Disney, like MAX, had taken to slapping ‘trigger warnings’ on classic movies accusing them of racism.
“This program includes negative depictions and/or mistreatment of people or cultures. These stereotypes were wrong then and are wrong now. Rather than remove this content, we want to acknowledge its harmful impact, learn from it and spark conversation to create a more inclusive future together. Disney is committed to creating stories with inspirational and aspirational themes that reflect the rich diversity of the human experience around the globe.”
These trigger warnings have been slapped on everything. It’s hard to find a classic Disney movie that doesn’t have them. (Obviously depictions of sexual lifestyles in contemporary Disney productions don’t carry such warnings announcing their contents to parents.)
CEO Bob Iger had been boasting that Disney would not back down from wokeness.
When asked Monday during an employee Q&A about where the studio would now fall on the matter, Iger said “one of the core values of our storytelling is inclusion, and acceptance and tolerance. And we can’t lose that, we just can’t lose that… how we actually change the world through the good must continue. We’re not going to make everyone happy all the time, and we’re not [going to] try to. We’re certainly not going to lessen our core values in order to make everyone happy all the time.”
Disney is now taking a step back beginning with dialing down its THIS MOVIE IS RACIST warnings. Apart from dressing up its DEI program, which, like most woke corps it’s not actually getting rid of, “as part of the shift, sources tell Axios Disney is moving and changing the content disclaimers it started releasing around certain titles in 2020.”
The entertainment giant is removing the auto-play content advisory disclaimers that run before some older titles on Disney+, like “Dumbo” and “Peter Pan,” that warn viewers the film “includes negative depictions and/or mistreatment of peoples or cultures.”
Instead, the shortened advisory in the details section will read, “This program is presented as originally created and may contain stereotypes or negative depictions,” two sources familiar with the changes confirmed to Axios.
The auto-play really rubbed woke contempt for classics in people’s faces. The new version seems designed to be less abrasive. It doesn’t mean that Disney is fundamentally changing, but it’s trying to be a touch less obnoxious.