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Walt Disney CEO Bob Iger told investors the company will "quiet the noise" in a culture war that has pitted social conservatives against the global media and entertainment conglomerate, according to an analyst note on Wednesday.

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[–] ampersandrew@kbin.social 23 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They knew that they were implementing a gay kiss because there's such a thing as gay couples in the world? Including parents of plenty of kids who'd go to see that movie? What part was too far?

[–] PenguinJuice@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

If I were to guess, people have a problem with sexuality and what they consider advanced sexual topics, on the nose diversity, and feminism at the cost of incompetent or subservient male characters being in their family films.

I think people prefer content such as Toy Story, Bugs Life, Monsters Inc, Finding Nemo, etc. These were good films that had a universal, moral message without having to do with politics or controversies.

[–] ampersandrew@kbin.social 20 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Is it an advanced sexual topic when a hetero married couple, like a child protagonist's parents, have a similar quick peck on the lips? Because if so, that seems overly prudish, and if not, the people who have a problem with it can grow up. To my knowledge, having not seen the movie, that kiss was really only showing that they had someone important in their lives, and I know that Bo Peep could get away with kissing Woody in Toy Story 1 with no controversy at all. There's also still politics within Monsters Inc and Finding Nemo without looking very hard, and I seem to remember the extremely political Wall-E being wildly popular with audiences and critics, even if I didn't care for it.

[–] PenguinJuice@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

It's okay to be prudish when it comes to families and children. They don't need to grow up. If you want to make movies that are not overly prudish and targeted at children you are more than welcome to. No one is stopping you.

[–] ampersandrew@kbin.social 18 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Disney movies have had pecks on the lips since the beginning of time. Presumably these children's parents kiss in front of them the same way all the time.

[–] Itty53@kbin.social 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

He's a fascist troll. Block him. Check his history. Classic "rack up reputation in game subs and then spam right wing hate speech everywhere else". Dude is a total fash troll, again, block him. Fedi works best when we block those guys because just responding to them is spreading their messages through your network.

[–] TipRing@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago

Sleeping Beauty was a racy sexual culture war statement.

[–] PenguinJuice@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] ampersandrew@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago

I mean, yeah, the happy marriages.

[–] Itty53@kbin.social 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Bo Peep and Woody flirting isn't universal ... and being unwed, the sexual innuendo presents a double standard. But that's not politics to you.

But make her a him, call him Beau Peep and change nothing else in the same sentence? "Politics". Ugh.

[–] Unaware7013@kbin.social 10 points 1 year ago

And yet you didn't see parents complaining about hetero couples kissing... 🤔

This is 100% a bigotry issue, they're just using sexuality as their cudgel to attack the LGBT+ community.