What comes to your mind when you think Disney? Walt Disney? Disneyland? Movies? Fairy tales? Mickey and Minnie Mouse? Princesses? What if I told you Disney has more than just those things? Disney has about 409 movies according to a research group called The Numbers. 409 movies! That is a lot of movies and a lot of messages being provided to different age groups as well as different ethnicities. Let's discuss why Disney has a lot of messages.
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Disney owns a lot of things and if you don't know that... well I just ruined your childhood again. According to Columbia Journalism Review, Disney owns about 136 different companies and sources. Disney Corporation owns companies such as Marvel Entertainment, LucasFilm, ESPN, and ABC. How many things you watch are associated with Disney and how much are you getting influenced?
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Everyone is getting influenced by Disney whether it is 1% or 110% of the influence. Disney owns a lot of different things, isn't that frightening? Disney controls so much of what we watch and how we view things. Perhaps some of us already think in a certain way because the influence of Disney. Isn't too much of anything isn't good true?
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The reason I bring the topic of Disney Corporation owning and influencing us because it is a serious ownership and children are getting shaped. Children are getting influenced because of the fascinating stories of Disney. Disney has dominated so much; therefore, Disney has shaped the way we think. A film called Mickey Mouse Monopoly discusses the issue with Disney having extreme power; therefore, from the film I have a quote from the CEO Michael Eisner who says, "To make money is our only objective." Money is the only objective, is extremely selfish, but I am not shocked because this is the goal of many monopoly companies.
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Disney is a monopoly company, which portrays many negative messages. As I have stated in my previous posts: sexualizations and racial discriminations; nevertheless, now we know money is the objective, the messages can be positive or negative Disney doesn't care. If they are harming people especially kids, they don't care. The reason why Disney Corporation is alive is because they feed off of our money. What if Disney did not exist?
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If Disney did not exist, many sexualizations and racial discriminations would not have been accepted and messages would not been taking in easily. Disney would have not left so many kids believe life should be filled with fairy tales and perfect endings. I am not saying Disney should not be around, but Disney has done a lot of damage and caused a lot of controversy. In my perspective, I did grow up with the mindset of a guy saving me and being my prince. How sad is that? I rather have the ugly truth than live a fairy tale mindset. I do not need to be sexualized to be noticed or accepted. I am a woman who can save myself and I need no prince to save me.
What would you do without Disney? Do you think it would matter?
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