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What does it mean?
A critique of Walt Disney's method suggests that dissenting actors are removed from projects abruptly.
In plain terms
If Disney did not like an actor, he would cut them from the film.
What can you take from it?
Artistic control can lead to sudden removal of talent.

Where it applies

  • discussing production
  • analyzing leadership
  • evaluating legacy

Putting it to work

  • reviewing historical methods
  • critiquing studio systems

Questions to consider

  • How do you view historical power in art?
  • What counts as fair production practice?

Another view

Some argue this was standard production discipline of the time.

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  2. When an actor comes to me and wants to discuss his character, I say, 'It's in the script.' If he says, 'But what's my motivation?' I say, 'Your salary.'

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  3. There is nothing quite so good as burial at sea. It is simple, tidy, and not very incriminating.

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