Holy shit - it is really getting tough to keep up with who's groping whom, who is on leave, in rehab, etc.


"It’s never easy to face your missteps, but it’s the only way to learn from them," the executive stated.

Disney Animation head John Lasseter is taking a leave of absence from Pixar after acknowledging "painful" conversations and unspecified "missteps," he wrote in a memo to staff on Tuesday obtained by The Hollywood Reporter.

Lasseter's statement arrived as THR was preparing a story detailing alleged misconduct by the executive at Disney/Pixar.

Lasseter is best known as one of the founders of Pixar, which began as a part of the graphics group at Lucasfilm. Along with Ed Catmull, he popularized CGI in animation with early films like Toy Story, A Bug's Life and Monster's Inc.

In 2006, after Disney purchased Pixar, Lasseter was named the chief creative officer of both Pixar and Walt Disney Animation Studios. He has since become the face of all Disney animation, overseeing the recent resurgence of the studio's namesake brand with properties like Frozen and Moana.

Lasseter, who directed Toy Story and Toy Story 2 among other Pixar films, produces or executive produces every Pixar project and he executive produces every WDA feature. While Lasseter has only won two Oscars (one is a specialty Oscar for his work on Toy Story), Pixar has racked up an impressive eight best animated feature wins. Under Lasseter's purview, WDA has picked up three wins, most recently with last year's Zootopia.


https://www.hollywoodreporter....xar-missteps-1057113

HOLY SUDDEN FLASH OF INSPIRATION!!!

Even if you never committed any sexual peccadillo, step up, tell your boss that there is a painful incident in your past, tell them you need 28 days of out-of-the-office treatment, then fly to Argentina and shoot upland birds.

I read the article in Variety, saw nothing specific, just snowflake accusations of "toxic environment for women" or whatever. Good thing is, he's taking 6 months off, then will be back.

The world needs John Lasseter, now more than ever. when he's repented and rehabbed. See details in link.

Link

Not what you want to think of when you take your grandkids to a Pixar movie.

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