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SenseNotSoCommon
and wouldn't for a minute milk someone's tragedy
nath
It's good move. Makes someone's dream come true at the same time as getting some good publicity. Win-win situation.
SenseNotSoCommon
Note to self: avoid Fatwah - don't diss the Diz.
Fadamor
Completely inappropriate considering the cancer victim's wife was the one who publicized Disney's action. In fact, there is nothing in this article FROM Disney regarding the showing. So yeah, your post was completely inappropriate.
Micheal Rhian Driscoll
I'm glad Disney did this thing.
SenseNotSoCommon
Indeed there isn't. And Disney didn't for a minute milk someone's tragedy.
They don't need to with social media.
LostinNagoya
@SenseNotSoCommon: what's wrong?? The guy is in final hours of his life, ask for something that must have been very difficult to everybody involved, he is happy, HIS WIFE posts how grateful they are, and you find something totally wrong to whine about??
SenseNotSoCommon
I'm delighted Daniel Fleetwood got his wish upon a star. Disney indeed made his dreams come true.
I'm less delighted at how a single company seems so doggedly determined to own popular culture.
I googled "Disney monopoly" only to learn that the board game, too, is now available in a multitude of Magic Kingdom themes. Quite appropriate, as the only people Disney hint at in their impersonal mission statement are shareholders (not their employees or the millions of adoring consumers):
http://www.strategicmanagementinsight.com/mission-statements/walt-disney-mission-statement.html
Disney might have asked the Fleetwoods to sign a non-disclosure agreement. But that sucks at driving shareholder value.
porto
Good for him. I was hoping he'd get to see it.
HonestDictator
This needs to get done. I sincerely hope he'll get to see it before he dies.
nath
He already did - that's the point of the article.
Fadamor
They probably did with regards to the content of the movie. We get it. You don't like corporations who have the gall to try and turn a profit for their shareholders, but what does that have to do with this terminally ill cancer patient getting to view a movie he probably won't be alive to see when it's released? Answer: Not a single thing because Disney dipped INTO their profit to allow this to happen. I take that back. The only thing Disney gained from this was the chance for an increase in the company's economic goodwill - and THAT was only if someone advertised their actions. I highly doubt Disney only agreed to the showing if one of the family members agreed to publicize it. As you note, that would have the opposite effect on economic goodwill once it became known.
HonestDictator
Problem is it's part of a trilogy.... Poor man only got a "To be continued..." ending.
SenseNotSoCommon
Thanks, Fadamor!
Wrong. I adore companies like Johnson & Johnson. I trimmed their mission statement by 3/4, but you can access the full version at the link below:
http://www.lifescan.com/about-us/credo
Answering one's own questions. Such rigour.
Obviously not, or it would have been deleted.
Is this statement supposed to support your position, or mine? It looks like the latter.