1 00:00:00,960 --> 00:00:04,160 Speaker 1: Welcome to the Tutor Dixon Podcast. Today, I think we 2 00:00:04,160 --> 00:00:07,920 Speaker 1: should talk about Disney. Let's talk Disney, Let's talk free markets, 3 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:11,200 Speaker 1: let's talk influence, Let's talk about all of it, but 4 00:00:11,520 --> 00:00:16,520 Speaker 1: mostly Disney. Why you ask why Disney, Well, Disney has 5 00:00:16,560 --> 00:00:19,079 Speaker 1: been in the news lately, and most of it has 6 00:00:19,239 --> 00:00:22,320 Speaker 1: not been good for the company of Disney. They've been 7 00:00:22,400 --> 00:00:28,240 Speaker 1: experiencing major box office bombs. Just last weekend, Wish failed 8 00:00:28,560 --> 00:00:33,519 Speaker 1: miserably at the box office. What is Wish? Honestly, I 9 00:00:33,560 --> 00:00:36,080 Speaker 1: had no idea. I had never even heard of it. 10 00:00:36,360 --> 00:00:39,000 Speaker 1: You may be asking yourself, how could you not know? 11 00:00:39,720 --> 00:00:42,760 Speaker 1: This is an animated movie geared toward little girls, of 12 00:00:42,840 --> 00:00:46,720 Speaker 1: which I actually have four. Honestly I wondered the same thing, 13 00:00:46,800 --> 00:00:49,080 Speaker 1: How do I not know what this is? I keep 14 00:00:49,200 --> 00:00:51,680 Speaker 1: up with the news, obviously, and the only time I 15 00:00:51,720 --> 00:00:54,160 Speaker 1: had ever heard of Wish was because it bombed at 16 00:00:54,200 --> 00:00:58,440 Speaker 1: the box office and suddenly Bob Iger, the CEO of 17 00:00:58,480 --> 00:01:01,560 Speaker 1: the Walt Disney Company, hosted a town hall meeting to 18 00:01:01,600 --> 00:01:05,200 Speaker 1: discuss the future of the company. Why, because they had 19 00:01:05,280 --> 00:01:08,920 Speaker 1: suddenly been having a lot of problems, a future that 20 00:01:08,959 --> 00:01:12,319 Speaker 1: he claims will now be focused on building rather than fixing. 21 00:01:12,640 --> 00:01:16,320 Speaker 1: You see he was CEO, and then he left Disney 22 00:01:16,640 --> 00:01:19,640 Speaker 1: and Disney went even more woke. But trust me, Bob 23 00:01:19,720 --> 00:01:23,080 Speaker 1: is no friend to conservatives. And things started looking a 24 00:01:23,080 --> 00:01:26,200 Speaker 1: little dark for Disney when it got a little bit 25 00:01:26,200 --> 00:01:29,559 Speaker 1: more woke, but it was already woke. Bob Iiger thinks 26 00:01:30,000 --> 00:01:32,760 Speaker 1: it was because it was putting out too much content. 27 00:01:33,040 --> 00:01:38,360 Speaker 1: Not wokeness, but quantity over quality content and sequels. He 28 00:01:38,400 --> 00:01:43,319 Speaker 1: blamed sequels two. This is a bit ironic considering he 29 00:01:43,400 --> 00:01:47,360 Speaker 1: himself is actually a sequel. This is Bob Iger returns. 30 00:01:47,400 --> 00:01:50,200 Speaker 1: We're living right now. I mean, he left the company 31 00:01:50,240 --> 00:01:53,000 Speaker 1: in twenty twenty and he returned to fix it in 32 00:01:53,080 --> 00:01:56,200 Speaker 1: twenty two. So we are on the sequel of Bob Iger, 33 00:01:56,440 --> 00:01:58,559 Speaker 1: which is what he thinks is the problem with Disney, 34 00:01:58,600 --> 00:02:02,640 Speaker 1: which I find kind of funny. So was Disney perfect 35 00:02:02,720 --> 00:02:06,360 Speaker 1: with Iiger or was he actually the beginning of the downfall? 36 00:02:06,400 --> 00:02:07,920 Speaker 1: I mean, because you think about it, he left in 37 00:02:07,960 --> 00:02:10,800 Speaker 1: twenty twenty, and then he's like, oh my goodness, Disney 38 00:02:10,880 --> 00:02:12,840 Speaker 1: totally fell apart in the last two years. Let me 39 00:02:12,880 --> 00:02:15,400 Speaker 1: come back and save it. And I'm like, it was 40 00:02:15,480 --> 00:02:18,920 Speaker 1: really two years. The period, I mean two years is 41 00:02:18,919 --> 00:02:22,200 Speaker 1: a pretty short period of time to create the destruction 42 00:02:22,360 --> 00:02:26,720 Speaker 1: we've seen over at Disney. Iger thinks movie sequels have 43 00:02:26,840 --> 00:02:29,919 Speaker 1: caused the company these losses, but I'm going to show 44 00:02:29,960 --> 00:02:33,360 Speaker 1: you it started much before that. Iiger wants you to 45 00:02:33,480 --> 00:02:36,040 Speaker 1: know he's going to fix it. He's fired a lot 46 00:02:36,120 --> 00:02:38,359 Speaker 1: of people, plans to sell some of these companies and 47 00:02:38,480 --> 00:02:44,480 Speaker 1: limit those awful sequels. I guess Marvel was specifically mentioned, 48 00:02:45,040 --> 00:02:48,320 Speaker 1: and I think Marvel is a problem, but not because 49 00:02:48,360 --> 00:02:51,680 Speaker 1: of the content, or not totally because of the content. 