Thank you.

Thank you, Mickey Turner.

Thank you, John!

Thank you, John! This is hell.

You are here, and this is hell, which is probably what I would be saying if I was visiting any

of the Disney theme parks right now. Sure, like you and today's guest, I have warm childhood

memories of watching Disney movies with my family. It makes sense. Disney works hard so its

audience does not see the seamy underbelly of the beast,

which has become a media monster. Armed with intellectual property rights,

Disney has captured and conquered large swaths of the entertainment industry, like a global culture

imperium, all while Disney benefits from being backed by the force of the United States and its laws,

as both Disney and the U.S. try to conquer the world.

In fact, the book about Mickey Monster, which we will be discussing today with its author,

The Extended Universe, How Disney Killed the Movies and Took Over the World by Vicky Osterwile,

has received glowing reviews from a few

past guests on This Is Hell, each of whom has been featured during our annual year and

best of review as selected by our listeners, by you.

Natasha Leonard, author of Being Numerous essays on non-fascist life, which you should definitely

check out, said

with the extended universe, Vicki Osterweil offers a masterful expose of and intervention against

one of the most insidious and powerful property regimes of the last century, intellectual

property.

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