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-Great Cultural Revolution
Disney Invites Drag Queen Nina West to 'The Little Mermaid' World Premiere
[BREITBART] As it continues to aggressively push LGBTQ ideology in its entertainment for children, the Walt Disney Co. invited drag queen Nina West to the world premiere of its live-action The Little Mermaid on Monday at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood.

During the blue-carpet festivities, Nina West — whose real name is Andrew Levitt — cavorted with actress Melissa McCarthy, who plays Ursula the Sea Witch and has stated her performance was inspired by drag queens.

Nina West thanked Disney in an Instagram post, saying, "Thank you, @disney @disneystudios @disneyanimation @disneylittlemermaid for having me tonight and allowing me to share in such a magical celebration."

Nina West is quickly becoming a Disney staple following his appearance in the Disney+ LGBTQ Pride concert in 2021, where West hosted the live-stream video that featured other drag queens plus performances of popular Disney songs re-imagined with LGBTQ themes.

Drag culture is becoming a central component of Disney’s entertainment for children.

In 20201, a division of Disney hosted a drag queen story hour event aimed at the children of employees, with the intention of celebrating the "gender fluidity of childhood" while providing kids with "unabashedly queer role models,"
Eeewwww!!
As Breitbart News reported, Melissa McCarthy recently revealed her character in The Little Mermaid has drag queen roots, saying she "100 per cent" drew inspiration from drag queens for her turn as the voice-stealing villain.
Spent a little too much time at the pantomime as a little kiddie? The tradition in Merrie Olde England is that evil female characters are played by men...
The Little Mermaid, which opens in cinemas May 26, is proving to be a tough sell for Disney.

The movie’s first full trailer is massively unpopular, garnering more than 1 million "dislikes" on YouTube less than a week after its unveiling during the Oscars in March.
Posted by: Fred || 05/11/2023 00:00 || Comments || Link || [9 views] Top|| File under:

#1  My heart bleeds for Disney. One can only hope its stock continues towards $0.01.

Earnings
Posted by: DooDahMan || 05/11/2023 7:05 Comments || Top||

#2  Netanyahu once said he thought the greatest lesson of the Holocaust was that when people tell you they're going to kill you, you should believe them.

"When people tell you who they are, take it seriously.' Disney couldn't be any clearer about their identity and intentions.

As for 'cavorting with Melissa McCarthy...' it sounds like some kind of barbaric extra-judicial punishment.
Posted by: Cesare || 05/11/2023 7:29 Comments || Top||

#3  /\ Much truth at #2, in less than 100 words.
Posted by: Besoeker || 05/11/2023 7:47 Comments || Top||

#4  My kids are of age, so I am not as worried about the impact of them noticing that a Disney princess has popped a boner. I have, personally boycotted all Disney animated feature films since the prutridly preachy Pocahontas. They have subsequently ruined Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Star Trek and Marvel Comics for me. Anyone who invests in them is a sucker.
Posted by: Super Hose || 05/11/2023 8:21 Comments || Top||

#5  So drag is now a Disney staple? Good to know.
Posted by: Rex Mundi || 05/11/2023 8:41 Comments || Top||

#6  They will never learn...
Posted by: 49 Pan || 05/11/2023 9:53 Comments || Top||

#7  'Neverland' on a grand scale. Appears the business plan may be failing.
Posted by: Besoeker || 05/11/2023 10:03 Comments || Top||

#8  cavorted with actress Melissa McCarthy, who plays Ursula the Sea Witch and has stated her performance was inspired by drag queens.

Snort, Ursula the villain. No, let me guess....Ursula is just letting Arial find her true self and Arial's dad is evil based Ultra-Make Atlantis Great Again.

