The Anti-Disney Messages of… Disney Movies

Are today’s Disney films… anti-Disney? Recent Disney films are ironically critical of the documented behaviors of the Walt Disney Company. Films like Wreck-It-Ralph, Frozen, and Moana feature pointed allegories about the evils of capitalism and monopolies—while Disney gobbles up companies like Pixar, Marvel, Lucasfilm, and Fox. Understanding this disconnect shows just how easy it is for corporations to perform political correctness and reap the social and financial benefits, without feeling any compulsion to meaningfully act on their own messages.