ABC/Disney lost Shonda Rhimes deal over $154 Disneyland ticket

[Squirrel from Meteor Man]

They’d rather lose a billion in revenue than give an inch to a black person

Speaking with THR about her decision to switch from her creative home of 15 years, ABC, to the streaming service, Rhimes revealed that the pace and constraints of network television had become too stringent for her life. “I felt like I was dying,” she explained. “Like I’d been pushing the same ball up the same hill in the exact same way for a really long time.” Herbreaking point, however, didn’t involve a meeting or a writers’ room, even if one ABC executive was determined to “drive down the price tag” of her contract renegotiations. Rather, in 2017, Rhimes asked for an additional all-inclusive pass to Disneyland (one of her perks for working at the network) to give to her visiting sister. After receiving some pushback (“We never do this,” she was repeatedly told), Rhimes got the pass, but it failed to work when her sister, with her children and nanny, arrived at the park.

Rhimes proceeded to call a “high-ranking executive” at the company to figure out the issue, but he showed no interest in giving television’s most prominent showrunner a $154 ticket to the park. “Don’t you have enough?” he allegedly responded. Rhimes collected herself, hung up, and called her lawyer with a simple directive: She was going to move to Netflix, and she’d “find new representatives” if that couldn’t be accomplished. Given that she reportedly inked a $300+ million deal, we’d say Rhimes made the right call.

 

[Robbie3000]

They’d rather lose a billion in revenue than give an inch to a black person

Levels of petty on both sides.

 

[Vandelay]

I'm all for the mouse coming down to earth a little bit.

 

[The Radiant One]

Lol Disney+ knows Netflix is king.

Without Star Wars and marvel Disney has nothing and concerning that Covid won’t be done until 2022. Yes marvel is powerful but if that’s all your network relies on then you can’t be a main contender.

 

[Orange cream shake]

Their loss. You know it’s all bad for a network when they start reviving old game shows.

 

[Squirrel from Meteor Man]

Levels of petty on both sides.

It’s petty on her side, sure, but it’s not like she didn’t earn it. It’s also not cutting into the profits of Disneyland at all.

 

[TNOT]

The execs told her to take the swirling to Netflix. It’s a sinking ship anyway

 

[Amerikan Melanin]

Typical CACs thinking black should be grateful for scraps.

 

[Elim Garak]

She made the right decision she knows her value fukk that.

 

[humminbird]

I hope this story gets traction

 

[DaPresident]

Damn...sis ain't have that leverage!



But she made her own way! Won't give her an extra ticket? She'll take her business and IP to a network who "cares"


This seems like a win for her/black women

 

[BlackMajik]

LOL @ y'all caring about the woman who did nothing but push SWIRLING bullshyt

 

[Orange cream shake]

Has Kenya barris left yet?

I know y’all think he a c00n but we like blackish/grownish/ black af in this household.

 

[George's Dilemma]

Why didn't she pay for the ticket herself to begin with? Story ain't making sense. I don't understand the logic of asking anyone for sh!t when you can do it yourself. They probably were glad to count their losses.

 

[avon barksdale]

I'm sorry I think she wanted to leave..



She is worth all that money and mad over some disney tickets