tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6573533210099052368.post8756749849386013133..comments2024-03-16T00:26:41.051-04:00Comments on Scaramouche: Disneyland Character Racist?scaramouchehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04380374512378209528noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6573533210099052368.post-65382408794694472422013-02-07T14:49:29.428-05:002013-02-07T14:49:29.428-05:00I agree that wearing being a Disney character on a...I agree that wearing being a Disney character on a hot day isn't the best gig around. But this happened at Disneyland, on a cool, drizzly day two weeks ago.<br />Also--you really want to crush a three-year-old kid who just wants your autograph--while keeping in character the entire time? I think Cindy needs to go back to Disney school. Either that or hand in her glass slipper and call it a day. ;)scaramouchehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04380374512378209528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6573533210099052368.post-1623750306308767792013-02-07T14:37:21.053-05:002013-02-07T14:37:21.053-05:00In the 1970s, when I was a college student, I work...In the 1970s, when I was a college student, I worked several summers at Disney World (a logical choice for summer employment, as my parents lived in nearby Kissimmee, Florida). I would sometimes take my breaks in the same area as the costumed characters. They were the most foul-mouthed, nasty-tempered bunch with whom I ever shared workplace space! (As expected, the men--quasi-dwarves with short man complexes in the generality--were somewhat worse than the women, but the latter were not far behind in their mastery of Anglo-Saxon expletives . . . and had a commensurate attitude.) <br /><br />Part of the problem is that those costumes get awful hot in the Florida summer sun--the folk who wear them are drenched in sweat when they doff them--so that they are allowed frequent breaks . . . and if you catch them just before an allotted break time, it's a little bit like getting between a thirsty camel and his watering hole in the desert. Also, many parents (not your sister-in-law, obviously) allow their kids to abuse the costumed characters, as though they weren't sentient humans, which does not improve their disposition. (The characters by and large reserve their most . . . colorful language for the kids they deal with; unfortunately, they tend to lump the good together with the bad.)<br /><br />None of the above excuses the way your sister-in-law and nephew were treated, of course. As a former Central Floridian, I can only express my regret and mortification at their bad experience with Snow White and Cinderella.Carlos Pererahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00253355647824872032noreply@blogger.com