Page Count: 624
Average Rating: 4.08
Series: Standalone
This was super boring, yet fascinating at the same time. Michael Eisner is an interesting figure. Stewart compares him to a tragic Shakespearian figure, which seems apt. There's no doubt that he had some brilliant ideas, but also some major errors in judgment and management, including the big ego, and the bending of the truth. It's also fascinating to read the development of the projects that we're all familiar with as they unfolded: Great Mouse Detective, Roger Rabbit, Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, Lion King, Pocahontas, Treasure Planet, and then later on projects like Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, Pearl Harbor, Pirates of the Caribbean, and Lost. And it was super interesting to hear about the big failures: EuroDisney, the acquisition of Fox Family, and the ousting of Eisner himself, since I was too young to really know about it all as it was unfolding.
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