‘Gay Explosion’: Disney REFUSES to learn valuable lesson

I firmly believe that both U.S. Disney theme parks (Disneyland and Disney World), as envisioned by Walt, pay indelible tribute to the United States, our national heritage, and the American way of life. Once you see it, the signs are everywhere.

Indulge me, if you will, in a brief tour of the myriad examples of this pro-American dreamer’s flag-waving fantasies.

For instance, “Disneyland is dedicated to the ideals, the dreams, and the hard facts that have created America,” Walt declared in his opening day address. (American icons, including Ronald Reagan and Frank Sinatra, participated in the opening day ceremonies). Stepping into the park, guests enter Main Street, U.S.A., “America at the turn of the century – the crossroads of an era,” as Walt put it. “Main Street is everyone’s home town…the heartline of America.”

This idyllic Midwestern town, inspired by Marceline, Missouri, effuses patriotism. “Great Moments With Mr. Lincoln” pays an unmissable tribute to Walt’s boyhood hero. Nightly in Town Square, the park honors military veterans with its moving Flag Retreat Ceremony, “a thank you to veterans for their service, sacrifice and dedication to protecting our country.” Guests can watch as veterans in the crowd step forward to salute Old Glory while the Main Street band and quartet perform “God Bless America.”

Leaving Main Street and veering to the left, we encounter Frontierland, accompanied by breathtaking views of the Rivers of America. Here, Walt did not bother to conceal his fondness for the great American legends of the past. The Mark Twain Riverboat. Davy Crockett’s Explorer Canoes. Tom Sawyer Island. “Pirates of the Caribbean,” just beyond Frontierland, is hosted in a replica of the Cabildo building in New Orleans, the site of the Louisiana Purchase transfer ceremonies in 1803. Remembered as a dreamer and visionary, Walt, nevertheless, wanted Americans to remember those who had gone before them.

“I’ve always been interested in the past and history, and I think it’s vital,” he said about Frontierland. “I think that in this world we’re living in today and this new era that we’re going in, we can’t forget the things that happened, such as, I mean, the Founding Fathers and that Constitution, which is such a vital thing to what we’re doing today.”

“Frontierland is a tribute to the faith, courage and ingenuity of the pioneers who blazed the trails across America,” he reflected on another occasion.

Clearly, Walt’s quiet sense of pro-Americanism permeates much of his handiwork. I could go on almost endlessly (I haven’t even mentioned Liberty Square, The Hall of Presidents, and The American Adventure!). It’s hard to miss just how much Walt loved this country.

But if there is one entity that doesn’t seem to see that history, it’s the Walt Disney Company.

Considering Walt’s proud history of traditional American storytelling, the media company that bears his namesake should be known for the same. It’s not. At least, it’s quickly losing that reputation.

Instead, the entertainment empire can hardly seem to contain itself from blabbering about its “woke” values.

Earlier this year, for example, Leslye Headland bragged about making the “gayest” Star Wars series yet. “R2-D2,” she joked, “is a lesbian.”

Naturally, her show, “The Acolyte,” bombed. Horribly. Despite leaving off on a clinghanger ending that demanded a second season, the show was mercilessly scrapped.

You would think that Disney had learned a lesson.

Think again.

Wednesday night marked the launch of the company’s latest TV show, “Agatha All Along,” and lo and behold! if Disney didn’t send out its wokest proponents to up the ante: “Agatha,” the cast confirmed, is “the gayest project Marvel has ever done.”

“It will be a gay explosion by the end of it.”

At this point, you have to laugh — laugh at the company foolish enough to suffer multiple box office bombs due to LGBTQ+ propaganda, only to bounce back with, er, gay explosions. Whatever that means.

What a far cry from the man who once said, “I believe that… spiritual and intellectual freedom, which we Americans enjoy, is our greatest cultural blessing. Therefore, it seems to me, that the first duty of culture is to defend freedom and resist all tyranny.” Walt Disney dedicated his work to the ideals, the dreams, and the hard facts that created America; he sought to create a park that not only inspired kids to look to the future, aiming to embody the American Dream, but also to remember their past. Disney, today, would rather kids think about gay kisses and queer witches.

It hasn’t worked well for them thus far. Maybe it’s time to get back to the all-American roots of the company, back to stories about Davy Crockett, Abraham Lincoln, and the thrilling American Adventure.