Disney may as well have just told Dylan Mulvaney to hold ALL its Bud Light and set itself on fire.
In what may go down as the creepiest partnership in marketing history, the Walt Disney Co. has partnered with a biological “gender fluid” adult man to market clothing for little girls.
TikTok influencer Seann Altmann claims “Minnie is ME” as he dons a cutesy dress, a big bow, and bright red lipstick to promote Disney Style, a fashion division of the Walt Disney Co. “I fit right in with Mickey and his friends!”
@seannaltman #ad Minnie is ME! I fit right in with Mickey and his friends! @disneystyle #mickeyfriendsstaytrue #Disney100 #grwm #ootd #minniemouse #disneyoutfits #disneycosplay ♬ original sound – Seann Altman
“Let’s get dressed,” Altmann tells his more than 700,000 TikTok followers. “Today we’re looking at the most iconic friend group, Disney’s Mickey and Friends, and the character most like me is Minnie Mouse.”
He then proceeds to put on a dress “with little Mickeys on it,” a “fun collar,” a petticoat, a cute little belt, “space buns” for his hair, and lacey white gloves.
“And now, to be as bold as Minnie, I need a bold red lip,” he states. “It’s a classic and it’s so pretty.”
Add black tights and “iconic” pumps, and the grown man declares, “I’m just like Minnie Mouse!”
Add the big red bow, and voila!
Seann Altmann proudly looks like a guy about to lure little kids into a beat-up, windowless van.
To be clear, this is a paid partnership with Walt Disney. They paid him to do this.
Disney Style loved the fashion show, calling it on TikTok “a minnie moment.”
@disneystyle a minnie moment #mickeyfriendsstaytrue #disney100 #grwm #ootd #minniemouse #disneyoutfits #disneycosplay ♬ original sound – Disney Style
The virtue-signaling move has outraged conservatives on X.
“This is crossing a line,” stated one user.
“Why are they using a male fetishist pretending to be a woman as a model for little girl dresses?” asked another. “This is beyond absurd and completely inappropriate. These people literally spend their entire life focusing on sexually deviant obsessions, hardly an example for innocent children.”
This is crossing a line.
— Charlie (@CharlieBayer8) August 10, 2023
Why are they using a male fetishist pretending to be a woman as a model for little girl dresses? This is beyond absurd and completely inappropriate. These people literally spend their entire life focusing on sexually deviant obsessions, hardly an example for innocent children.
— JustOh (@miacat47) August 10, 2023
Just another day at Indoctrinate Kids, Inc.
— Hummingbirder (@Humming_birder) August 10, 2023
At this point Disney is a lost cause. The self Sabotage is clearly evident.
— A.Way (@GoDawgs91222) August 10, 2023
It certainly seems as though Disney wants to destroy itself.
According to Breitbart, “On Wednesday, the studio reported domestic Disney+ subscriptions fell by 300,000 for the fiscal third quarter, to 46 million subscribers.”
What’s more, “Disney continues to spend billions of dollars on new streaming content that receives a tremendous amount of hype but often ends up flopping with viewers,” according to the outlet.
As a result, “the Walt Disney Company is hiking Disney+’s monthly subscription price to $13.99 from $10.99 — a 27 percent increase. Last year, the price rose to $10.99 from $7.99, which means Disney+ subscribers will see their monthly bill climb a total of 75 percent in less than two years.”
“The new price is set to take effect in October,” Breitbart adds.
The goal of the price hikes is to herd consumers toward the ad-supported versions of the streaming services, whose prices are remaining unchanged.
“We’re obviously trying with our pricing strategy to migrate more subs to the advertising supported tier,” Disney CEO Bob Iger said, according to the New York Post.
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