50 00:02:52,440 --> 00:02:54,320 Speaker 1: I mean, we get a new Marvel movie it seems 51 00:02:54,360 --> 00:02:57,160 Speaker 1: like every six months, and apparently Iger thinks they're getting 52 00:02:57,200 --> 00:03:00,200 Speaker 1: a bit stale. Here's the deal. I think. I think 53 00:03:00,280 --> 00:03:04,200 Speaker 1: Bob Iger is wrong. I know I am not CEO 54 00:03:04,400 --> 00:03:06,640 Speaker 1: of a company the size of Disney, but just hear 55 00:03:06,720 --> 00:03:10,120 Speaker 1: me out on this one. Disney has not just ticked 56 00:03:10,120 --> 00:03:12,680 Speaker 1: people off with bad movies, although I have to say 57 00:03:12,720 --> 00:03:15,360 Speaker 1: it is incredibly irritating when you pay that kind of 58 00:03:15,400 --> 00:03:16,920 Speaker 1: money for a movie and you get there and you 59 00:03:16,960 --> 00:03:18,840 Speaker 1: come out and you're like, this movie is so bad. 60 00:03:19,240 --> 00:03:22,200 Speaker 1: And I will complain on movies in general for a moment, 61 00:03:22,240 --> 00:03:25,919 Speaker 1: because lately movies have been so bad, and maybe it 62 00:03:26,000 --> 00:03:28,639 Speaker 1: is because there has to be a massive amount of 63 00:03:28,040 --> 00:03:32,519 Speaker 1: content out there with Disney, plus with Netflix, with everything. 64 00:03:32,600 --> 00:03:36,720 Speaker 1: I get it. It's annoying there are so many streaming platforms, 65 00:03:37,400 --> 00:03:41,560 Speaker 1: but the movie stink. The problem with Disney is they 66 00:03:41,600 --> 00:03:44,640 Speaker 1: went woke and listen. I don't like that phrase. I 67 00:03:44,640 --> 00:03:47,160 Speaker 1: think it's overused and I think people tune it out. 68 00:03:47,520 --> 00:03:51,000 Speaker 1: But I don't really mean the woke the way you 69 00:03:51,120 --> 00:03:54,640 Speaker 1: think I mean woke. Listen to what Bob had to 70 00:03:54,680 --> 00:03:57,600 Speaker 1: say about Elon Musk at his town hall meeting. 71 00:03:58,160 --> 00:04:00,240 Speaker 2: I have a lot of respect for Elon and what 72 00:04:00,240 --> 00:04:03,440 Speaker 2: he's accomplished, not just you know, one business, but a 73 00:04:03,440 --> 00:04:07,240 Speaker 2: few businesses. And we know Elon is larger than life 74 00:04:07,480 --> 00:04:11,960 Speaker 2: in many respects, and that his name is very much 75 00:04:12,120 --> 00:04:15,640 Speaker 2: tied to the companies he either has founded or he owns, 76 00:04:16,160 --> 00:04:20,479 Speaker 2: whether it's Tesla of you know, or SpaceX, SpaceX, space 77 00:04:20,520 --> 00:04:25,080 Speaker 2: SpaceX or now X. And by him taking the position 78 00:04:25,200 --> 00:04:29,560 Speaker 2: that he took in quite a public manner, we just 79 00:04:29,680 --> 00:04:34,640 Speaker 2: felt that the association with that position and Elon Musk 80 00:04:34,760 --> 00:04:38,200 Speaker 2: and X was not necessarily a positive one for us, 81 00:04:38,560 --> 00:04:40,640 Speaker 2: and we decided we would pull our advertising. 82 00:04:41,960 --> 00:04:46,480 Speaker 1: As you can probably imagine, Elon didn't really like that response. 83 00:04:46,640 --> 00:04:50,360 Speaker 1: Very much. And it's not just Elon. I mean, think 84 00:04:50,400 --> 00:04:55,719 Speaker 1: about this. Elon has become like a pillar of not conservatism, 85 00:04:55,880 --> 00:04:59,520 Speaker 1: but someone who stands up for people's choices and voices. 86 00:05:00,080 --> 00:05:02,120 Speaker 1: And this guy's like, yeah, we don't want to be 87 00:05:02,240 --> 00:05:06,080 Speaker 1: connected to that, and therefore it makes those of us 88 00:05:06,120 --> 00:05:10,040 Speaker 1: who feel like Elon kind of freed x as though 89 00:05:10,360 --> 00:05:13,760 Speaker 1: Disney doesn't want to be connected to us. Elon was 90 00:05:13,920 --> 00:05:16,320 Speaker 1: so mad about it. This is what he had to say, 91 00:05:16,839 --> 00:05:19,039 Speaker 1: you don't want them to advertise? No, what do you 92 00:05:19,080 --> 00:05:24,080 Speaker 1: mean if somebody can try to blackmail me with advertising, 93 00:05:24,160 --> 00:05:35,920 Speaker 1: blackmailing with money? Go well, but go yourself. Is that clear? 94 00:05:37,320 --> 00:05:42,159 Speaker 1: I hope it is, Hey, Bob, So regardless of Elon's reaction, 95 00:05:42,240 --> 00:05:45,320 Speaker 1: which was, I mean, he's mad, right, what do you 96 00:05:45,360 --> 00:05:49,440 Speaker 1: think the rest of conservatives think? You see, I believe 97 00:05:49,480 --> 00:05:54,320 Speaker 1: that Disney's problem isn't content or just content or sequels. 98 00:05:55,120 --> 00:05:58,440 Speaker 1: The problem is that they hate their customers and they 99 00:05:58,520 --> 00:06:03,960 Speaker 1: don't even know they hate their customers. Why why don't 100 00:06:04,000 --> 00:06:08,040 Speaker 1: they know they hate their customers because they've stopped trying 101 00:06:08,080 --> 00:06:13,119 Speaker 1: to even know their customers. They are so arrogant, such 102 00:06:13,279 --> 00:06:18,599 Speaker 1: self centered narcissists, that they forgot the first rule of business, 103 00:06:19,520 --> 00:06:24,800 Speaker 1: the customer is always right. But it's hard to get 104 00:06:24,839 --> 00:06:28,440 Speaker 1: to know what your customer thinks when you don't even 105 00:06:28,520 --> 00:06:33,479 Speaker 1: care what your customer thinks. Even the stars of their 106 00:06:33,560 --> 00:06:37,280 Speaker 1: movies don't care what the customer thinks, which I think 107 00:06:37,320 --> 