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Disney company needs to admit that they failed him


Such an incredibly sad story that is the one of that lovely child actor that had his soul and spirit crushed by Disney and Howard Hughes (Who owned RKO and Disney studio at the time) wish led him to a path of self destruction and ultimately his own death. I have lost so much respect for Walt Disney, the man after finding just how he fired that boy when he was just 16 without notice or warning just because he was starting to hit puberty and was no longer as cute and then stopped talking to him, ignoring for the rest of his life. Yet Disney and his family continued making profit from him (They still do to this day) while Bobby Driscoll life was spiraling out of control. He was fired from Disney at 16, one day as he believe he was going to work he was told he no longer worked for them, just imagine the betrayal he must have felt. At 17 he started experimenting with hard drugs... Coincidences ? Obviously not. You would think that Disney would try to repair some of the damages made to that young man and include him as a Disney Legend but no that Studio from hell still brush under the bed their huge role in the demise of that actor. Hiding Bobby Driscoll tragic story by not including him from any extras from the Peter Pan blu ray or dvd's. Ho they on the other hand pocked fun at him in the Chip N dales Rescue Ranger movie and made Perter Pan an angry middle aged man who wanted revenge because he grew old and Disney no longer wanted him. It is pathetic that this bastard studio try to pass as a champion of good in this world and that they promote diversity, acting all righteous and politically correct when in fact they are a soulless, greedy, evil money making machine.

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