Disney's D23 Showcase Shows A Stagnant Company In Creative Decline
This weekend saw Disney hold its D23 showcase, a celebration of all things Disney. While a major talking point of the weekend was Minnie Mouse “dripping with excitement” as white goo ran down her ears in some strange official merchandise with an even stranger press release, Disney pelted our eyeballs and hearts with reveal after reveal after reveal. But there's also a sense that for all there was so much to see, there was also so little to really care about.
There were two primary showcases over the weekend. First off was your classic Disney, where we saw all of the things we usually associate with Disney - your Mickeys, your Princesses, your Pixar ‘what if these things that aren't alive were alive’s; you know, the whole deal. The second showcase were the things we never really associate with Disney until we get to these events or we see earnings reports - your Star Warses, your Marvels, all the things Disney bought up to tighten its grip around popular entertainment. In both showcases, there were moments to get you excited, but mostly it just reminded me that for all I still feel like a Disney adult at heart (see: my recent excitement at Disney Lorcana), I'm not sure how much I care about the company at all anymore.
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Let's start with the 'real' Disney showcase. New Princess movie Wish, which takes us through Disney’s musical legacy (whatever that means) sounds like a meta idea that could backfire, but I'm on board with Disney taking risks to dip into its back catalogue. Plus, I'm still a bit of a Disney adult. Princess movies are always going to get me. Both Pixar spots, Elio and Elemental, look great too and seem to represent both Pixar's new philosophy (Elio is a
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