Saw this preview at family movie night, opening for a recent animated movie which ended up being a lot of fun. Its a very droopy looking movie, and Sebastian was a lobster IIRC.
Posted by: swksvolFF || 05/11/2023 10:15 Comments || Top||

#9  SO, SO SICK of these Commie fucks. Pedo’s all. I want yo elaborate but life is short.
Posted by: Whiskey Mike || 05/11/2023 12:22 Comments || Top||

#10  Apparently intent on destroying the Disney brand for once and for all.
Posted by: Tom || 05/11/2023 12:50 Comments || Top||

#11  I understand their movie out right now should be titled: Wendy and peter pan.
Posted by: swksvolFF || 05/11/2023 14:50 Comments || Top||

#12  *Ok, Sebastian was a crab, just looked like a tailless lobster - not the absolute nightmare in this Live Action Remake Production. Like something out of Balder's Gate.
Posted by: swksvolFF || 05/11/2023 15:46 Comments || Top||

#13  Little Girl:
ARRrrgh! There's a monster in my bedroom!

Mouseheads:
No no no, that is Sebastian under your bed, singing kiss the girl.
Posted by: swksvolFF || 05/11/2023 15:50 Comments || Top||

#14  Disney is now gone pervert!

Posted by: Ebbimp Lover of the Trolls5787 || 05/11/2023 16:23 Comments || Top||

#15  They just don't get it. 645 MILLION lost last quarter. Enjoy bankruptcy.
Posted by: DarthVader || 05/11/2023 16:33 Comments || Top||

#16  OK hear me out.

So, I understand the Happy Thoughts for Wendy in Wendy and peter pan is her never having a family, growing old an dying alone.

Live Action Remake Production of: Aristocats.

As Wendy ages alone, she buys a number of cats. Aristocats, if you will. Wendy dies alone, trapping her cats in the house. When Wendy dies, the cats split into two groups Lord of the Flies style. The winning gang eats the losers. Then eats Wendy. Ending credit scene is Furries line dancing to Ru Paul.

Snark O'The Week
Posted by: swksvolFF || 05/11/2023 17:06 Comments || Top||

#17  ^^ Snark of the Week winner!
Posted by: badanov || 05/11/2023 17:21 Comments || Top||

#18  What about a reboot of Jungle Book where Mogli becomes a Mujahadin and the tiger is a white man.
Posted by: Super Hose || 05/11/2023 19:50 Comments || Top||

#19  Disney stock crashed today (again).
Posted by: Slats Snore5077 || 05/11/2023 20:36 Comments || Top||

#20  They did their earnings report after close yesterday, because it was bad news. The clobbering was today.
Posted by: Super Hose || 05/11/2023 21:26 Comments || Top||

#21  I would pay money to see that swksvolFF
Posted by: DarthVader || 05/11/2023 21:36 Comments || Top||

#22  I have read that adult "nostalgia" customers make up more of Disney sales than children. I wonder if that's true. It might explain a certain--shall we say--carelessness with their productions.
Posted by: James || 05/11/2023 22:56 Comments || Top||

#23  @#19 - GOOD!!
Posted by: DooDahMan || 05/11/2023 23:02 Comments || Top||


-Signs, Portents, and the Weather-
Mother of 6-year-old who allegedly shot his teacher Abby Zwerner breaks her silence
[NYPOST] The mother of the 6-year-old Virginia boy who shot his elementary school teacher Abby Zwerner said her son "really liked" the educator — but "felt like he was being ignored" in the days before the incident.

Deja Taylor, who is charged with felony child neglect and recklessly leaving a firearm so as to endanger a child, appeared Wednesday on ABC’s "Good Morning America" to discuss the case.

"I am, as a parent, obviously willing to take responsibility for him because he can’t take responsibility for himself," Taylor told ABC News, adding that her son’s actions can be tied to his ADHD diagnosis.
More impulsive than average?
She described her boy as a "great kid" but "very energetic" because of the behavioral disorder. "He’s off the wall — doesn’t sit still, ever," she added.

Taylor said her son "actually really liked" 25-year-old teacher Zwerner but that during the week of the Jan. 6 shooting, "he felt like he was being ignored."

Zwerner has filed a $40 million lawsuit that accuses school officials of repeatedly ignoring warning signs that the youngster had a gun at Richneck Elementary School in Newport News.
Posted by: Fred || 05/11/2023 00:00 || Comments || Link || [11 views] Top|| File under:

#1  More criminal is the real victim bullshit.
Posted by: Lowspark || 05/11/2023 7:49 Comments || Top||


#3  A good interview question might have been: “Did you routinely leave your gun lying on the coffee table?”