00:06:41,000 Speaker 1: is bananas because you have someone who has been given 108 00:06:41,040 --> 00:06:44,200 Speaker 1: this opportunity and these are not jobs like the barista 109 00:06:44,279 --> 00:06:48,600 Speaker 1: down the street. These people are making millions upon millions 110 00:06:48,640 --> 00:06:51,560 Speaker 1: of dollars and they've gone to school for this. This 111 00:06:51,600 --> 00:06:54,479 Speaker 1: is a craft. You would think that these are the 112 00:06:54,560 --> 00:06:57,400 Speaker 1: people that would be like, I really want to know 113 00:06:57,800 --> 00:07:02,159 Speaker 1: that what I did was good, that I entertained you, because, 114 00:07:02,200 --> 00:07:06,360 Speaker 1: after all, I mean, that's your purpose, right, Your professional 115 00:07:06,400 --> 00:07:09,720 Speaker 1: purpose is to entertain me. If you're not doing it, 116 00:07:10,360 --> 00:07:15,080 Speaker 1: aren't you concerned about that? I guess not, because when 117 00:07:15,120 --> 00:07:19,000 Speaker 1: asked about the Marvels flopping at the box office, one 118 00:07:19,040 --> 00:07:22,600 Speaker 1: of the stars recently commented on it to telling Yahoo 119 00:07:22,720 --> 00:07:25,640 Speaker 1: Entertainment and this is a quote. I'm not kidding you. 120 00:07:26,880 --> 00:07:29,280 Speaker 1: I want to focus on something that's not even in 121 00:07:29,440 --> 00:07:36,040 Speaker 1: my control, because what's the point that's for Bob Iger? Seriously, 122 00:07:36,960 --> 00:07:43,160 Speaker 1: I mean, your product, your work product just failed, and 123 00:07:43,240 --> 00:07:46,960 Speaker 1: you don't care where is the pride in your craft 124 00:07:47,280 --> 00:07:51,160 Speaker 1: and your personal responsibility. But see, this seems to be 125 00:07:51,280 --> 00:07:54,760 Speaker 1: a problem with an entire generation of young people. There's 126 00:07:54,800 --> 00:07:57,680 Speaker 1: no pride in what they do. The other day, we 127 00:07:57,720 --> 00:08:01,080 Speaker 1: went to a restaurant. We walk in. It was lunchtime, 128 00:08:01,080 --> 00:08:03,480 Speaker 1: but there was nobody there. And I walk up to 129 00:08:03,720 --> 00:08:06,760 Speaker 1: this young woman who is at the counter and I said, 130 00:08:06,920 --> 00:08:09,960 Speaker 1: are you guys open? And she was like, yeah, you 131 00:08:10,000 --> 00:08:13,280 Speaker 1: get your drinks here and your food over there. And 132 00:08:13,320 --> 00:08:17,640 Speaker 1: I was like, oh, okay, we were the only people there. 133 00:08:17,760 --> 00:08:21,120 Speaker 1: Walk over to where the food is and no one comes. 134 00:08:22,000 --> 00:08:25,480 Speaker 1: This woman literally saw me walk over there. She can 135 00:08:25,560 --> 00:08:28,120 Speaker 1: see the people who make the food, but she's not 136 00:08:28,160 --> 00:08:30,040 Speaker 1: going to say there's people here. I just walked out. 137 00:08:30,400 --> 00:08:34,080 Speaker 1: I mean, what is wrong with this generation of young people? 138 00:08:34,400 --> 00:08:38,440 Speaker 1: Maybe it actually stems from role models like this Marvel 139 00:08:38,559 --> 00:08:42,120 Speaker 1: star and I use the term role models loosely here, 140 00:08:42,120 --> 00:08:46,360 Speaker 1: but role models do have influence. People like this their 141 00:08:46,440 --> 00:08:50,040 Speaker 1: role models because they have influence. And seriously, here is 142 00:08:50,080 --> 00:08:54,319 Speaker 1: a young woman who was handed a massive role an opportunity, 143 00:08:54,760 --> 00:08:58,400 Speaker 1: but she doesn't care about whether her own work product 144 00:08:58,480 --> 00:09:02,080 Speaker 1: is a success, nor does she take the responsibility for 145 00:09:02,280 --> 00:09:06,440 Speaker 1: it not being a success. That's what I believe is 146 00:09:06,559 --> 00:09:09,000 Speaker 1: part of it. But we also have a problem with 147 00:09:09,120 --> 00:09:12,080 Speaker 1: everyone thinking that they are personally here to save the 148 00:09:12,080 --> 00:09:15,800 Speaker 1: world with their opinion. I'm not sure if these folks 149 00:09:15,880 --> 00:09:20,280 Speaker 1: got the message that they actually play superheroes on TV, 150 00:09:21,120 --> 00:09:24,040 Speaker 1: but they don't actually save the world in real life. 151 00:09:24,559 --> 00:09:27,240 Speaker 1: Turns out they think that they need to save the 152 00:09:27,280 --> 00:09:34,040 Speaker 1: world from get this, Republicans. Yikes. I guess conservatives are 153 00:09:34,080 --> 00:09:38,559 Speaker 1: a problem. But listen, Conservatives are at least half of 154 00:09:38,640 --> 00:09:42,160 Speaker 1: their customer base, Like, that's who they're talking to, but 155 00:09:42,240 --> 00:09:45,120 Speaker 1: they're going to save the world from you, And I 156 00:09:45,160 --> 00:09:47,760 Speaker 1: would actually venture to guess that it's probably more than half. 157 00:09:47,920 --> 00:09:50,040 Speaker 1: I mean, if you think about how much movies cost 158 00:09:50,280 --> 00:09:53,240 Speaker 1: and the people who are spending money, I would venture 159 00:09:53,280 --> 00:09:57,560 Speaker 1: to guess it is likely conservatives. So probably the majority 160 00:09:57,559 --> 00:10:00,680 Speaker 1: of people paying their salaries are are the ones that 161 00:10:00,720 --> 00:10:04,040 Speaker 1: they're insulting. And like, it's interesting to me because in 162 00:10:04,120 --> 00:10:09,240 Speaker 1: twenty nineteen, they were making billions of dollars on movies 163 00:10:09,679 --> 00:10:13,800 Speaker 1: and the latest Marvel movie only made seventy seven million. 