Disney Current Events
Topic: Creepy Inappropriate Disney ad in China

#	Author	Message
1	threeundertwo Sat 5/17/2008 8:43a	http://www.slate.com/id/2190209/ ". . .Gary Foster, a spokesman for Disney's consumer-products division. He called me from a business trip (to China) to disavow the ad. "It has caught us totally by surprise," Foster told me by phone from Guangzhou. He explained that Disney contracts with a host of licensees, who produce and market products for the Disney brand. Foster said that licensees are contractually bound to clear all advertising with Disney's corporate offices. "We have literally hundreds of licensees making our products. They are supposed to submit any kind of imagery to us before it is used, but it's hard to enforce that sometimes," he said."
2	WilliamK99 Sat 5/17/2008 9:07a	wow, that is borderline pornagraphy.....
3	Goofyernmost Sat 5/17/2008 10:32a	^^^^Inappropriate for Disney image, yes, but, Pornography? A bit over-reactive there.
4	RoadTrip Sat 5/17/2008 10:56a	A bit of an over-reaction in my opinion. The image presented is in no way sexual. You can see about the same thing by opening any Kohl's or JC Penney sale catalog in the Sunday paper.
5	WilliamK99 Sat 5/17/2008 11:40a	Ummm I am so going to get banned for posting this but these are the full set, and let me say again, borderline pornography, view at your own risk. http://photos.tmz.com/galleries/disney and if you don't want to call it pornography can we agree that it is inappropriate?
6	RoadTrip Sat 5/17/2008 1:00p	Well, it's the kind of stuff that had me dragging the Sears catalog into the bathroom when I was a teen. So I suppose to that extent you can say it was sexual. But when I was a teen it didn't take much to put me in the mood. I still say that it isn't much different than what you typically see in mainstream retailer catalogs that sell underwear.
7	Goofyernmost Sat 5/17/2008 1:59p	Just a wonderful place to put a picture of Pooh! What are they thinking?
8	mawnck Sat 5/17/2008 5:50p	See? The characters are EVERYWHERE!
9	X-san Sat 5/17/2008 6:33p	It's borderline something, that's for sure! :p Seems a tad different from the J.C. Penny catalogs I've seen.
10	threeundertwo Sat 5/17/2008 9:14p	I'm not sure what bothers me more; the airbrushed cleavage on the pre-pubescent girl, the high pony tails to emphasize her youth, or the hand puppets.

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