*wakes back up*
Hahaha! You think Disney believes in the shit they peddle?
M-O-N-E-Y. Replaces M-I-C-K-E-Y M-O-U-S-E.
All that matters.
In the redesign, she has a firmer and more glamorous figure along with refined features designed to be striking.
Which means, you're more likely to SEE her.
More likely to see=more likely to BUY.
I know! It's fucked up, isn't it?
But I'll be damned if it doesn't move units.
I actually tend to agree with you on this point, one of the reasons I reject Disney almost automatically is because of this, because what they're doing is so glaringly commercial and the intent is so clear to me to not be one that is authentic or genuine (as it once was 100 years ago when Steamboat Mickey came upon the scene; I do think it was somebody's ideals once, their dream and something creative...)
But so was Santa Monica pier once, apparently, it was the end of route 66, it once stood for something, and to some people it still does, the buskers and street performers, but really you see a lot more local business and soul in Venice Beach and a lot more of emphasis on money and commercialism on the Santa Monica Pier and 3rd Street Prominade than you do on the Venice Beach walk.
When I'm in Venice Beach I still feel like I could be back in Venice in the 1960s, and when I'm on the Santa Monica pier, I feel like I could be in an American Express commercial.
For that reason though I love Santa Monica as a clean, green city, I actually prefer Venice for its soul and overall intent to not be a hollow clanging gong of corporate shills.
I'm totally off topic here, but Disney is kind of like Santa Monica. It has a lot of money, and good things obviously come of it, but the intent there is clearly money and commercialism.
And Venice beach is more like an independent film.