164 00:10:14,160 --> 00:10:17,160 Speaker 1: I don't even know if it broke even yet. I mean, 165 00:10:18,360 --> 00:10:21,160 Speaker 1: maybe you shouldn't insult the people that you want to 166 00:10:21,240 --> 00:10:24,880 Speaker 1: pay you, because we literally pay you when we come 167 00:10:24,920 --> 00:10:28,080 Speaker 1: to the movies. Let's take a quick commercial break. We'll 168 00:10:28,080 --> 00:10:34,840 Speaker 1: continue next on a Tutor Dixon podcast. So like this 169 00:10:35,040 --> 00:10:37,640 Speaker 1: was the benefit of not having social media as a kid. 170 00:10:38,000 --> 00:10:41,600 Speaker 1: I love movies. I really truly love movies. And I 171 00:10:41,640 --> 00:10:43,439 Speaker 1: know a lot of people are fed up with Hollywood, 172 00:10:43,440 --> 00:10:45,960 Speaker 1: but I love going into a theater and just being 173 00:10:46,040 --> 00:10:48,640 Speaker 1: taken into that world and feel like you're transformed and 174 00:10:48,679 --> 00:10:51,360 Speaker 1: a part of something different. And that is the magic 175 00:10:51,440 --> 00:10:54,400 Speaker 1: of movies. There is truly a magic. You sit down 176 00:10:54,720 --> 00:10:57,000 Speaker 1: and you feel like you're part of it. And it's 177 00:10:57,080 --> 00:10:59,920 Speaker 1: like when I was a kid and I saw Gooney, 178 00:11:00,400 --> 00:11:03,720 Speaker 1: I was like, man, we just found a treasure. Like 179 00:11:03,920 --> 00:11:07,640 Speaker 1: how awesome is that we found a lost treasure. It's 180 00:11:07,679 --> 00:11:10,200 Speaker 1: like you were a part of it, right. I loved 181 00:11:10,280 --> 00:11:13,720 Speaker 1: Mikey and I didn't want to know anything about the 182 00:11:13,760 --> 00:11:15,800 Speaker 1: real person who played Mikey. I didn't want to know 183 00:11:15,840 --> 00:11:19,160 Speaker 1: anything about him. When I watched Titanic, I didn't want 184 00:11:19,200 --> 00:11:22,360 Speaker 1: to know who Jack was. But now I have to 185 00:11:22,480 --> 00:11:26,360 Speaker 1: know that in real life, Leonardo DiCaprio is going to 186 00:11:26,480 --> 00:11:29,400 Speaker 1: lecture me about climate change from his private yacht, a 187 00:11:29,520 --> 00:11:32,880 Speaker 1: yacht that is likely leaving a larger carbon footprint in 188 00:11:32,960 --> 00:11:35,760 Speaker 1: one week then I will leave in two years time. 189 00:11:35,960 --> 00:11:38,200 Speaker 1: But whatever, I'm going to get lectured about it, and 190 00:11:38,240 --> 00:11:41,080 Speaker 1: that is kind of ruining movies for me. I mean honestly, 191 00:11:41,160 --> 00:11:43,400 Speaker 1: when I see someone saying that stuff, I'm like, you 192 00:11:43,440 --> 00:11:46,679 Speaker 1: know what, probably gonna avoid the movies that you're in 193 00:11:46,960 --> 00:11:49,560 Speaker 1: because you're no longer entertaining me. You're annoying me, and 194 00:11:49,600 --> 00:11:52,040 Speaker 1: you're making me feel bad. I mean, getting lectured about 195 00:11:52,040 --> 00:11:55,800 Speaker 1: solar energy, but my favorite star is annoying. When someone's 196 00:11:55,840 --> 00:11:58,400 Speaker 1: asking me why I'm not composting and making me feel 197 00:11:58,400 --> 00:12:00,520 Speaker 1: bad about it, I just feel like and then I 198 00:12:00,559 --> 00:12:02,480 Speaker 1: don't want to hang out with them because I'm never 199 00:12:02,520 --> 00:12:05,240 Speaker 1: going to compost, so why do you do this to me? 200 00:12:05,960 --> 00:12:09,200 Speaker 1: But the next level was when Donald Trump was elected. 201 00:12:09,360 --> 00:12:13,679 Speaker 1: Wooooh wow. Then they really got mad. It went from 202 00:12:13,800 --> 00:12:17,439 Speaker 1: lectures to self righteousness to full on insults and aggression. 203 00:12:17,880 --> 00:12:22,160 Speaker 1: The night Trump was elected, listen to this, Captain America himself, 204 00:12:22,280 --> 00:12:26,560 Speaker 1: Chris Evans tweeted out this, this is an embarrassing night 205 00:12:26,920 --> 00:12:31,440 Speaker 1: for America. We've let a hate monger lead our great nation. 