I was curious so I found the article:
https://insidethemagic.net/2024/06/disney-executive-caught-saying-company-wont-hire-white-men-rl1/The quote is exactly what normal people assume it is, out of context and not the entire quote.
Twentieth Century Television Senior Vice President Michael Giordano was caught on a hidden video saying that Disney explicitly does not hire “white men” for specific roles.
For specific roles. That’s pretty fcking obvious. You’re not going to hire a white man to play the little mermaid.
Ironically if they did hire a white man to play The Little Mermaid, the hard right nutjobs would be screaming that it was part of a “woke trans agenda” to normalize crossdressing and eliminate the traditional American male from society lol
It’s not about the point. It’s bout how you can spin it.
I mean, the little mermaid should be a danish woman. Like thats where the tale comes from. if they want a diverse movie, why not use a tale from somewhere that isnt europe?
Did you also know there’s no talking crab in the original story by Hans Christian Andersen? Since we’re being faithful to the original.
Well, if you didnt want to make the little mermaid, why call it that and say its based on the tale?
Like Moana or Mulan?
Exactly!
cultural appropiation
So, you’re saying they’re sexist and racist, and we should all be enraged and immediately donate to our favourite bigots?
I’m buying a ton of Disney stuff right now to throw on the bonfire tonight.
There are valid reasons for hating on Disney though… like what they’ve done to Star Wars.
Agreed. Want to add that (in my opinion, at least) Lucas’s Episodes I, II & III didn’t do the series any favors either. :-(
They expanded on the world building and action superbly, but Lucas isn’t a people person, and it shows
The Prequels were more world ruining movies than world building movies.
Or the fact that they donate a shit ton of money to conservative politicians.
The original 20 minute video in the article makes it clear he’s talking about job roles, and mentions writers a few times (admittedly not close enough to draw an 100% certain link). I don’t think it’s enough to discredit this just based on the assumption that he’s talking about actors or that there isn’t enough context. Obviously it’s vague enough that we can’t draw any solid conclusions, so I agree with you there.
The main reason I think this is bullshit is that the guy’s testimony isn’t credible for two main reasons:
- The guy was recently passed up for promotion, and blames it on being white and male
- The interviewer is posing as a romantically interested date and asking plenty of leading questions, the guy is at least partially telling her what she wants to hear
These two points, regardless of how true his story is, give him an ulterior motive for embellishing the story and exaggerating facts, which ultimately means we can’t trust this.
I’d like to see a full investigation, as with any accusation of discrimination. But we all know that when nothing turns up, it wouldn’t shut the right wingers up
Personally, I would love to see the little mermaid played by a big, burly man.
Terry Crewes would be perfect for the role
Then what kind of absolute unit can even be cast for daddy Tritron?
Tritron obviously will be a femboy
Finally, roles opening up for me 😳
Watch Disney cast the rock 🙃
You’re not going to hire a white man to play the little mermaid.
Don’t you tell me what to do.
🎶 You’re not going to hire a white man to play the little mermaid. 🎶
“No way in hell are we hiring a white man to play miles morales”
You’re not going to hire a white man to play the little mermaid.
I don’t know, genderswapping the roles doesn’t seem that far fetched for Disney
Terry Crews as Little Mermaid confirmed?
They already remade Little Mermaid too recently. Terry Crews as Rapunzel, though, is still on the table.
but Terry is bald, so…
oh god.
“Rapunzel, yo! Let down your pubes!”
About time
As much as I dislike Disney as a company that does sound interesting… really actually brings up so many new possibilities to revisit the classics!
Disney the company being evil doesn’t mean the folks that work on their products are too
Sure doesn’t.
There’s no way we’re hiring a white man for this role. They’d be very careful how they’d message that to agents.
Furthering that, they use the word agent. Specifically referring actors.
Lots of writers and other crew have agents. It’s not clear from the article if that’s what’s being referred to though.
Sure, but they also said role. Which can just mean job position, is more commonly used for casted actors.
Your first mistake was going to reddit at all. Your second mistake was going to the y’all qaeda subs.
y’all qaeda… I’ll have to remember that one.
Yokel Haram
Vanilla ISIS
Coup Klux Klan
The version I’ve heard is “coup cucks klan”
It just randomly appears on the news feed. Out of curiosity, I went deeper and lol’d.
Knowing r/conservative, Disney was probably talking about hiring someone to play Tina Turner in a biopic, or something like that.
That was going to be Rowan Atkinson’s Oscar role! The woke brigade ROBBED HIM!
Nah, according to the articles, it includes writers and executives.
That is not what the article says.
There have been multiple links in the comments to the articles, hours before your comment. Which part exactly said it includes writers and executives?
The original post.
This is the part where you point out what you mean.
Just read it, its like half way down
It sounds like you won’t have any trouble copying and pasting the part you’re talking about right here, unless it doesn’t exist.
Giordano went on to say that while only 10-15 percent of the population is gay, he estimates that a third or more of Disney’s writers are gay, and they “lean into gay and transgender stories.”
Giordano even focused on his career moving forward, saying he is “one step below being a department head,” but as far as Disney is concerned, he’s only “a white male.”
I love vague conversations. It really seals the entire argument, don’t you think?
(Just in case you’re really as slow as your comments imply you are, I am specifically telling you that you are wrong and we all know you’re refusing to provide any actual evidence whatsoever, because you also know you’re wrong)
Giordano went on to say that while only 10-15 percent of the population is gay, he estimates that a third or more of Disney’s writers are gay, and they “lean into gay and transgender stories.”
Giordano even focused on his career moving forward, saying he is “one step below being a department head,” but as far as Disney is concerned, he’s only “a white male.”
Now, Ive proven I can read an article. Can you do the same?
Do you have a link?
Interestingly this statement is only presented completely without context. What role where they talking about? I’m sure Steven Miller wouldn’t be satisfied until white men in blackface are playing every role in whatever it is they’re talking about lol
Executives and writers were drectly mentioned
I just read one of the linked articles. It didn’t say this.
By who?
I also would not hire a white man to play the new Psylocke. No context quotes mean we get to insert our own, right?
Psylocke sounds really close to uhh…something.
I really hope the character isn’t Jewish lol.
Edit: Damn alright fine lol, let him be a Jewish superhero named something two letters off from a Jewish slur, I didn’t realize that’d be so popular around here.
Dude, come on. Everyone knows the classic comic character Goldsylockstein isn’t Jewish.
They were looking for someone to play Martin Luther King.
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No, the MLK part was my own shitpost contribution. But yes it was being taking out of context. The article says they don’t hire white men for “specific roles.”
I don’t see any punctuation in that quote, so I’d bet there’s a lot of context missing
“… To play Frozone”
Who would want to work at Disney tbh
Considering they employ 200,000 people, I’d say quite a lot.
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“…because we’ve probably already hired 90% of them in the history of our company”
oh nooooo poor little white men it’s so hard for them
Hire for what, a janitor? Sounds legit.