Or: “Is there a chance that you might die is a hail of bullets, if you put your son in timeout?”
Posted by: Super Hose || 05/11/2023 8:11 Comments || Top||

#4  Teacher has danger face like the type to tell the kid he is a girl, so I'm going with all losers here.
Posted by: swksvolFF || 05/11/2023 10:26 Comments || Top||

#5  "But she was givin' out homework..."
Posted by: ed in texas || 05/11/2023 10:32 Comments || Top||

#6  Being diagnosed as ADHD does not imply that one cannot recognize a system that only seeks to punish. That has been the reality for boys in PS for at least 2 decades. Universities offer only continued punishment, but with an LE twist! There is an intelligent design to this.
Posted by: Rex Mundi || 05/11/2023 11:53 Comments || Top||

#7  "I am, as a parent, obviously willing to take responsibility for him"

Apparently not, Actions speak louder than words.
Posted by: Tom || 05/11/2023 12:51 Comments || Top||

#8  "He’s off the wall — doesn’t sit still, ever,"

Isn't that the definition of being a kid?
Posted by: mossomo || 05/11/2023 13:00 Comments || Top||

#9  Can we ask where his father is in all of this? He has two parents, and the mother is being charged with felony child neglect, so there is much more to this story?
Posted by: NoMoreBS || 05/11/2023 14:59 Comments || Top||


Anheuser-Busch stock downgraded by HSBC analysts over Bud Light 'crisis'
[NYPOST] The stock of Bud Light parent company Anheuser-Busch has been downgraded by analysts at HSBC who say the brand is in the midst of a "crisis" following the outcry over its ties to transgender social media influencer Dylan Stench of Death Mulvaney
...the transexual influencer who single-handedly trashed a major American beer brand owned by a Belgian company, tainted Maybelline and Condé Nast, and then demanded that anybody who called him/her/it a man be arrested...
Carlos Laboy, a managing director at HSBC’s global beverage sector, downgraded the stock of Anheuser-Busch InBev to a hold status — meaning that investors should neither buy or sell shares of the company.

Laboy said that the backlash to the Mulvaney branding partnership is a sign that there are "deeper problems than ABI admits," according to a note that was first reported by CNBC.

"Is ABI’s leadership getting the brand culture transformation right? It’s mixed," Laboy wrote in a note that was published on Wednesday.

"At Ambev, we think the answer is ’yes;’ in the US, we think it’s ’no’," Laboy wrote.

"The way this Bud Light crisis came about a month ago, management’s response to it and the loss of unprecedented volume and brand relevance raises many questions."

"Why did its US leadership underestimate the risk of pushback given the recent experience of other firms?" Laboy wrote.

"Is A-B hiring the best people to grow the brands and gauge risk?"

"If Budweiser and Bud Light are iconic American ideas that have long brought consumers together, why did these marketers fail to invite new consumers without alienating the core base of the firm’s largest brand?" Laboy asked.

Bud Light's sales drop is accelerating amid Dylan Mulvaney fiasco — and is now spilling into other Bud brands

[NYPOST] Bud Light’s downward spiral has accelerated in the wake of the Dylan Stench of Death Mulvaney
...the transexual influencer who single-handedly trashed a major American beer brand owned by a Belgian company, tainted Maybelline and Condé Nast, and then demanded that anybody who called him/her/it a man be arrested...
debacle — and the carnage has begun to spill into Anheuser-Busch’s other mega-buck brands, The Post has learned.

Nationwide retail sales of Bud Light were down 23.4% versus a year ago in the week of April 29 — worse than the 21.4% decline it suffered a week earlier, according to Bump Williams Consulting and NielsenIQ data.

Meanwhile,
...back at the secret hideout, Scarface Al sneeringly put his proposition to little Nell...
as beer drinkers discover how many other beer brands fall under the Anheuser-Busch umbrella, the backlash is widening, according to the fresh data.

The company’s flagship Budweiser brand took an 11.4% sales hit for the week ended April 29.