206 00:12:31,920 --> 00:12:37,480 Speaker 1: We've let a bully set our course. I'm devastated. Captain 207 00:12:37,520 --> 00:12:45,080 Speaker 1: America is devastated that Trump got elected. That was twenty sixteen. Okay, 208 00:12:45,120 --> 00:12:50,000 Speaker 1: So hmm, Disney is like in the tank twenty sixteen, 209 00:12:50,200 --> 00:12:54,080 Speaker 1: Bob Iger was there. Did it just happen after twenty 210 00:12:54,200 --> 00:12:56,960 Speaker 1: twenty or could this have been the start of it? 211 00:12:57,040 --> 00:13:01,080 Speaker 1: When they're big stars, they're massive star ours. Captain America, 212 00:13:01,120 --> 00:13:03,240 Speaker 1: who we'd all paid a ton of money to go see, 213 00:13:03,280 --> 00:13:07,520 Speaker 1: Let's face it, it's because we go to these movies. He 214 00:13:07,679 --> 00:13:10,800 Speaker 1: hated the guy we voted for, and then he made 215 00:13:10,800 --> 00:13:13,760 Speaker 1: this public mockery of it, like we should all feel bad. 216 00:13:15,360 --> 00:13:20,360 Speaker 1: This is a problem for Disney. This is your product, 217 00:13:20,760 --> 00:13:25,280 Speaker 1: Captain America is the product you're selling to me. Your 218 00:13:25,400 --> 00:13:30,199 Speaker 1: product is telling me they don't like me. I'm probably 219 00:13:30,280 --> 00:13:34,400 Speaker 1: not gonna buy your product anymore. Bree Larson is Captain Marvel. Okay, 220 00:13:34,440 --> 00:13:38,040 Speaker 1: so she's been back and forth on all these different things, 221 00:13:38,080 --> 00:13:42,840 Speaker 1: and people have had several complaints about her. But Bree Larson, 222 00:13:43,040 --> 00:13:46,640 Speaker 1: Captain Marvel, came out after the election wrote this piece, 223 00:13:47,120 --> 00:13:51,959 Speaker 1: says the election was a direct blow to the dreamers, 224 00:13:52,559 --> 00:14:00,440 Speaker 1: to the empathizers, to those of us who dared to hope. Really, really, 225 00:14:02,800 --> 00:14:05,400 Speaker 1: this is who they are, and I guess if that's 226 00:14:05,440 --> 00:14:08,280 Speaker 1: who they are, and they're the ones that are hoping, 227 00:14:08,920 --> 00:14:13,600 Speaker 1: who are we who voted for Donald Trump? Plenty of 228 00:14:13,640 --> 00:14:18,080 Speaker 1: those anxiously awaiting the Captain Marvel movies that were about 229 00:14:18,080 --> 00:14:22,080 Speaker 1: to come out. We're Donald Trump's supporters. And yet this 230 00:14:22,760 --> 00:14:26,880 Speaker 1: was the response, And to no one's surprised. On the right, 231 00:14:27,040 --> 00:14:30,880 Speaker 1: it turned people off. But the funny part about that 232 00:14:31,040 --> 00:14:35,920 Speaker 1: is it didn't slow these people down. Look again, these 233 00:14:35,920 --> 00:14:41,240 Speaker 1: are not people that are selling kayaks. They're selling themselves. 234 00:14:41,520 --> 00:14:45,720 Speaker 1: This is by me. I'm going to entertain you, but 235 00:14:45,760 --> 00:14:47,920 Speaker 1: they're insulting the people they want to. But I mean, 236 00:14:47,960 --> 00:14:51,040 Speaker 1: the whole thing is just crazy. But no one, somehow 237 00:14:51,080 --> 00:14:54,400 Speaker 1: at Disney has seen this. But we've talked enough about 238 00:14:54,400 --> 00:14:57,320 Speaker 1: the fact that Disney is like so massively woke. They're 239 00:14:57,320 --> 00:15:03,000 Speaker 1: putting these dirty, disgusting messages into children's films. But this 240 00:15:03,680 --> 00:15:07,040 Speaker 1: is outside of that. So you're getting it not only 241 00:15:07,080 --> 00:15:09,760 Speaker 1: in the films, but you're getting it outside of the films. 242 00:15:10,240 --> 00:15:13,720 Speaker 1: So Mark Ruffalo aka the Hulk he chimed in during 243 00:15:13,720 --> 00:15:18,320 Speaker 1: the twenty twenty presidential debate with this quote, it would 244 00:15:18,320 --> 00:15:24,040 Speaker 1: be great to come back to all caps anything approaching normal. 245 00:15:24,480 --> 00:15:28,160 Speaker 1: Donald has put this country on its head. His leadership 246 00:15:28,200 --> 00:15:31,200 Speaker 1: is chaos. We can watch this debate and see how 247 00:15:31,280 --> 00:15:35,080 Speaker 1: little he knows about working with anyone. This is why 248 00:15:35,080 --> 00:15:38,480 Speaker 1: he let COVID kill two hundred thousand people. No plan 249 00:15:38,760 --> 00:15:44,880 Speaker 1: hashtag debates twenty twenty h I mean, now it's funny 250 00:15:44,880 --> 00:15:46,960 Speaker 1: when you read that, because you're like, literally, the world 251 00:15:47,000 --> 00:15:49,480 Speaker 1: is in chaos. But this is what they were saying. 252 00:15:49,640 --> 00:15:53,240 Speaker 1: This is what they were warning of after seeing the 253 00:15:53,960 --> 00:15:58,480 Speaker 1: highest number of female entrepreneurs, the highest number of minority entrepreneurs, 254 00:15:58,760 --> 00:16:02,200 Speaker 1: the highest job we had seen, the greatest economy that 255 00:16:02,240 --> 00:16:07,120 Speaker 1: we had seen under a Donald Trump presidency, but now 256 00:16:07,760 --> 00:16:13,440 Speaker 1: we were in total chaos again. Disney's customers don't like that. 257 00:16:14,440 --> 00:16:19,240 Speaker 1: Eiger might have wanted to say, hey, hey, idea crazy 258 00:16:19,280 --> 00:16:24,000 Speaker 1: thought here, folks, Maybe we don't alienate the customers. I 259 00:16:24,080 --> 00:16:27,880 Speaker 1: understand you guys have strong opinions, but hey, the studio 260 00:16:28,120 --> 00:16:31,640 Speaker 1: is really suffering because of them. I mean, it's not 261 00:16:32,000 --> 00:16:36,000 Speaker 1: unheard of. They have a contract with a major studio 262 00:16:36,560 --> 