PTC Calls on Disney to Stop Aping Netflix
Walt Disney should cease trying to be Netflix and stop airing sexually suggestive and violent content, said Parents Television Council President Tim Winter in an open letter to returning Disney CEO Bob Iger. “I never could have imagined that a…
Sign up for a free preview to unlock the rest of this article
Communications Daily is required reading for senior executives at top telecom corporations, law firms, lobbying organizations, associations and government agencies (including the FCC). Join them today!
company named for Walt Disney would produce and distribute a television program that depicted a teenage girl masturbating in front of her laptop computer,” said Winter, referencing the comedy PEN15. Winter also criticized the cartoon Little Demon “where demon characters chant, “We wanna f*** a corpse! We wanna f*** a corpse!” “Is this what the Walt Disney Company refers to as ‘creativity?’” asked Winter. “Certainly you can help Disney embrace inclusivity without sexualizing, or even sexually exploiting, children.” Iger should reverse the company’s course and “understand, appreciate and value the qualities of the Walt Disney Company that made it so successful, and so wildly valuable,” Winter said.