

Ive hardly watched Disney releases since Covid, and I probably continue to do so

[@skirnir393]

These movies don't invite you to reflect on social problems; they tell you that you are the problem.

[@micprox1491]

Remember when disney release mickey mouse mocking the blacks? yea it happened

[@gustavocvieira8584]

Smells like juice

[@yaswanthmannava4072]

Disney not realising due to sales fro toys and disneyland they forgot these are people ofpast if their movies does not reach audience future buyer will be lost

[@me1234229]

Corporate doing corporate stuff🤷🏾‍♂️ even since they have been using my community as their piggy ride i know they weren't for us, but eyyy my community eating it though

[@762459]

Walt Disney is rolling in his cryo-grave right now.