What 100 Years Of Disney Means For American Entertainment
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🗓️ 30 January 2023
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Summary
The answer is different depending on who you ask.
The company will enter its 100th year as the largest entertainment firm in the world. Disney is worth $180 billion and had four of the ten highest-grossing films of 2022.
But the company's journey hasn't been a fairytale. From accusations of poor employee pay and a lack of diversity in their content, even at hundred Disney has a lot of growing to do.
We discuss the past, present, and future of Disney.
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| 0:00.0 | We asked you what comes to mind when you think of Disney. |
| 0:10.5 | The company is celebrating its 100th birthday this year. |
| 0:13.7 | When I was going up Disney with a large part of my childhood, I watched Mickey Mouse Club |
| 0:18.8 | in the wonderful world of Disney on television and I miss the kind of programs that we had |
| 0:25.3 | back then. |
| 0:26.3 | I'm 71 and my first movie I ever went to was Darby O'Gill and The Little People. |
| 0:32.4 | My first date was going to see 101 Dalmatians down at the fabulous Fox. |
| 0:37.6 | I don't know whether Disney's morphed into the evil empire nail from Uncle Walt. |
| 0:42.8 | It's a complicated question and thanks for exploring it and thanks for bringing this |
| 0:47.6 | up that put a smile on my face for the rest of the day. |
| 0:51.0 | I just wanted to speak up on behalf of the 101 Dalmatians animated film from the 60s. |
| 0:58.4 | It hit me at just the right age. |
| 1:01.2 | These two beautiful dogs, Dalmatians, they're noble, they're affectionate, they're courageous, |
| 1:07.3 | the movie has life and death and it, heroism, mystery. |
| 1:12.4 | It was very inspiring to me as a kid and I've always loved it since. |
| 1:17.4 | While Disney is the largest entertainment company in the world valued at $180 billion |
| 1:21.7 | dollars and it had four of the 10 highest grossing films of 2022. |
| 1:26.4 | But the company's journey has not always been smooth, there have been accusations of poor |
| 1:29.6 | employee pay, there's been criticism of the lack of diversity in the company's content |
| 1:33.4 | and some major reshuffling of leadership lately. |
| 1:37.0 | After the break we dig into the past, present and future of Disney and hear more about |
| 1:40.8 | what it means to you. |
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