Disney Was Greedy
Ah, another year, another moment to pause and ponder the truly terrifying megacorporation that owns some of our most beloved entertainment—and not just the stuff that has the Disney name plastered all over it, but also the Marvel Cinematic Universe and all things Star Wars. This year’s House of Mouse hall of shame moments include the company not paying sci-fi and fantasy writers who had contracts with Lucasfilm and 20th Century Fox before Disney took them over; the company’s very public (and then, suddenly very private) row with Black Widow star Scarlett Johansson over her contract in the wake of the film’s pandemic-necessitated release on Disney+; and that hideously expensive Star Wars immersive hotel that is somehow already sold out at Walt Disney World (don’t get us started on those “real” lightsabers). Will we stop consuming Disney? Never. Will we feel good about that? Also, never.
