Disney After Walt: The Princess Empire Joins the Culture Wars (& the Duck Blur Cocktail)

Cocktails & Capitalism

Speaking of Disney, Kane Lynch remarks that “their power and wealth is more like a nation than an entertainment company.” As you'll learn in this episode, they even have a secret police force called Global Intelligence and Threat Analysis.
Previously, we explored Disney’s role in exporting American capitalism around the globe. This week, Kane joins us again to discuss the corporation’s efforts to recapture the whimsy and magic of Walt’s legacy while reaching their corporate tentacles across the globe. We also explore the company’s shady labor practices, their decisions to move jobs overseas rather than negotiating with striking animators, and their recent involvement in the culture wars with Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” bill. Tune in to hear how to company went from exporting right wing capitalist ideology to being canceled by conservatives.
Kane Lynch is a cartoonist and educator whose non-fiction and journalism comics and illustrations have appeared on The Nib, Slate, and Psychology Today and in the 2020 graphic novel titled Guantanamo Voices. He has a kids graphic novel coming out in 2024 titled First Steps. Follow him on Instagram and Twitter and check out his website here!
Duck Blur

30 ml Shadow Ridge Gin

15 ml St. George Raspberry eau de vie

15 ml Giffard Crème de Peche de Vigne Liqueur

15 ml Giffard Blue Curaçao

22 ml Lemon Juice

Optional: Egg White

Add all ingredients to a shaker tin and fill with cubed ice. Shake vigorously until properly chilled and diluted. Fine strain into a chilled coupe of martini glass. Garnish with a little rubber ducky and smile.

If using an egg white, add all ingredients except egg white to one half of a shaker. Add egg white to other shaker tin. Combine both tins and shake hard with ice for about 10 seconds. Strain out ice and shake hard for another 10 seconds. Fine strain into a large coupe or martini-style glass. Garnish with a little rubber ducky and smile.
Huge thanks to Jesse Torres for crafting the perfect drink for this story!

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