Comments on: Dirty goings-on in the magic kingdom

Dirty goings-on in the magic kingdom

Silky Slim — Sat, 28 May 2005 09:28:41 -0800

Dirty goings-on in the magic kingdom. (QuickTime) Amateur movies shot by Disney's professional furries in Disneyworld show what happens on the grounds while Mickey isn't looking.
"...Many of the videos, I found out, were created for unofficial annual character banquets, where screening funny skits is part of a tradition of subtle acts of subversion among the members of Disney's undercompensated and overregulated workforce."
Probably sorta safe for work, but don't show it to Pooh aficionados.
[via Radar magazine via defamer]

By: keswick

keswick — Sat, 28 May 2005 09:31:32 -0800

Gee, I wonder if this is gonna show up on Boing Boing.

By: jikel_morten

jikel_morten — Sat, 28 May 2005 09:38:01 -0800

lame.

By: ZachsMind

ZachsMind — Sat, 28 May 2005 09:38:15 -0800

If that's the best Disney's employees can do in response to oppression? They're not being oppressed enough.

By: ColdChef

ColdChef — Sat, 28 May 2005 09:53:42 -0800

Pretty weak. The cuts were way too fast and the camerawork was shoddy. The "Belle Striptease" showed promise, but it was poorly executed. Perhaps some simulated fellatio with a baguette would have been better. Disney is ripe for parody, but this was toothless.

By: ColdChef

ColdChef — Sat, 28 May 2005 09:53:59 -0800

On preview: ZachsMind nails it.

By: Hands of Manos

Hands of Manos — Sat, 28 May 2005 09:57:32 -0800

it'd be funnier if that was candid shots of them doing stuff and not knowing that'd been filmed.

By: AlexReynolds

AlexReynolds — Sat, 28 May 2005 10:13:12 -0800

This is satire, when satire's been disneyfied.

By: sourbrew

sourbrew — Sat, 28 May 2005 10:27:18 -0800

Yeah i feel like i deserve more of the belle strip tease. Also why disney insists on educating americans that Pocahontas and John Smith were dating is beyond me. John Rolfe knocked that bitty up. \Descended from Pocahontas and Rolfe \\Pissed off that a huge percentage of americans \\think that Pocahontas was made up by disney.

By: QuietDesperation

QuietDesperation — Sat, 28 May 2005 10:27:18 -0800

There's a story in Hollywood's Dark Prince (nice bio of Walt) about how, when WD got married, some employees made a "Mickey and Minnie Wedding Night" film solely for the company party in honor of the occasion. After the film was shown Walt nodded, smiled, asked who made it When the animators claimed credit, he fired them on the spot.

By: squirrel

squirrel — Sat, 28 May 2005 10:38:04 -0800

Sorry, y'all, ZachsMind owns it.

By: sleslie

sleslie — Sat, 28 May 2005 10:51:13 -0800

"professional furries" ha ha.

By: Silky Slim

Silky Slim — Sat, 28 May 2005 10:51:37 -0800

\\Pissed off that a huge percentage of americans \\think that Pocahontas was made up by disney. next people will think terrence malick made it up.

By: WinnipegDragon

WinnipegDragon — Sat, 28 May 2005 11:43:52 -0800

So, anyone have a torrent of the rest of the Belle video?

By: dirtynumbangelboy

dirtynumbangelboy — Sat, 28 May 2005 11:52:46 -0800

I dunno, I kinda liked the way the striptease was shot.

By: sourbrew

sourbrew — Sat, 28 May 2005 12:08:45 -0800

Sliky Slim - CURSES!!!!

By: Edible Energy

Edible Energy — Sat, 28 May 2005 12:11:59 -0800

bah.

By: Silky Slim

Silky Slim — Sat, 28 May 2005 13:03:27 -0800

was this post curse-worthy? i apologize.

By: Silky Slim

Silky Slim — Sat, 28 May 2005 13:06:33 -0800

were you guys expecting something like this?

By: Marit

Marit — Sat, 28 May 2005 13:17:16 -0800

Wow, Silky. Bosch meets Disney?

By: a thousand writers drunk at the keyboard

a thousand writers drunk at the keyboard — Sat, 28 May 2005 17:46:47 -0800

waste

By: Hankins

Hankins — Sat, 28 May 2005 18:56:22 -0800

wtf? It was just getting good.

By: fenriq

fenriq — Sat, 28 May 2005 22:00:35 -0800

Everything before the Belle striptease was a waste of time. It coule have been better spent allowing Belle to fully explore her new vocation.

By: Samizdata

Samizdata — Sun, 29 May 2005 05:55:41 -0800

Needs more cow...erm...Belle! (BTW, my fave Disney ani-babe...)

By: Silky Slim

Silky Slim — Sun, 29 May 2005 12:17:37 -0800

Gee, I wonder if this is gonna show up on Boing Boing. posted by keswick at 9:31 AM PST on May 28 [!] sure enough...

By: vacapinta

vacapinta — Sun, 29 May 2005 12:21:42 -0800

Wow. Boing Boing beaten on their very own turf. Nice going Silky Slim!

By: Elsbet

Elsbet — Sun, 29 May 2005 13:45:02 -0800

They ruined a Pooh head and a Belle wig? I'd hate to have both Character Costuming and Wigs after my ass. Those wig ladies are serious, too. I can't believe I didn't recoginize anyone. The Minnie looked a little familiar,but he could have been chipmunk; it's hard to tell without seeing legs. I'm strangely jealous that I never got to wear that pink dress/cape thing. I always had to wear the polka-dot dress with the ugly Studio jacket on the rare occasion I was scheduled to wear anything but Mickey. That John Smith/Pocahontas joke is barely funny to start with and even less funny when you consider that nearly half of the male characters are gay. About two years ago they merged all four of the character departments into one ginormous one. I imagine that this is the bland crap that comes of it. The video we did my first year was much, much funnier than this. Unfortunately, the higher-ups usually destroyed them after the banquets (at least in theory) so it lives only in my memory.

By: Silky Slim

Silky Slim — Sun, 29 May 2005 15:25:14 -0800

fascinating, elsbet. what was your movie like? this is admittedly not that great, but at least it was leaked! btw, i didn't mean anything by "professional furries"

By: Elsbet

Elsbet — Mon, 30 May 2005 17:53:58 -0800

Hehe, I didn't take the furry thing too seriously. The odd thing is, there are no furries that work in the Character Department. I always thought that was a little bit strange. And believe me, that group of people was all about living and loving arrangements that were outside of the norm. The straight couple with a monogamous relationship was always in the minority. But never any furries. In my video, there was a Minnie Mouse peep show, Pocahontas threw Meeko (the raccoon) off of a cliff, there was a bit with Belle and Beast where he was under her skirt and pretty much all you could see was his tail (I remember they had to use the Christmas Belle dress because that was the only thing large enough to hide Beast), etc., etc. The whole video was much, much tighter, and me telling you about it doesn't get across how funny it was. But mostly these videos are about the inside jokes that happen in a job where management is trying their best to crush your soul. I mean there are more nonsensical rules and red tape than in the military, and I've lived and worked in both environments. And the people I met there were some of the most creative people I ever met. Singers, visual artists, independent filmmaker... It seems like everyone had a special talent, and most of them didn't relate to the job. That was usually the reason for the banquet, it was almost like a talent show. A lot of frustrated artists showing off. But if the crappy video means that the talented people have all moved on, then all the better, and I hope they're all doing well.

By: elisabeth r

elisabeth r — Mon, 30 May 2005 19:21:47 -0800

I thought this was going to be bloopers and Snow White beating up little kids or something. Dumb video.