Riding crop costumes go bye bye

innerSpaceman · 11-29-2005, 04:12 PM

Pay scale is not relevant to whether someone is or is not an entertainer. Most entertainers make less than CMs. While I agree that mysogenistic costumes are out of style, I remain convinced that role-appropriate costumes should remain ... and that means that costumes portraying an historical era do not have to conform to modern sensibilities. Dancing girls at the Golden Horseshoe, for instance, should not wear pants. Get my drift?

It's not a matter of not wanting to see fat people, or people of color, or short people ... it's a matter of people being able to loosely fit the requirements of vaguely belonging to the worlds of Main Street, U.S.A., Adventureland, New Orleans Square, Frontierland, Fantasyland or Tomorrowland. If the fit's not right, there are thousands of other jobs ... both interacting with the public and not ... in many other areas of the resort.

But Disneyland IS an entertainment venture. Casting may of necessity be lax, but I don't think it should be eliminated.

€uroMeinke · 11-29-2005, 04:23 PM

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Originally Posted by innerSpaceman

Pay scale is not relevant to whether someone is or is not an entertainer. Most entertainers make less than CMs.

Well, my knowledge is heresay on this account but I believe "entertainers" in the park are represented by a different union with diferent work rules and a higher payscale - or so it was relayed to me. But I may be mistaken on that account.

€uroMeinke · 11-29-2005, 04:27 PM

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Originally Posted by innerSpaceman

While I agree that mysogenistic costumes are out of style, I remain convinced that role-appropriate costumes should remain ... and that means that costumes portraying an historical era do not have to conform to modern sensibilities. Dancing girls at the Golden Horseshoe, for instance, should not wear pants. Get my drift?

And I agree with you there - but it's been a long time since Dancing Girls graced the Golden Horseshoe. I'm hoping though that the new costumes will really be costumes and fit a place/era as many of the last generation miss the mark in their genericness. Ledderhosen on the Matterhorn!

11-29-2005, 04:12 PM	#1
innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	Pay scale is not relevant to whether someone is or is not an entertainer. Most entertainers make less than CMs. While I agree that mysogenistic costumes are out of style, I remain convinced that role-appropriate costumes should remain ... and that means that costumes portraying an historical era do not have to conform to modern sensibilities. Dancing girls at the Golden Horseshoe, for instance, should not wear pants. Get my drift? It's not a matter of not wanting to see fat people, or people of color, or short people ... it's a matter of people being able to loosely fit the requirements of vaguely belonging to the worlds of Main Street, U.S.A., Adventureland, New Orleans Square, Frontierland, Fantasyland or Tomorrowland. If the fit's not right, there are thousands of other jobs ... both interacting with the public and not ... in many other areas of the resort. But Disneyland IS an entertainment venture. Casting may of necessity be lax, but I don't think it should be eliminated.
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