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Credit Bob Iger for being prepared for the Florida question at the Walt Disney Co.’s annual shareholder meeting.
Disney’s Florida battle started last year when Iger’s successor-turned-predecessor Bob Chapek, acting under pressure from employees, denounced a Florida law that limits instruction of sexual orientation and gender identity in younger grades. The tenor of the Q&A session at the shareholder meeting, often reminiscent of a contentious school board meeting, highlighted how much of a “political football” Disney has become, to borrow Chapek’s phrase to describe the situation he tried, desperately and with spectacular futility, to avoid during his short tenure.
Iger handled the questions firmly but respectfully, acknowledging that parents have “different levels of comfort” with the kinds of content Disney makes and delivers for children.
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