Disney Theatrical’s Thomas Schumacher Accused of Sexual Misconduct

The Wall Street Journal article is behind a paywall; this is the Variety article:

Disney Theatrical’s Thomas Schumacher Accused of Sexual Misconduct



eta - The WSJ article, as accessed thru Google, if this works

Updated On: 2/21/18 at 12:41 PM

Disney is nothing if not fierce protective, so I imagine there was considerable pushback to dissuade an article like this from being published.

Anakela said: "The Wall Street Journal article is behind a paywall; this is the Variety article:

Disney Theatrical’s Thomas Schumacher Accused of Sexual Misconduct



eta - The WSJ article, as accessed thru Google, if this works"

Here we go again

raddersons said: "^^legal pushback was a big rumor why the NYTimes hasen't been published. Seems to be adding up. Although this definitely isn't who I thought that article would be discussing."

Same...glad to know I wasn't the only one thinking it was someone else. With both Lasseter and Schumacher on the radar, one wonders what this will mean. Maybe not super drastic, but still...

The article doesn't go into a lot of specifics. I think for this to have a really damaging effect more concrete details are going to have to emerge. I don't think its necessarily enough for him to be a flamboyant personality who walked around in his bathrobe saying he didn't have anything on underneath in order to sink a Disney ship.

QueenAlice said: "The article doesn't go into a lot of specifics. I think for this to have a really damaging effect more concrete details are going to have to emerge. I don't think its necessarily enough for him to be a flamboyant personality who walked around in his bathrobe saying he didn't have anything on underneath in order to sink a Disney ship."

Well in the moral panic today, it seems that careers can be ruined without any details, and there is apparently no distinction between the behaviours you describe, Harvey Weinstein or aggregated rape. And if anyone wants to call this out, they can also ruin their career too:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1MZRowhMtc

Only in 2018 when we apparently don't care about science would no such 'spectrum of behaviour' exist. We are regressing into the middle ages.

Updated On: 2/21/18 at 05:32 PM

Does "sexual misconduct" have no meaning anymore. He came in from a rainstorm and put on a bathrobe while his closed dried, and joked that he didn't have anything on underneath. That a TRIGGER. I mean, did anyone read the article or just this headline? Because not one person has accused him or alleged that he groped, pawed, or raped. The disgruntled now-usher who was let go and who says he complained and got a response from the Disney HR - if that was true they would absolutely have to have a record of the complaint and response and they don't. If they go after everyone who, in a different world, joked around, well, the line is going to be VERY long. Finally, these "sources" come up with a story about Josh Strickland that Mr. Strickland says is a load of hooey - not that he tanned with the guy, but that anything inappropriate happened or was even said.

Schumacher will lose his job over this..

Disney Theatrical IS Thomas Schumacher, so not so sure about that.

I agree this seems no particularly inflammatory.. All the information is pretty old, and Disney is pretty rigorous and they're standing by him. If no new accusations come out, he'll be fine. He's been too successful for Disney.

Fosse76 said: "The average ticket buyers to Frozen have no idea who Schumacher is, so this will zero impact."

Exactly. Honestly, only the show biz industry itself and super heavy regular theatre goers know who he is, and that's still a small amount compared to the vast amounts of people who'll see/want to see this. And there really wasn't an uproar about this (at least not on Weinstein the level), heck I think the deal about Lasseter has been mostly forgotten about, so unless he steps down, I can't see him being gotten rid of. And I can't believe I'm saying that Bill Maher has a point...and some pretty good ones at that.

Alex-I seriously doubt it. Refunds aren't a thing when it comes to seeing shows on Broadway unless you insure your tickets, and even then there are conditions to it, and claiming a moral high ground is not one of them.