One just needs to recognize that Disney studios are 100% leftist populated when it comes to the execs.
I disagree. I know people who know people, being I live in Orlando and have friends that are Disney "officiandos"*... there are a lot of Lefties in the
Disney Studios side of Disney, but it's not 100% and the top execs at Disney itself aren't lefty, just sometimes old and out-of-touch with the day-to-day. They tend to be trusting of underlings (look how long that Kathleen Kennedy remained in play before being sidelined, and she's still "officially' in charge [it's easier† and cheaper to keep her till her contract plays out]). "Trust your underlings" is a very stringly engrained mentality at Disney.
No, really in this case it's not that Gina is a 'rightoid', it's that she
created waves, and right now Disney is all about not creating waves. The sleepy old execs have been getting cranky that their afternoon naps and dreams of bags stuffed with money are getting disturbed by cries of "YOU'RE RUINING STAR WARS!" and "UYGHUR GENOCIDE CAMPS!" and "DISNEY BOWS TO CHINESE RACISM AND ANTI-LGBT!" So really they just want people to be chill and since they cannot control John Boyega anymore... where Gina was still on payroll and making waves.
So it comes down to which side will make more waves; the 'rightoids' and Free Speechers or the non-stop screeching Lefties?
See, what Disney is missing is the quiet right and Free Speech activists will just opt out of watching Disney going forward, or will at least
not pay to watch Disney. I suspect they'll see a downturn in the franchise profits again, but not as marked as they did with the Sequels. I mean, some people have still not come back to Disney (I've a friend who refuses to watch any Star Wars until Kennedy is
gone) and you can't lose viewers that haven't come back.
* They are deeply and heavily invested in Disney, not just monetarily, but lovers of the parks, movies, friends with execs, etc, that level of shit. Some used to work for Disney in executive capacities but have since retired, etc.
† Kennedy is deeply entrenched in Hollywood. She's like an old mafia capo, she knows people and she knows where bodies are buried. She has enough pull she could make things rough for Disney if she felt like burning
all the bridges on her way out. So while she's unofficially sidelined from Star Wars‡, officially she's still charge of Star Wars.
‡ Officially she's turned Disney+ Star Wars over to Favreau and Filoni and is still directly controlling the movies... but how many movies do you see being greenlight for Star Wars?
Now I said all that above, and I stand by it... Gina was fired because her speech was making too many waves for Disney execs. Is this a "free speech" thing? Not really, it's more an "anti-cancel culture" thing... but... Free Speech and Cancel Culture are directly at odds. So while I'm annoyed at Disney, it's not because 'they tried to censor her", that's nonsense. I think they shouldn't bow to Cancel Mobs over Gina anymore than they do over Cancel Mobs screaming about how Disney movies are presented in China. If Chinese money means enough they'll ignore the cancel mobs, US money should mean as much (it doesn't though. China has waaaaaaaaaaaaay more eyes to put on a screen, so way more money to give to Disney as long as the movie conforms to it's censorship).
I also think every one who partakes in a Cancel Mob should be drug out into the street and beaten to death, but I'll never get my wish.
