Disney Adults Part 2: Disney's Capitalist Religion

Is Mickey Mouse capitalist Jesus?
The fanatic devotion, ritual practices, and the material signifiers coveted by Disney Adults feel super religious. But is Disney anything like an actual church? Let's find out in Part 2 of our Wisecrack Edition on Disney Adults.

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Written by Corrigan Vaughan and Amanda Scherker
Hosted by Michael Burns
Directed by Michael Luxemburg
Edited by Andrew Nishimura
Motion Graphics by Benjamin Dunaief
Original Illustrations by JR Fleming
Produced by Olivia "Orange Bird Superfan" Redden and Griffin Davis

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[ctomsky]

"God is dead, and Mickey Mouse has killed him." - Nietzsche, probably

[raul]

As an ex “cast member”, thank you for making this video and giving me the language to further deconstruct what I saw at the parks. I have so much to say about the “lifers” who work at the park too…

[MrNavidad]

When Disney tried to trademark Dia de Los Muertos, it really pissed me off. Like who the hell thought that was a good idea?

[chickenfox]

Don’t forget that Disney also owns Fox, Hulu, FX, Nat Geo, A&E, History Network, Lifetime, etc. They control a vast majority of the entertainment media we consume.

[futuristicgirl]

As someone who was a Disney adult for years I immediately backtracked when I saw how awfully they treated their employees during the pandemic

[Grubnessul]

Reminds me when I was working for an online travel agency. Whenever we were calling the Disneyland hotels, the staff there HAD to finish the conversation with "have a magical day" even though they very clearly could not care less at all.

[littlestone]

The whole thing kind of reminds me of "A Brave New World" kind of dystopia... Or am I just a bit too negative?

[Xarfax]

I have a love- hate relationship with Disney. Like many adults I grew up on Disney and some of the movies have a soft spot for me.... But I hate to see just how gigantic the Disney corporation has become. It really has spread like an infestation of rats in culture!

[RukoHanaji]

4:16 Pinnochio isn't a good example to pin just on Disney really; the Blue Fairy is in Collodi's original story, and as an Italian living near a city that was under the protection of the Holy Mother of COURSE the symbolism was intended. Also Collodi was a Mason, and there's that symbolism in there too.

[tylerdurdin]

This reminds me of the Russian movie "Branded" I think it was called. It's were this executive or CEO that suddenly can see all the logos come to life and grow by feeding off of people's consumerism. Weird but totally great movie and I recommend everyone watch. You will come away from it thinking totally different about the things you buy becoming you by consuming you! Genius creator.

[autumnwyborny]

I lowkey love this kind of content, closer to contrapoints/philosophytube than normal wisecrack. Would love to see the long form version of this content in the style of these channels.

[IdealisticDog]

The point on training children to connect to individual exploration rather than any sense of community, to identify as a consumer rather than a citizen, is incredibly insightful. Thanks for the video, Wisecrack team.

That perspective was enormously beneficial to my own understanding.

[DSAhmed]

Trademarking "Dia de los muertos" would be like if Disney owned the trademark on "Merry Christmas".

"Merry Christmas!!™🎄 " (Merry Christmas is a trademark of the Walt Disney Corporation, all rights reserved)

[bobthegoat]

Learning about Disney always make me feel better about pirating everything that is Disney.

[jacobhuff]

Thanks for reviving my Cynicism of Disney. Being forced to repeatedly watch Moana, Frozen, Encanto and the Zombies franchise and watching about everything fall under the saccharine Disney umbrella keeps it simmering.

[TheXello]

"Until life gets so depressing that we need the talking animals again", huh, that would explain why I am watching all these animated movies recently.

[elihan]

Disney is a grotesque, eldritch being more akin to Aldrich from Dark Souls, than Yahweh...


It is weird, I used to be a huge Star Wars fan. I eventually grew out of it but ever since Disney bought it, I view the franchise with suspicion and hostility. Maybe it was because they declared the entire extended universe up to the acquisition "non cannon" Decades of lore, many better written than the PMC nerds they have writing the movie and television stories now, just declared obsolete. Adding further insult, Disney is canabalizing the stuff they declared non cannon and creating an extended lore themselves.

[nishidohellhillsruler]

Speaking of Disney and racism; I never truly realized how chill we Latinos are, until I watched "Helena of Avalor" and then couldn't find anyone online being as mad as me. Which is crazy, because the thing is way too obviously written by a "Greg" and or a "Steve".

[getnohappy]

I find it strange that you point out Disney tried to buy up a cultural tradition and not mention that such moves made Disney. Disney bought and packaged northern European folklore - they're not "tired tropes" they're historical cultural stories that no one from those cultures can use because they're thoroughly "Disney-fied" to the point even a philosophy channel treats nostalgia for the Disney story as separate from it's origin (it'd be a bit weird to claim tales from native Americans lacked diversity wouldn't it?)

[HardlyCoping]

I had a religion, once. It was called Thug Notes and it was enlightening.