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Who is the main character of "Aladdin"?

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[quote="xfkirsten"][quote="ArabianPrincessKim"]OK, I did a lot of research on Eisner and the whole DisneyWar and man  did that feud get UGLY!  :shock:

Things would have gone much more smoothly and quickly if disney fans and disney haters alike hadn't made such a hype about it and made matters worse.  Otherwise,  the company could have handled the matter and moved on.  [/quote]

But if you think about it, the pervasiveness of the media (be it TV, internet, etc) makes news spread quickly and reach large numbers of people.  It's not just in this case, it's in just about every case that gains national attention.  And when you're talking about one of the biggest companies in the country, you're going to get national attention.  It's unavoidable.  Especially when the issue heavily concerns Wall Street!  Stock prices were a big concern throughout this debate, so it's not just "Disney fans" or "Disney haters" that raised a ruckus, it's also people who had a stake in the company's financial performance.

And speaking as a former theme parks Cast Member, I can tell you that Eisner was not looked upon kindly in his visits.  He was incredibly distant to his Cast Members, to the point of completely closing himself off to contact with them when he came to visit!  Roy Disney, on the other hand, happily came down into the CM break rooms and visited with front-line CMs.

How else do you make people mad?  You go on Larry King and complain about how overworked/underpaid you are, while your theme park CMs are overpaid and underworked.  True story.

[quote]But nothing ever comes easy to Disney. [/quote]

Of course not - they're a large company, which automatically will make them a target.

[quote]Despite their being rich and powerful, I can't help but sympathize with companies like Disney and Nickelodeon who have mobs of delusional haters at their doorway on a regular basis. (sometimes for a reason, sometimes for nothing at all)[/quote]

True, but once again, that's inevitable with any large company like that, particularly media.[/quote]

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