The Reimagine Tomorrow efforts of the Walt Disney Company seem to be in full force. Race swaps, gender swaps and gender issues are now fully ingrained in every major release from Disney.
It’s really hard to mess this up. Yet somehow, Disney+ is managing to take a simple concept like Peter Pan and Wendy, then turn it into a property that is being absolutely destroyed online. On YouTube the “Peter Pan and Wendy” trailer for exclusive Disney+ release is being downvoted by a 5-to-1 ratio. That’s incredible considering most people can’t even see the dislikes anymore (a special plugin is required to make them visible). Yet it’s not stopping fans from voicing their dislike in mass.
As of publication, more than 100,000 people have elected to dislike the trailer. That’s just one place the trailer can be found and just one place where these dislikes are flooding the system. In fact, on many other videos, the ratio is far, far worse.
At the heart of these dislikes seem to be a few things that many would identify as “woke”. First, there’s the race-swapped Tinkerbell. Then there are girls in the “Lost Boys,” with a quip about the issue. Then there’s the fact that Peter Pan doesn’t really look, sound or act like Peter Pan that most are accustomed to seeing. Beyond the woke issues, the trailer just looks really, really bad. I know that’s subjective, but this isn’t impressive. In terms of appearance, it reminds me of the worst aspects of the Narnia films Disney tried a decade ago.
Whatever the reasons, one thing is for certain. People thus far are not fans of this version of Peter Pan and Neverland. For Disney’s sake, let’s hope The Little Mermaid isn’t filled with the same sorts of issues. A box office flop is far more costly than a streaming failure.
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