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Conflict at Walt Disney bursts wide open (Roy says company under Eisner "rapacious, soulless")
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| December 1 2003
| Christopher Parkes, LA, Peter Thal Larsen, NY
Posted on 12/01/2003 2:10:03 AM PST by Liz
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To: Liz; Ff--150; billbears
Kudos to Mr. Disney. I guess there are a few decent people in the entertainment industry.
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posted on
12/01/2003 4:58:33 AM PST
by
4CJ
('Scots vie 4 tavern juices' - anagram by paulklenk, 22 Nov 2003)
To: Liz
"
"Bad Santa" is an outrage. Eisner tarnishes a child's icon they have revered forever, a symbol of their hopes and dreams ......."
Eisner & Co. have been re-making Disney in their own image for many years.
My family and many friends have gone elsewhere for entertainment.
The word Disney has become synonymous with degradation.
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posted on
12/01/2003 5:03:01 AM PST
by
G.Mason
To: Liz
bump
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posted on
12/01/2003 5:09:27 AM PST
by
PGalt
To: Jhensy
Day after release figures are a good indication.
The Top Movies of Thursday, November 27, 2003
Movie Gross % Change Theaters Per Theater Total Gross Days
1 (3) Elf $5,700,000 +42.50% 3,202 $1,780 $108,000,000 21
2 (2) Haunted Mansion, The $5,100,000 +15.91% 3,122 $1,634 $9,500,000 2
3 (1) Cat in the Hat, The $4,800,000 -4.00% 3,464 $1,386 $52,700,000 7
4 (4) Gothika $3,300,000 +37.50% 2,382 $1,385 $28,600,000 7
5 (8) Bad Santa $3,100,000 +72.22% 2,005 $1,546 $4,900,000 2
6 (7) Missing, The $2,700,000 +42.11% 2,756 $980 $4,600,000 2
7 (5) Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World $2,700,000 +28.57% 2,703 $999 $54,800,000 14
8 (6) Timeline $2,200,000 +10.00% 2,687 $819 $4,200,000 2
9 (9) Love Actually $1,800,000 +28.57% 1,690 $1,065 $35,300,000 21
10 (10) Matrix Revolutions, The $1,100,000 +10.00% 3,024 $364 $128,800,000 23
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posted on
12/01/2003 5:13:34 AM PST
by
Liz
To: G.Mason
The word Disney has become synonymous with degradation. And now, thanks to Roy, it's become synonymous with Eisner's soullessness.
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posted on
12/01/2003 5:15:13 AM PST
by
Liz
To: 4ConservativeJustices
It's too bad Roy can't appropriate the Disney name and have it removed from Eisner's atrocities.
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posted on
12/01/2003 5:16:35 AM PST
by
Liz
To: Liz
Excellent find. Although this should read:
"rapacious, lascivious, soulless, and always looking for a quick buck"
To: Liz
I read a biography of Walt Disney. If I remember correctly, he did not like his nephew Roy's character. And when you look at Roy's attack on Eisner, Roy says nothing about the moral content of Disney's current products. His diatribe is strictly limited to business concerns.
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posted on
12/01/2003 5:36:25 AM PST
by
Drawsing
To: Lil'freeper
....... "rapacious, lascivious, soulless, and always looking for a quick buck"..... Great addition........ol' Mikey fits the description to a tee.
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posted on
12/01/2003 5:40:11 AM PST
by
Liz
To: veronica; duckln; vollmond; Liz; churchillbuff; Mr. Bird
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posted on
12/01/2003 5:43:32 AM PST
by
EverFree
To: Drawsing
......when you look at Roy's attack on Eisner, Roy says nothing about the moral content of Disney's current products. His diatribe is strictly limited to business concerns....... Roy's reference to Eisner's "soullessness" speaks volumes, don't you think? Seems to me that was a reference to the moral vacuum in which Eisner operates. Besides, Roy is just getting warmed up. He's not going to go quietly. Let's see what he does next.
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posted on
12/01/2003 5:45:23 AM PST
by
Liz
To: elli1
Something makes me think that they would have found a way to kick the original Disney (Walt) off the board long before now if he were still alive.
That company no longer projects the true "Disney Spirit" that was always present when Walt was alive. The company had 'heart' back then and its family values were beyond reproach.
A lot of us grew up with Disney films and productions and it was always a special treat when Walt Disney would come on their TV show and talk about something special they were doing.
Look what Eisner has done.
(I'm not going to make a list because we all know what's on it))
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posted on
12/01/2003 5:50:10 AM PST
by
capt. norm
(Lead me not into temptation, I can find the way myself...)
To: bobjam
I'm sure you are also aware that the Disney complex is, for all practical purposes, outside the local law enforcement's reach.
Before construction of the original park, the local governments gave up everything but the kitchen sink to get it to locate there. The state government did much the same thing. As a result, the Disney Parks are like a small sovereign country.
If something happens to you at Disney World, don't count on the local Sheriff's Dept. or any local police to help you. You deal with Disney Security or you deal with no one.
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posted on
12/01/2003 5:57:22 AM PST
by
capt. norm
(Lead me not into temptation, I can find the way myself...)
To: Steely Tom
Does anyone remember... a particular shade of yellow in all their ads?you jest?
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posted on
12/01/2003 5:58:26 AM PST
by
King Prout
(...he took a face from the ancient gallery, then he... walked on down the hall....)
To: Byron_the_Aussie
??!!??!!??
this is the first I have heard of this abomination.
hopefully, assuming the damn thing tanks, it will also be the last.
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posted on
12/01/2003 6:01:42 AM PST
by
King Prout
(...he took a face from the ancient gallery, then he... walked on down the hall....)
To: Liz
The minute Eisner is out Disney stock will go up like a rocket.
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posted on
12/01/2003 6:31:10 AM PST
by
E. Pluribus Unum
(Drug prohibition laws help fund terrorism.)
To: Happy2BMe
Say, Hap, would you mind posting that tagline about the terrorist vote, centered, in bold, and enlarged 5-fold, about 100 times? Thanks.
P.S. Anybody know how to get it made into a bumper sticker?
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posted on
12/01/2003 6:46:31 AM PST
by
Savage Beast
(If Europeans have forgotten the price of appeasement, Americans are well qualified to remind them.)
To: Steely Tom
Is yellow some type of code for homosexuals, honestly I don't know, I figure it must have something to do with them though.
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posted on
12/01/2003 6:51:08 AM PST
by
mel
To: Happy2BMe
I really don't know. It's sort of like a bowling alley in that the bowling alley doesn't make money on bowling- it makes money on concessions. That's what Eisner has done with Disney. Maybe I'm being pessimistic, but the sad reality is that the only place for Walt Disney's dream today seems to be Fantasy Land.
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posted on
12/01/2003 6:57:04 AM PST
by
bobjam
To: Liz; ALOHA RONNIE
As the pink ribbon wearing and pushing Eisner forces Roy out of Disney, Roy decides to fight back.
Lets hope that the board forces Roy out and ignores him.
That will enable the vile super liberal, Eisner, to really disable Disney. Eventually that will get him fired.
If ABC/Jennings, Eisner can't enable $inator Hildebea$t or some other diseased RAT to be elected president, the big money people will pull the plug on ABC/JENNINGS/EISNER.
Eisner will be on the street shortly after GW is sworn in for his second term in 2005.
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posted on
12/01/2003 8:21:40 AM PST
by
Grampa Dave
(Sore@US, the Evil Daddy War bucks, has owned the Demonic Rats for decades!)
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