Of course, quantity never equals quality, so we've dedicated our year to watching as many nonfiction films and series to pluck out the best of them that will expand your intellectual and emotional horizons. Rarely hits at the box office, nonfiction narratives are particularly well-suited to on-demand viewing, however, offering those who spend hours binge-watching lighter fare the rare opportunity to feel like they're learning something as they sit on the couch. Chalk it up to streaming services new and old pouring billions of dollars into original content to satisfy their subscribers' insatiable lust for new movies and shows, or simply the glut of fascinating stories waiting to be told. If that’s the hill they’re going to die on, then how do they possibly explain lining their pockets with their relationship from the Communist Party of China?”Ĭhapek, for his part, has promised a discussion with employees at Disney’s Reimagine Tomorrow Summit on April 14.Documentaries, like practically every other fare of genre, have flourished lately. “They’re going to criticize the fact that we don’t want transgenderism in kindergarten and first grade classrooms. “You have companies, like at Disney, that are going to say and criticize parents’ rights,” the first-term Governor exclaimed at a rally last week. Looking at a potential 2024 White House run, DeSantis has now made staring down Disney his latest wedge issue. Ron DeSantis signing the bill that effectively bans virtually all discussion or teaching about the LGBTQ+ community and “sexual orientation or gender identity” in the state’s public school system from kindergarten to the 3rd Grade. Though Disney is Florida’s largest single employer, the time may now be past to hit the brakes on Gov. On March 9, the Human Rights Campaign, America’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer civil rights organization, announced it will not accept any more funding from Disney without a greater commitment to LGBTQ+ rights. The betrayal of the LGBTQIA+ community both inside and outside Disney may prove harder to set right than saying sorry. “You needed me to be a stronger ally in the fight for equal rights and I let you down,” he bluntly told staffers in an internal email. Starting with his quickly-condemned bureaucratic March 7 memo denouncing “corporate statements” for doing “very little to change outcomes or minds” and then trying to punt at the March 9 shareholders meeting, ex-theme park chief Chapek tried to reroute at the end of a long and painful week with an apology and pledge to take up the discriminatory legislation with the powers that be in the Sunshine State. “We have not organized this walkout nor the accompanying list of demands and we neither endorse nor condemn these actions.” “The Pride Advisory Group would like to address the potential walkout being communicated about in the Pride Slack channels that is slated to happen starting today and, potentially, escalating into next week,” said a post this morning on company’s the LGBTQ slack channel. However, internally, things were a little bit more complex. The walkout correspondence claims to be in “partnership with members of the LGBTQIA+ community across Disney Corporate, Disney Television Animation, Lucasfilm, Pixar, Disney Media and Entertainment Distribution, Disney Streaming, Enterprise Finance, Enterprise Technology/Global Information Security, Bento Box.” “Take your own situation into account before choosing to participate.”ĭisney did not comment on the situation when contact by Deadline today.
“You are protected to act while on break for the daily break walkouts, but the full scale walkout that will take place on Tuesday March 22nd is not a legally protected action,” the site noted. Right now, the majority of Disney non-theme park employees still working from home or on a set due to Covid-19 safety protocols, so don’t expect to see much of a crowd outside the gates in Burbank, at least not today.Īn affiliated website called also had a warning for employees at the Magic Kingdom. On March 22, a full-scale walkout is set to take place. and continue daily at the same time in each staffer’s respective time zone until March 21. Strikingly reminiscent of the response of many Netflix’s employees’ to the anti-Trans barbs in Dave Chappelle’s The Closer last year, the intended walkouts are supposed to start today from 3-3:15 p.m. Bob Chapek's Toughest Test Yet: Disney's Worst Week Over Don't' Say Gay Response Could Lead To 'Profound Change'