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EPISODE · Jul 10, 2020 · 25 MIN

Can Disney Exist in a Covid-19 World? Will the Company's Movies and Theme Parks Still be Relevant After the Virus?

from The Best Paragraph I've Read... · host Zac & Don

The Best Paragraph I've Read: "Disney has long been an outfit fueled by nostalgia. That would seem to offer an advantage during a pause; there are, after all, many old movies to re-watch. But Disney’s little secret is that such nostalgia cannot stand on its own — it needs to be continually fed and reinforced. A new set of Star Wars drives longing for the ′70s, a “Beauty and the Beast” remake powers nostalgia for the 1990s, Marvel movies draft off pleasant feelings of a childhood of comic books (and, 12 years into their run, of themselves). Disney is a constant interplay between past and present, a continuous bicycle chain between the pieces we once loved and the current releases we run out to see to remind us of them. And that chain has now been severed." This paragraph comes from a Washington Post article by Steven Zeitchik.  The article is titled: "How Disney could be facing a lot more than a lost summer."   https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/07/04/disney-july4-future-hamilton/ Zac and Don discuss if Disney and its movies and theme parks are still relevant in the age of Covid-19.  They discuss whether Disney's entertainment reflects the era that America is currently living in.  They discuss whether American entertainment habits have changed and if these new habits may seek out other forms of entertainment.

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