There's a lot more to the lawsuits than just Roy Disney and whatever vendetta you think he has, Violet.
He DOES have a vendetta George, and that term was used many times in '94 when Roy's part in the whole Katzenberg situation was mentioned....
Even though he played an active role in getting an astonishingly productive and talented executive thrown out and erased from the company, Roy is still seen as a hero. That still boggles my mind, to be perfectly frank. (Even though I know that yeah, Roy and the animators are all buddy-buddy we love Roy and all that) I'm not trying to be offensive or mean here, this is just my opinon on this man based on what I've read in books and well-respected journals.
People contstantly take Roy at his word despite his very real actions towards hurting others. That's exactly like dishonest politicians who SAY they're for this-and-that, then turn around and do something completely opposite that....
His suit may be valid but who cares? Hitler (and I'm not comparing Roy to Hitler in ANY way, just using an example) did a lot of worthy things for Germany and he WAS correct in saying that Germany was way too harshly punished after WWI. So what??
Roy urged Eisner to fire JK
Roy played an active role in erasing JK from documentaries like the making of the Lion Kng and no doubt others.
Roy criticized JK's working the media and as soon as K was gone went out and did the EXACT same thing himself....
Roy BARELY mentions K on his website despite the fact that K was studio chief of Disney for ten VERY SUCCESSFUL years.
Roy doesn't even have the guts to admit ANY of this....
BTW even though I don't like Eisner all the time I think Roy's hatred for him is completely out-of-proportion especially considering everything Eisner did for Roy to tart up his "idiot nephew" image as well as the fact that the man doesn't do a whole lot except sale on his yachts....BOTH Eisner and Katzenberg tried their best to appease this man and he has tried to destroy both of them in return.
I also happen to think (and this is just my opinon) that the SaveDisney site has a subtle current of xenophobia and anti-semitism buried within the charming stories and quotes. (again, I'm not trying to make a Hitler comparison)
---They constantly stress return to the "good old days" when all the "outsiders" who work the company now weren't there...
---The overriding message is that the company was once good and pure until money-obsessed, greedy people took over it...
--There are quotes from Walt and Roy O about how they won't let "rich bankers" and "businessmen" ruin their company...
--The overall message is that greedy money-obsessed outsiders who want to quantify, complicate and sulley an American icon MUST BE STOPPED.
--Plus other stuff I can't think of just now...
Eisner is no where NEAR an oppressed minority but he is undeniably Jewish, and even though not everyone is comfortable with discussing Eisner's ethnicity vs. all the issues that entails with running a place like Disney, the fact is that he IS Jewish and so is a large majority of Hollywood. You can't ignore that context when you look at SaveDisney, because that is the reality of the situation. (especially when Roy seems to favor pulling out of the whole Hollywood system in general and becoming isolated all over again) Thus everything on the SaveDisney site takes on a deeper meaning, even if that was not the conscious intention of the writers.
I'm not saying Roy is a Jew-hater because I have no proof of that whatsoever. I'm just saying that many of the comments of the website have made me uncomfortable due to their zeal and rabid nature.
You can’t just have your characters announce how they feel! That makes me feel angry!
