Who was Disney's target demographic with Into the Woods? — Page 3

Disney's target demographic for INTO THE WOODS = Homosexuals and Sondheimites.

Giants, decast, starship,

Your decrees on the "right" to way to raise children (yeah, like subjecting them to miserable fare like Into the Woods) are presumptuous, arrogant, ludicrous and beyond grotesque.

As for those who snottily blame the poor duped parents for not "doing their resarch," get off it, will ya? It's Disney. It has well-known fairy tale characters like Cinderella. In a normal universe, that's all a parent and child should need to know to have certain expectations going in, and to have those expectations met 100% by what they see. They should not be obliged to do research beforehand about the work of two people they never heard of to find out that they would be getting a "deconstructed " (a fancy way of saying sabotaged) version of these fairy tales, with ugly music, a lot of pretentious, patronizing lectures, and unhappiness for both children and adults like.

Strange as it may seem to some people here, parents have greater concerns than reading 1,526,731 posts a day for months on end about Into the Woods on Broadway World. Their world, surprise, suprise, does not revolve every second of the day around one Stephen Sondheim, as is the norm here. They actually have a life, and are concerned about such "unsophisticated" matters as earning a living, being able to support their children and raising their children CORRECTLY, teaching them right from wrong instead of immoral relativism, and instilling in them a positive outlook towards life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, as opposed to the miserable vision of life the joyless elitist snots would like to ram down their children's throats.

In other words, all blame should be placed entirely and solely where it belongs: on Disney, Sondheim, and Lapine.

They are trying to target all the main demographics, but I've come to realize that the trailers are actually very misleading. I was on vacation this past week, and I was [shockingly] surprised how many people I spoke with that want to see the film. I then said it was a musical, which, to my surprise they all basically went WHAAAT??

A friends husband wanted to see it thinking it was about little red riding, but had no idea it was a musical.

They also play up the factor that it has fairy tales [which is correct], but it doesn't show that it's a dark/sexualized version of fairy tales. I went with my cousin who was very surprised by how dark the film was.

I just think its interesting to hear peoples thoughts that are not familiar with the show. I'm still shocked by how many people I spoke with that didn't know this was a musical.

"Oh I don't know what this movie is about from the trailer, but I don't need to look into it at all" = lazy. No one was talking about spending their time looking through threads on a message board, get a grip. It takes less than 3 minutes to GOOGLE "Into The Woods", find Wikipedia or one of the many articles written about the film or just a synopsis. You're finding excuses to not take preemptive measures (if you so wanted them) and get angry about something. You can't expect a movie making BUSINESS to be looking after every parent's way of raising a kid. Just do your damn job.

Side note, did you forget was 'PG' even means? "Parental guidance suggested – SOME MATERIAL MAY NOT BE SUITABLE FOR CHILDREN." The movie wasn't rated G, you got what the rating suggests.

Why wouldn't you look into the movie to see if it seemed interesting enough to spend money on anyways? Movie ticket's aren't cheap, along with popcorn & drink, just two people alone gets to around $40. I'm not going to see Interstellar because I looked into it and was incredibly bored by the concept and plot. So I decided to not spend money on it. Wow, so difficult, so much time, so many message board threads - except not. It took the five minutes I was in a bathroom to figure that mystery out.

As for "it's Disney, it has well known characters" - several members of this thread have mentioned how Disney has always had a dark side and more serious subjects (Bambie, The Lion King, Snow White, etc.) so I wonder if you're being serious or trolling.

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After8 why are you telling us this? Isn't there a movie theater you should be standing in front of warn people!? I am beginning to think you don't care as much about the children as you let on, otherwise you would be out there doing something about it, and not just complaining on a message board. Slacktivism at it's best... Smh

Okay, Cinderella was originally from 1697, which was a way more gruesome time. Parents shouldn't expect Bloody Bloody Brothers Grimm when they go into a Disney movie. That's why Disney exists! And a trailer IS supposed to be all you need as research for a movie. That's why trailers exist.

I am not against the movie being released, but choosing to release it under the Disney brand was wrong. Disney owns Touchstone for movies like this. Disney as a brand should have a standard, but they broke it for this movie.

Updated On: 12/28/14 at 02:11 PM

Parenting advice from Fantod and After 8 - that's rich.

Parents are supposed to be responsible. How is that asking a lot? It takes moments to figure it out.

Disney released ALL of the Pirates of the Caribbean films under their banner with little protest from anyone. All were PG-13 and based off of a beloved attraction geared to families.

So.... what Disney standard, Fantod?

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Updated On: 12/28/14 at 02:25 PM

Namo, you need to be nice to Fantod. He's very VERY sensitive.

"That is in the original Grimm story."

The Grimm version was not the original telling of this tale.

"And just because it is based on a fairy tale, doesn't mean it is made for little kids."

Who were the Disney animated versions of fairy tales meant for?

"Honestly, I'm getting pleasure out of all the outraged parents."

Of course you are. You and all those like you.

"Parenting advice from Fantod and After 8 - that's rich. "

Parenting advice--- lectures, actually, not advice--- from that expert on the raising of children, Stephen Sondheim: that's richer still.

What a joke. And that his legion of worshippers insist that we accept his "lessons" as the word of God: that's a bigger joke, still. A big, grotesque joke.

Children will listen, indeed.

For a sane world, not to you, I hope. Not to you.

Updated On: 12/28/14 at 03:24 PM

"I simply stated that just because something is based on a well known fairy tale does not mean that it is meant for young children."

And I asked you who the Disney animated version of Cinderella was meant for. Because like it or not, that is the version that has supplanted all others in the cultural consciousness of that tale.

As for your question regarding Snow White and the Huntsman, I didn't see it, and I have no idea what it even was.

Updated On: 12/28/14 at 03:35 PM