00:16:40,360 Speaker 1: that should be taken seriously and respected. They should know 263 00:16:40,560 --> 00:16:43,280 Speaker 1: that who they are as let me use that word again, 264 00:16:43,480 --> 00:16:46,760 Speaker 1: role models, who they are as influencers who they are 265 00:16:46,800 --> 00:16:50,840 Speaker 1: as movie actors impacts whether or not people go to 266 00:16:50,880 --> 00:16:54,240 Speaker 1: see the film. Movie actors in the past would have 267 00:16:54,320 --> 00:16:57,040 Speaker 1: never been allowed to go after the customer base. But 268 00:16:57,080 --> 00:17:00,240 Speaker 1: I guess times are different now. You, as an actor, 269 00:17:00,920 --> 00:17:04,640 Speaker 1: you're the product, and a bad product has to go. 270 00:17:05,400 --> 00:17:09,720 Speaker 1: Why aren't these people being fired? When you go after 271 00:17:09,760 --> 00:17:13,840 Speaker 1: the customer, you get fired. You see that's again I 272 00:17:13,920 --> 00:17:16,400 Speaker 1: talk about this a lot. That's the funny thing about 273 00:17:16,520 --> 00:17:19,359 Speaker 1: free speech. You are allowed to say anything, and you 274 00:17:19,359 --> 00:17:22,680 Speaker 1: are protected from the government, but you are not protected 275 00:17:22,720 --> 00:17:26,639 Speaker 1: from your employer. And if suddenly your employer sees billions 276 00:17:26,640 --> 00:17:30,040 Speaker 1: of dollars of losses because you're a jerk, then you 277 00:17:30,119 --> 00:17:34,680 Speaker 1: usually get fired. But see Bob Iiger thinks it's bad sequels, 278 00:17:37,080 --> 00:17:40,600 Speaker 1: I'm not so sure about that. You see, these folks 279 00:17:40,640 --> 00:17:43,400 Speaker 1: claim that they want to be inclusive. They just don't 280 00:17:43,440 --> 00:17:47,840 Speaker 1: want to be inclusive of conservatives. Before the twenty twenty election, 281 00:17:48,040 --> 00:17:49,919 Speaker 1: they made this video and I had to share it 282 00:17:49,920 --> 00:17:53,919 Speaker 1: with you. It's just so horrifying, but I'll let you 283 00:17:54,000 --> 00:17:57,280 Speaker 1: judge it. So it's mostly made with Marvel actors. There's 284 00:17:57,359 --> 00:18:02,800 Speaker 1: other actors too. Here's the beginning of this video. On Tuesday, 285 00:18:03,160 --> 00:18:05,920 Speaker 1: November eighth, this country will make one of the most important, 286 00:18:06,000 --> 00:18:09,520 Speaker 1: the most important, the most important decisions in its history. 287 00:18:09,800 --> 00:18:13,840 Speaker 1: You have a chance, you have an obligation to be 288 00:18:13,960 --> 00:18:16,560 Speaker 1: a part of that decision. You might think it's not important, 289 00:18:16,600 --> 00:18:19,440 Speaker 1: you might think you are not important, but that's not true. 290 00:18:19,920 --> 00:18:21,439 Speaker 1: And the only way we can prove that to you 291 00:18:21,560 --> 00:18:24,359 Speaker 1: is by having lots of famous people, lots of famous people, 292 00:18:24,480 --> 00:18:27,200 Speaker 1: lots and lots of famous people, just a shit ton 293 00:18:27,240 --> 00:18:32,040 Speaker 1: of famous people repeating how important, important, important, important, important, important, 294 00:18:32,080 --> 00:18:35,440 Speaker 1: how important it is. So obviously you can see from 295 00:18:35,480 --> 00:18:38,120 Speaker 1: this they are like super impressed with their own fame, 296 00:18:38,280 --> 00:18:41,440 Speaker 1: so they know, like, we're so important. We got as 297 00:18:41,520 --> 00:18:45,119 Speaker 1: many famous people as we possibly could to come and 298 00:18:45,160 --> 00:18:47,480 Speaker 1: talk to you about how important it is to vote. 299 00:18:47,680 --> 00:18:53,520 Speaker 1: So apparently their ability to pretend to be someone else 300 00:18:53,920 --> 00:18:58,560 Speaker 1: effectively makes them experts in what's good for the country. 301 00:18:59,200 --> 00:19:02,639 Speaker 1: And you should listen to them. They're telling you, they're 302 00:19:02,680 --> 00:19:06,600 Speaker 1: relying on you. There is a major problem, and you 303 00:19:06,800 --> 00:19:11,359 Speaker 1: have to be part of the solution. This is the problem. 304 00:19:11,920 --> 00:19:14,600 Speaker 1: Listen to what they have to say. You only get 305 00:19:14,600 --> 00:19:16,800 Speaker 1: this many famous people together at the issues. One that 306 00:19:16,880 --> 00:19:21,720 Speaker 1: truly matters to all of us. A disease or ecological crisis. 307 00:19:21,359 --> 00:19:25,439 Speaker 2: Or a racist, abusive coward who could permanently damage the 308 00:19:25,480 --> 00:19:27,520 Speaker 2: fabric of our society. 309 00:19:27,240 --> 00:19:29,280 Speaker 1: Through the math. But do we really want to give 310 00:19:29,359 --> 00:19:33,119 Speaker 1: nuclear weapons to a man whose signature move is firing 311 00:19:32,720 --> 00:19:38,480 Speaker 1: firing things? But we can end this nightmare before it begins. 