After 100 days of the writers’ strike, and almost a month of the actors’ strike, Disney has realized it wants writers and actors to celebrate the company’s 100 years, which were made possible by those very artists.
In the course of the Disney Company’s quarterly earnings name on Wednesday, CEO Bob Iger appears to lastly be singing a unique tune from the position he took just a month ago. “It’s my fervent hope that we rapidly discover options to the problems which have saved us aside these previous few months,” Iger was quoted in Deadline as saying in reference to the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes. “And I’m personally dedicated to realize this consequence.” Nice, so hopefully which means dedication to go looking inside these deep pockets execs have due to their exorbitant salaries—which might equate a livable earnings to a large share of staff with greater than sufficient left over to nonetheless be stinkin’ wealthy.
Iger continued to affirm his change of conscience: “Nothing is extra essential to this firm than its relationships with the inventive neighborhood—that features actors, writers, animators, administrators, and producers. I’ve deep respect and appreciation for all those that are important to the extraordinary inventive engine that drives this firm and our business.” Respect is a giant phrase the likes of Iger ought to actually lean into with introspection, as writers and actors really feel their work and identities endangered by the rise of AI tech which might wipe out important strains of labor.
The divide between long-term monetary safety and being out on the road after a well being scare or surprising lack of earnings has not often felt extra tenuous, and nobody is feeling these 100 days greater than the hanging employees who’re out within the solar picketing. Hopefully Iger means what he says, and different Hollywood execs will agree it’s time to open these checkbooks and signal truthful agreements with the WGA and SAG-AFTRA. It’s time for Disney to get again to the true struggle—squaring off with Governor DeSantis in Florida, whose risk to schooling and equality must be squashed down earlier than it continues to unfold exterior of Florida—and do proper by the inventive individuals who helped the Home of Mouse obtain 100 years within the first place.
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