Originally Posted by
DJ_Iceman
You clearly are both intelligent and educated, so please don't be offended when I say you come across like an ignorant, closed-minded snob. You have bought into an extreme (and incorrect) negative view without so much as a fair and unbiased personal opinion. Dismissing anything Disney does as uninteresting because you don't have children demonstrates an absurd degree of bigotry.
Anyway, it's clear that your mind is made up on the matter, and nothing I say on an internet message board is going to change that. I'll simply say that it is sad that someone so clearly passionate about both the art and science of performance can be so willingly blind.
DJ, I agree with you - sadly the world is big and mean and does not. I recently was touring graduate schools to further my theatrical design education and I can't even begin to depict how quickly doors were slammed in my face once they discovered I wanted to work for Disney in design, possibly even doing theme park/attractions.
The real irony being that I'm not a hack and my work is not dreck - I was invited with open arms and even courted and pursued by places until they discovered my "secret."
"Sometimes a person we love, through no fault of his own, can't see past the end of his nose." - Mary Poppins