312 00:19:39,000 --> 00:19:44,720 Speaker 1: Wait a minute, this nightmare, this nightmare they're talking about, 313 00:19:45,880 --> 00:19:49,960 Speaker 1: that might just be who their customers voted for. Who 314 00:19:50,040 --> 00:19:53,560 Speaker 1: the people that build them up into high esteem voted for. 315 00:19:54,440 --> 00:19:58,280 Speaker 1: These problems that they're warning about you about, they're also 316 00:19:58,600 --> 00:20:02,080 Speaker 1: total lies. I mean, so there's danger on both ends here. 317 00:20:02,480 --> 00:20:06,440 Speaker 1: Not only have you made your customers leave and made 318 00:20:06,440 --> 00:20:10,240 Speaker 1: people mad, but you're also spreading terrible lies about the 319 00:20:10,280 --> 00:20:13,560 Speaker 1: other side and discourse within the country. And honestly, when 320 00:20:13,560 --> 00:20:15,639 Speaker 1: you have discourse within the country, that is when you 321 00:20:15,680 --> 00:20:18,880 Speaker 1: are most vulnerable to your enemies. And so are these people's, 322 00:20:18,960 --> 00:20:23,640 Speaker 1: these supposed superheroes actually helping. Are they dividing the country 323 00:20:23,640 --> 00:20:26,639 Speaker 1: so much with their lies? The people who talk about 324 00:20:26,800 --> 00:20:30,119 Speaker 1: misinformation all the time, talking about racis and we have 325 00:20:30,160 --> 00:20:32,479 Speaker 1: to fire this guy, he's such a bad person. But 326 00:20:32,520 --> 00:20:34,879 Speaker 1: they do get into the minds of people because there 327 00:20:34,920 --> 00:20:38,280 Speaker 1: are people that are like gosh, you know, Captain Marvel 328 00:20:38,320 --> 00:20:41,040 Speaker 1: told me this, you must be right. I'll give them 329 00:20:41,080 --> 00:20:43,560 Speaker 1: one thing. They are right about being famous, and for 330 00:20:43,600 --> 00:20:46,160 Speaker 1: some reason, famous means they have some sort of power 331 00:20:46,200 --> 00:20:49,000 Speaker 1: to influence some of these people, and they don't seem 332 00:20:49,040 --> 00:20:51,239 Speaker 1: to care if they are lying about it. I mean, 333 00:20:51,240 --> 00:20:55,159 Speaker 1: it reminds me a lot of Gavin Newsom the other night. Look, 334 00:20:55,720 --> 00:21:00,840 Speaker 1: they're not experts, but they are destroying the Marl and 335 00:21:00,920 --> 00:21:04,880 Speaker 1: for that matter, the Disney brand. And I love Disney. 336 00:21:05,119 --> 00:21:07,879 Speaker 1: Let's take a quick commercial break. Will continue next on 337 00:21:07,920 --> 00:21:14,480 Speaker 1: the Tutor Dixon Podcast. Despite what so many people have said, 338 00:21:14,680 --> 00:21:17,440 Speaker 1: let's face it, we all grew up with Disney, and 339 00:21:17,760 --> 00:21:20,720 Speaker 1: any of you who say you just can't stand Disney 340 00:21:20,760 --> 00:21:25,120 Speaker 1: theme parks, you have to at least understand that it's 341 00:21:25,119 --> 00:21:29,760 Speaker 1: the ultimate American dream. I mean, Disney literally opened his 342 00:21:29,840 --> 00:21:33,360 Speaker 1: first theme park. While they were still putting things together. 343 00:21:34,400 --> 00:21:38,119 Speaker 1: Every outside viewpoint looked like, man, this place is going 344 00:21:38,160 --> 00:21:41,439 Speaker 1: to be a total disaster. This place has no chance 345 00:21:41,520 --> 00:21:46,640 Speaker 1: to become anything. But that's the ultimate American dream. Building 346 00:21:46,680 --> 00:21:49,879 Speaker 1: it by hand, building the plane as you're flying, and 347 00:21:49,920 --> 00:21:53,920 Speaker 1: then watching it become a success. You have to admire Disney, 348 00:21:54,119 --> 00:21:55,959 Speaker 1: and you have to be a little bit mad that 349 00:21:56,000 --> 00:21:59,600 Speaker 1: these jerks who get paid millions of dollars every year 350 00:22:00,200 --> 00:22:03,560 Speaker 1: don't admire Disney. They think it's okay to do this. 351 00:22:04,560 --> 00:22:08,000 Speaker 1: Like I said earlier, more than likely more than half 352 00:22:08,080 --> 00:22:11,639 Speaker 1: of their customers are conservatives. And when you see the 353 00:22:11,760 --> 00:22:14,080 Speaker 1: end of this video, I think this is the part 354 00:22:14,119 --> 00:22:16,120 Speaker 1: that's going to disgust you the most, because I said 355 00:22:16,160 --> 00:22:19,960 Speaker 1: they're putting some pretty twisted messages into some of their movies. 356 00:22:20,080 --> 00:22:24,960 Speaker 1: So so far, we've only talked about how bad it 357 00:22:25,040 --> 00:22:28,360 Speaker 1: is that they turn off their viewers, right, And that 358 00:22:28,520 --> 00:22:31,920 Speaker 1: is I mean, that isn't in enough bad, just like, hey, 359 00:22:32,400 --> 00:22:36,080 Speaker 1: our politics are different, we don't like you. Maybe you 360 00:22:36,080 --> 00:22:38,480 Speaker 1: shouldn't watch this movie. I mean it feels like that, right, 361 00:22:38,520 --> 00:22:41,080 Speaker 1: But this goes a little bit deeper. They start this 362 00:22:41,200 --> 00:22:45,840 Speaker 1: weird twisted sexual stuff and this is what they do 363 00:22:46,119 --> 00:22:49,200 Speaker 1: in this video where they're asking people to go vote. 364 00:22:49,280 --> 00:22:51,840 Speaker 1: Think about this. This video is geared toward your kids. 365 