Sales of Bud’s Michelob Ultra brand — the third-biggest-selling in the US behind No. 1 Bud Light and No. 2 Modelo Especial — were down 4.4%, according to Bump Williams data.

"It’s not just a Bud Light issue," said Bump Williams, chief executive of the consultancy.

"It’s an Anheuser-Busch portfolio problem now."
Posted by: Fred || 05/11/2023 00:00 || Comments || Link || [13 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Wait for Moody's & Fitch, among the other analysts, to issue similar ratings.
Posted by: Raj || 05/11/2023 0:57 Comments || Top||

#2  On a related note, shares of Disney fell nicely after they reported earnings last night. Definitely two companies that deserve to share a gutter on Skid Row.
Posted by: DooDahMan || 05/11/2023 6:29 Comments || Top||

#3  You could build a lucrative stock trade strategy based on the inverse of the DEI index.
Posted by: Super Hose || 05/11/2023 8:07 Comments || Top||

#4  Super Hose, yesterday:

At some point they will seek a government bailout. There is no rational case for one, but they will seek one. They are probably already networking that type of solution. It is what low integrity executives do.

I think that was the point of the A/B wig stating this whole thing is "Internet Misinformation"; a ring kiss.

Dylan is an obnoxious clown, yes. IIUC he was chosen because he got his...face, ugh, cracked to make it more...feminine. Post here, like just about all sources, seem to scapegoat Dylan and not discuss The Favor Executives and The Agenda.
Posted by: swksvolFF || 05/11/2023 11:10 Comments || Top||

#5  They don't grasp yet that its really not Dylan. It's what Dylan represents, the whole narrative being shove down their throats and told you are evil if you do not accept it. The activists and the corporate suites don't understand the base of America and the concept of 'just leave us and our families alone'.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 05/11/2023 13:02 Comments || Top||

#6  Die AB, die.
Posted by: DarthVader || 05/11/2023 16:35 Comments || Top||

#7  I guess my feeling on the bailout is that Disney, AB and others are trying to implement woke. The government is also trying to jam woke down our throats. If the government is coordinating with Big Tech, why would they not also be involved in Disney and AB? Is AB too big to fail? Not at all, but I expect that they will try to sell the negative impact of their slide on employees and distributors as a reason for some help. Like my former employer GM, the government help doesn’t solve anything. I still think Biden will shovel cash their way. It is the California rule. Leftist entity does dumb stuff, leftist president bails them out.
Posted by: Super Hose || 05/11/2023 21:23 Comments || Top||


Economy
Microsoft not giving raises to employees, cutting bonuses this year: report
[NYPOST] Microsoft will not raise salaries for full-time employees this year and is reducing budget for bonuses and stock awards, Insider reported on Wednesday, citing an internal email by CEO Satya Nadella.

The tech giant did not immediately respond to a Rooters request for comment.

"Last year, we made a significant investment in compensation driven by market conditions and company performance, nearly doubling our global merit budget...this year the economic conditions are very different across many dimensions" the report quoted Nadella saying.

"This year the economic conditions are very different across many dimensions," CEO Satya Nadella said in an internal email

In January, Microsoft said it would let go of 10,000 workers, adding to the tens of thousands layoffs announced before that across the technology sector as it deals with slowing growth in a turbulent economy.

Microsoft has now squarely placed its focus on generative AI, an area the industry sees as a bright spot.

In collaboration with ChatGPT maker OpenAI, which also has received billions of dollars in funding from Microsoft, the tech giant has been infusing the AI tech into its Office products as well as search engine Bing.
Posted by: Fred || 05/11/2023 00:00 || Comments || Link || [10 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Their employees will be mad and move to other tech …. Never mind.
Posted by: Super Hose || 05/11/2023 8:04 Comments || Top||

#2  The Big Wigs to still see sane income tho, I am sure.
Posted by: NN2N1 || 05/11/2023 8:10 Comments || Top||

#3  Only about 20 years late.
Posted by: ed in texas || 05/11/2023 10:31 Comments || Top||

#4  They only have $132 Billion in Cash; I can see their issue with giving raises.
Posted by: airandee || 05/11/2023 11:39 Comments || Top||



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