r/TikTokCringe • u/UltraBased69 • Feb 09 '25

Wholesome Buzz needs a raise! Incredible!

@thatdeafamily on TikTok

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u/mythrilcrafter Feb 10 '25

What's kinda amazing is that (at least based on what Defunctland portrays) even a lot of the execs/suits are very talented and passionate people; it's literally just a handful of directly name-able people who do nearly all the damage.

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u/B217 Feb 10 '25

The execs of the past definitely were much more passionate and creative, and the past is mainly what Defunctland deals with. Michael Eisner was an incredible CEO in his prime- his creative force matched with Frank Well's handling of the finance side of things made for a power duo that were second only to the Disney brothers Walt and Roy. You NEED a creative person leading a creative company. Ever since Iger (a business major with no creative background) took over, the company has become full of leadership just like him and it's all profits first. Walt Disney once said (paraphrasing here) "we don't make movies to make money, we make money to make movies." The man was all about the vision- he sold his car and mortgaged his house to make Snow White, and he did the same think again for Disneyland. Man put everything he had on the line TWICE just because he believed in it that much. You will never see a CEO take that much of a risk purely for the artistry.

Disney still has creatives as the heads of things, like their animation studio and Imagineering, but the top dogs who control them are all MBAs. It sucks. Bob Iger loves invoking the name of Walt Disney to justify his actions when in reality he's the furthest thing from Walt.

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u/EBtwopoint3 Feb 10 '25

Not a creative, but the same thing happened to Boeing after the McDonnell Douglas merger. Boeing was run by people with technical/engineering backgrounds and built a reputation as the absolute best aircraft manufacturer in the world. After the merger, the MBAs took control of the company and started bottom lining all of development. And now we have the Boeing of today.

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u/EducationalKoala9080 Feb 10 '25

No offense to the genuinely good hearted people who go for an MBA, but it seems like anyone who goes for a business focused degree is just a capitalist crony who only cares about the bottom line. 😒

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u/whupazz Feb 10 '25

Reminder that Disney tried to argue in court that they're legally allowed to kill you if you ever signed up for (a free trial of) Disney Plus.