00:22:52,119 --> 00:22:55,439 Speaker 1: It's geared towards your teenagers and your young twenty kids. 366 00:22:56,320 --> 00:22:59,000 Speaker 1: This is what it's geared towards. And yet they start 367 00:22:59,040 --> 00:23:02,000 Speaker 1: to say some pretty sick stuff. Listen to this if 368 00:23:02,000 --> 00:23:04,080 Speaker 1: you do vote and He'll protect this country from fear 369 00:23:04,119 --> 00:23:06,639 Speaker 1: and ignorance. Mark will do a nude scene in his 370 00:23:06,720 --> 00:23:10,960 Speaker 1: next movie, Mark Ruffalo, Mark Ruffalo. Mark Ruffalo will do 371 00:23:11,000 --> 00:23:14,080 Speaker 1: a nude scene in his next movie. Wait what, Mark 372 00:23:14,359 --> 00:23:16,159 Speaker 1: will do a nude scene. Marks're gonna have his dick 373 00:23:16,200 --> 00:23:19,720 Speaker 1: out full, Mandy full, Markie. You see, it always has 374 00:23:19,760 --> 00:23:23,040 Speaker 1: to get perverse with these people, the people who say 375 00:23:23,040 --> 00:23:26,680 Speaker 1: they want to entertain your kids. I mean, that's how 376 00:23:26,800 --> 00:23:30,400 Speaker 1: gross this is. It's not bad enough that they want 377 00:23:30,440 --> 00:23:32,960 Speaker 1: to tell you they hate the way you vote. They 378 00:23:33,040 --> 00:23:35,280 Speaker 1: think you're a danger to the country. They think that 379 00:23:35,320 --> 00:23:37,440 Speaker 1: you're a bad person. It's not even that they think 380 00:23:37,440 --> 00:23:40,040 Speaker 1: you're a danger to the country. They just generally think 381 00:23:40,080 --> 00:23:43,400 Speaker 1: you are a bad person for voting for a conservative. 382 00:23:44,720 --> 00:23:47,280 Speaker 1: That's not bad enough. They have to twist it into 383 00:23:47,320 --> 00:23:51,520 Speaker 1: something sexual. And to top it all off, Bree Larson 384 00:23:51,600 --> 00:23:56,920 Speaker 1: again Captain Marvel, said this at the twenty seventeen Oscars. 385 00:23:57,200 --> 00:24:02,920 Speaker 1: She said, artists are the ones that politicians fear. It's 386 00:24:03,040 --> 00:24:08,360 Speaker 1: always been the case. So let's do it. Let people 387 00:24:08,880 --> 00:24:13,280 Speaker 1: be afraid of us. Let's change the world. Let's share 388 00:24:13,320 --> 00:24:16,679 Speaker 1: our stories, Let's talk about where we come from, and 389 00:24:16,800 --> 00:24:21,719 Speaker 1: let's learn from one another. Have you learned Bob Iger? 390 00:24:23,160 --> 00:24:28,520 Speaker 1: How's bob Iger? Part two going? How's your sequel? You see, 391 00:24:28,560 --> 00:24:33,000 Speaker 1: sometimes you need to understand that your job is to 392 00:24:33,040 --> 00:24:35,800 Speaker 1: save the world, and sometimes your job is just to 393 00:24:35,800 --> 00:24:40,120 Speaker 1: play the part of someone who saves the world. Quite frankly, 394 00:24:40,840 --> 00:24:42,720 Speaker 1: if you're just supposed to be pretending to be a 395 00:24:42,760 --> 00:24:47,760 Speaker 1: superhero when they your job, your job is to entertain me, 396 00:24:48,800 --> 00:24:54,240 Speaker 1: because that's your professional value. Otherwise you're just one big 397 00:24:54,359 --> 00:24:58,400 Speaker 1: liability for your company. If Disney were to go back 398 00:24:58,440 --> 00:25:04,560 Speaker 1: to entertainment without acting, they wouldn't have these box office bombs. 399 00:25:05,000 --> 00:25:09,679 Speaker 1: I mean, that's business one oh one. The customer is 400 00:25:09,760 --> 00:25:13,800 Speaker 1: always right. The last thing I the last thing I 401 00:25:13,840 --> 00:25:18,160 Speaker 1: want to say is to be clear. I don't need 402 00:25:18,160 --> 00:25:21,359 Speaker 1: my government to fix Disney, and I don't want my 403 00:25:21,440 --> 00:25:26,359 Speaker 1: elected officials to save me. In America, the people rule, 404 00:25:27,040 --> 00:25:30,040 Speaker 1: We can choose great leaders, we can say goodbye to 405 00:25:30,080 --> 00:25:35,840 Speaker 1: corrupt companies. It's the beauty of the free market. And maybe, 406 00:25:36,560 --> 00:25:41,880 Speaker 1: just maybe it's time to make America America again. Maybe 407 00:25:41,920 --> 00:25:45,119 Speaker 1: we don't need to worship our superheroes, and maybe we 408 00:25:45,160 --> 00:25:49,440 Speaker 1: don't need to worship our politicians. Maybe it's just time 409 00:25:50,040 --> 00:25:55,479 Speaker 1: that the power falls back to the people. Thank you 410 00:25:55,520 --> 00:25:59,000 Speaker 1: so much for joining me on the Tutor Dixon Podcast 411 00:25:59,080 --> 00:26:02,200 Speaker 1: and listening to this chat about Disney. I'm sure we'll 412 00:26:02,240 --> 00:26:05,240 Speaker 1: talk about it more for this episode and others. As always, 413 00:26:05,240 --> 00:26:08,480 Speaker 1: go to Tutordison podcast dot com. You can subscribe right there, 414 00:26:08,800 --> 00:26:12,159 Speaker 1: or go to your iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever 415 00:26:12,240 --> 00:26:14,639 Speaker 1: you get your podcasts and join me next time on 416 00:26:14,800 --> 00:26:18,160 Speaker 1: the Tutor Dixon Podcast. Have a blessed day.