Why I Hate Disney
"When the lemmings balk at dying for Disney, they're hurled off the cliff." -The Dead Kennedys, "Potshot Heard 'Round the World" THE LEVELS OF MY DISNEY HATRED 1. I vaguely remember from my childhood hearing punk songs and reading zines that were making fun of Disney... I don't remember how, exactly... but I think I remember, like images of Jesus Christ with Mickey Mouse ears or something. Punks really had it in for Disney, and I think this is when I started feeling like, haha yeah fuck Disney... not in any specific way, or for any specific reason, just generally. 2. Then Disney opened EuroDisney in Paris, and French people reacted against it. In particular, I remember reading Jean Baudrillard, who wrote about how Disneyland was the perfect example of hyperreality. That influenced me, too. 3. And obviously, Disney is a gigantic, powerful, multinational corporation, and if you're critical of capitalism in any way, you're