The Flattening of Disney | A Disney Video Essay

Disney as a brand keeps getting....flatter. With so many disappointing films, bad sequels, and Disney Park rides being replaced, Disney is going downhill...seemingly.

Here's why Disney feels flatter and less interesting now more than ever before, and what this means for your favorite Disney films and properties. Can we go back to the Disney of the 90s? Or is it lost forever?


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CHAPTERS:

0:00 Animal Kingdom, Beastly Kingdom, and Dinoland USA
4:08 The End of Animal Kingdom
6:20 The Flattening of Disney
9:54 Disney and IP Marketing
16:08 Disney Princess
21:17 The Beauty and the Beast Sequels are Garbage
26:39 Marketable Versions of Characters
32:20 The Modern Disney Sequel
37:24 Some Disney Properties Fade Away
43:40 Does Mickey Mouse Even Matter Anymore?
46:22 How Disney Treats Their Other Brands (Star Wars, Marvel)
47:23 The Erasure of Old Disney
48:37 Meet The Muppets
51:52 Is There Hope for Disney and Their Future?