{"id":8151,"date":"2024-10-18T17:50:38","date_gmt":"2024-10-18T17:50:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/strongermarriages\/?p=8151"},"modified":"2024-10-21T12:47:48","modified_gmt":"2024-10-21T12:47:48","slug":"families-not-happy-about-disney-resorts-family-friendly-deadpool-wolverine-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/strongermarriages\/2024\/10\/families-not-happy-about-disney-resorts-family-friendly-deadpool-wolverine-show.html","title":{"rendered":"Families Not Happy About Disney Resort\u2019s \u201cfamily-friendly\u201d Deadpool & Wolverine Show \u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Disney Marvel\u2019s first R-rated superhero movie, Deadpool & Wolverine<\/em> was a big gamble by a company that has branded itself as reliably family friendly. Yet the movie\u2019s phenomenal box office success, raking in over $1 billion at the worldwide box office, especially after a slew of less than well-received Marvel shows on Disney+ and Disney film releases (aside from Inside Out 2), has all but guaranteed that Disney will lean even further into the \u201cmerc with a mouth.\u201d The movie\u2019s success and Disney\u2019s commitment to featuring the character at some of its resorts, however, is making some parents uncomfortable.<\/p>\n

Disney\u2019s California Adventure Park shows a 10-minute \u201cStory Time with Deadpool,\u201d which features a cast member dressed as Deadpool reading a standup comedy style fairytale to resort goers. Wolverine, too, makes an appearance, but despite the show being billed as \u201cfamily friendly\u201d on releases and the Disney parks app, some parents are less than thrilled with some of the jokes that have made an appearance on the show. One video<\/a> posted to X shows the character making a joke about Tony Stark\u2019s (Iron Man\u2019s alter ego) app choices on his phone. \u201cWhat do we have here?\u201d Deadpool asks while going through Stark\u2019s phone. \u201cWe\u2019ve got the Disney Parks app. We\u2019ve got Instagram, TikTok, Tinder, Grindr. Wow, Mr Stark, I love your new profile picture.\u201d The Tinder app is used for hooking up with other individuals in a nearby area. Grindr has a similar use but for gay hook ups. In another video<\/a>, Deadpool makes a joke about Wolverine being the \u201cbottom\u201d in their relationship, a joke about the sexual positions of gay men. Yet another video includes a gay sexual joke about Deadpool wanting to \u201cpound\u201d another Marvel character, Star Lord (played by Chris Pratt in The Guardians of the Galaxy <\/em>franchise).<\/p>\n

Parents and other resort goers were quick to criticize such adult jokes in a Disney Park at all, where many families are expecting experiences to be age appropriate. One critic on X lamented how Disney appeared to be rebranding itself. \u201cIt\u2019s not the conversation with Walt that\u2019s the problem. It\u2019s conversation with your kids. Disney went from being the most trusted family brand to sex obsessed perverts in the blink of eye,\u201d lamented the user. Peggy Sapp, president of the National Family Partnership, criticized how the characters\u2019 inclusion in the resorts would promote the movie to younger audiences, leaving them open to the movie\u2019s heavy focus on drug use. Although the jokes in the park do not include references to drugs, the movie makes frequent references to them. \u201cWe are all ultimately accountable for our behaviors, producers, directors and all in the movie industry can not pretend they are just portraying society norms, they must help make societal norms healthy. Remember when all movie stars smoked in the movies? How did that ultimately work out? Drugs are no laughing matter, just read Matthew Perry’s book to understand the slippery slope.\u201d The show is slated for a limited time at the California Adventure Park, though an end date has not been announced.<\/p>\n

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