Disney Re-Discovering It’s Soul…OR…Greed Makes People Funny

Last updated on: October 10, 2005 at 10:50 am by Barbara Nicolosi

Disney Re-Discovering It’s Soul…OR…Greed Makes People Funny 2005-10-10T10:50:00-06:00 Barbara Nicolosi

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Have to share a funny story from the day of the Narnia screening. The screening was very controlled — only about ten people in attendance besides the Disney and Wladen promotional folks. There were some prominent religious lieutenants there who are being courted to raise the same groundswell of support for Narnia that they did so astoundingly for The Passion of the Christ.
(Note that I was the only Catholic invitee in the room…evidence that Catholic leaders are pretty much worthless at rallying their troops….oh for the healing of the Reformation!)

Getting to the funny part…

So, after the screening, all the religious leaders were all awash in enthusiasm and tangible relief that the film had retained its Christian allegoriness. The Disney head of PR guy, picking up on the religious leaders’ enthusiasm, started getting all happy and chatty himself, leading to the following paraphrased exchange…

A CHRISTIAN LEADER: I want to congratulate you all for preserving the religious themes in the work so beautifully.

DISNEY GUY: Of course, we wouldn’t think of doing it any other way! We aren’t going to shy away from religion at Disney. After all, who ever decided that going to church was a bad thing?

BARB: (to herself, for once) Um,… Miramax?

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