So an article today on a Disney Expose

[stemikger]

I read an article in the New York Daily News about an expose about
Disney. They go behind the scenes and talk about the not-so squeeky clean image of the cast members. It discusses how there is very un-disney like behavior going on at the campus that Disney puts them up in.

 

[stemikger]

I meant to say I saw an article (not so an article).

 

[bicker]

I remember talking with some folks in the College Program about such things years ago. It seems to me that maturity isn't something that you can just switch ON at age 18. I suspect whenever you put a bunch of "just left home" 18, 19 and twenty-somethings together, some of them will invariably stretch far beyond their previous confinement, and go beyond what most of us would consider proper behavior for someone who is now supposed to be acting like an adult. All we can do is instill our young ones with knowledge, confidence and moral strength, to increase their chances of making the right decisions for themselves, when they finally find themselves in the position of being responsible for their own actions for the first time in their lives.

 

[tazdeb]

The Disney Image is just that, an image. It's not real. It is a multi-billion dollar company run by cunning buisnessmen/women who must stay one step ahead of the compitition. It is staffed by thousands of people just like people everywhere. Some good, some bad. Just because they put out for the most part family entertainment doesn't mean they are all peaches and cream. People should realize this and not be surprised when the not so flattering stuff sees the light.

 

[kimisabella]

My mother gave that article to me yesterday. What do you expect, they ARE people after all - when they aren't working they do things that other young adults all over the world do also. Do people really think that all cast members are held to act the same way at work as well as off work? As long as they conduct themselves in a professional and fun manner while at work, it doesn't matter to me what they do after work or what their sexual preference is. The article goes on to say how someone saw ariel, snow white and other princesses in costume smoking after their shift. So what, if they want to smoke, that's their choice, as long as they are doing it out of public view, on their own time, and not when they are supposed to be greeting happy children. It also goes on to talk about who is inside the costumed characters, and who can portray them as there is specific guidelines that must be met. There should be, does it make sense to have a mickey that's 6 feet tall and 300 lbs - and would it make sense if cinderella was an asian man? People love to expose anything remotley scandelous about Disney because it is such an icon and held to such a high standard.

 

[Jeff in BigD]

I think you'd be hard pressed to find a college dorm that doesn't have the same things going on. So I'm not really surprised to hear of wild behavior in the WDW college program.


I suspect that the behavior is probably more pervasive than say a decade ago due partly to shows like The Real World where the goal is to be more outrageous than the previous season.

I'm sure if the interns aren't performing on the job to satisfaction, WDW will release them.