So much for Character Integrity ...

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So much for Character Integrity ...

Post by Sarah Magdalene » Fri Mar 14, 2008 12:26 am



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Re: So much for Character Integrity ...

Post by Big Wallaby » Fri Mar 14, 2008 6:53 am

I would assume (and hope) that since she is willing to put her name on the article and say what she does, she has a nice no-rehire EVER status. Obviously, she has no respect for the position she took while here. Obviously, she missed the whole point of being friends with Mickey, Timon, etc.

And the one drawback? Sorry, but that should be obvious. So is driving a safari truck. And being a lifeguard. And all the other things we do... even bus driving has its moments.


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Re: So much for Character Integrity ...

Post by Shorty82 » Fri Mar 14, 2008 7:05 am

Is there anybody to contact at Disney to be sure they see this and hopefully give her a no-rehire status?

That is royally messing up the show and since guest and cast safety weren't involved there was no call to do that (I know that safety is the only thing that comes before show).


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Re: So much for Character Integrity ...

Post by CelebrationNM » Fri Mar 14, 2008 7:19 am

Hmm...interesting. Definitely not cool and I'm as big of an advocate for character integrity as anybody, but it seems to me that since this article was published over 4 years ago it is not an action-item any more.

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Re: So much for Character Integrity ...

Post by Anna » Fri Mar 14, 2008 10:06 am

She said: ""I played, Minnie, Mickey, Timon, Pinochio, Winnie the Pooh, Tigger, Lilo and Stitch." Isn't Tigger big? I know all the other characters are for shorter people.



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Re: So much for Character Integrity ...

Post by GRUMPY PIRATE » Fri Mar 14, 2008 1:24 pm

The article almost seems to be written with the idea of promoting the program, I wonder if that was the intent, and since they obviously didn't check with Disney, went off message by accident?

Of course the article is almost five years old! It looks like a re-print of the article.
(and it IS a student newspaper publiction)


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Re: So much for Character Integrity ...

Post by drcorey » Fri Mar 14, 2008 3:10 pm

I would forward the link to Disney Legal.
they will check out her records for sure.



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Re: So much for Character Integrity ...

Post by EeyoresButterfly » Fri Mar 14, 2008 7:29 pm

Tigger is definitely taller than the mice.


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Re: So much for Character Integrity ...

Post by joanna71985 » Fri Mar 14, 2008 7:57 pm

Wow. That's a big no-no.


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Re: So much for Character Integrity ...

Post by Shorty82 » Fri Mar 14, 2008 8:02 pm

joanna71985 wrote:Wow. That's a big no-no.
That's an understatement. Maybe I'm just weird but it is unthinkable for me to ever talk about the characters like that in any public way. It is one thing in private with a friend, quite another in a newspaper article.


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