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The company’s focus on messaging has arguably contributed to the decline in quality and audience trust. Disney’s lineup now features a glut of sequels, reboots, and remakes, many of which underperform or garner indifference. Salt in the wound is the revelation that Disney’s own executive during the 2022 reimagining of its classic films seemed disconnected from the core mission, leading to poorly received movies like “Dumbo” and “Mulan” — the latter filmed under problematic circumstances in China, involving human rights abuses near concentration camps.