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Newsboy union (reddthat.com)
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[-] Nougat@kbin.social 37 points 1 year ago

I'm seeing an unhealthy amount of fetal alcohol syndrome in that picture.

[-] lgmjon64@lemmy.world 23 points 1 year ago

What exactly is a healthy level of fetal alcohol syndrome?

[-] Lemjukes@lemm.ee 19 points 1 year ago

Did somebody just see Newsies for the first time? 😉

[-] swiffswaffplop@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago
[-] manny_stillwagon@mander.xyz 3 points 1 year ago

You'll steal anotha!

[-] rockstarpirate@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago

Did they open the gates and seize the day?

[-] cdf12345@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

They may own the World but they don’t own us !

[-] Surp@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

Sad to see this. Not sure if it's a slap at people being like oooh 12 year olds did it but if that's the case it's more sad that they had to work at that age at all.

[-] Madison420@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago

Not only did they strike but they struck back violently when responded to with violence. The police would come out and crack a few heads and they would dip out then later those same cops would end up getting beat near to death by literal children.

[-] Anticorp@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

Since you didn't include a source for your claims I have no choice but to believe you fully. That's wild!

[-] Madison420@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago
[-] medicsofanarchy@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

I especially like the quote of one of the strikers: "Ain’t that 10 cents worth as much to us as it is to Hearst and Pulitzer, who are millionaires? Well, I guess it is. If they can’t spare it, how can we?”

[-] toasteecup@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

Will you be a lousy scab or will you be a man?!

[-] jeffw@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The only kind of union Arkansans approve of

[-] cdf12345@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

This is what the 90’s Disney Musical Newsies is based on (starting Christian Bale)

There was also a Broadway adaptation in 2012

https://youtu.be/ntreRlCJMiI?si=8Zy9aIpEIhBcIUkW

[-] MrPhibb@reddthat.com 1 points 1 year ago

I've heard of it, but never seen it. Like a lot of movies I need to change that, but when I go to watch something, my mind is always blank on what I've been meaning to watch.

[-] cdf12345@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

There’s a professionally shot film of the Broadway performance on Disney+. I think the Broadway version is even better than the original film. It’s fun watching both.

I guess the story is that Disney wanted another musical hit that could be filmed and released before their next animated film after the little mermaid came out. So they got the guy that did the music for the little mermaid and tried a live action movie musical.

It kinda flopped, but became a cult classic with theater kids. Eventually Disney had someone rework a few songs and did a small theater run. It became a success and ran on broadway. It’s now a very popular title for regional theaters. Check and see if there’s a theater venue near you that is doing the musical, it’s really great live.

[-] MrPhibb@reddthat.com 1 points 1 year ago
[-] porkins@sh.itjust.works -3 points 1 year ago

Never saw it. What I will tell you is that I deal with Disney people in a corporate setting and they are backstabbers. Happiest place on Earth my ass. I would say that Disney is the villain if there is the big corporation to hate on in that production.

[-] cdf12345@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Well it’s from 1992. So it’s 31 years old. A lot has changed at the big D in 30 years.

[-] vinylshrapnel@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

The Dollop did a great episode on this.

[-] lesnout27@feddit.de 3 points 1 year ago

Some of the people on the photo look like ghosts. On top of that all of that people are dead today. Kinda creepy everytime with old pictures like that

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