Indiana Jones will stop throwing punches in Disneyland show
June 19th, 2008, 11:29 am · 3 Comments · posted by Sonya Smith
A softer side of Indiana Jones is coming to Disneyland.
During an interview this week, Glenn Kelman a Disney Entertainment Productions senior show director, said that direct hits choreographed into the “Secrets of the Stone Tiger” and the related Adventureland stunt show will be taken out. Kelman said there are three direct hits in the whole sequence that will be removed.
“We haven’t had a big negative response,” he said. “But there will be more pushes and shoves than direct hits.”
Kelman said that the crowd enjoys when Indiana Jones is beat up on, but the bad response is when he hits the show’s female character, playing Col. Dr. Irina Spalko, in the face.
“There are things that can happen in a movie that just shouldn’t happen in a theme park,” Kelman said.
Click the image above for a video of the show by the Register’s Rosalba Ruiz.
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June 29th, 2008 at 1:51 pm
So much for equality.
July 1st, 2008 at 10:05 am
How stupid is this? What, it’s okay for women to hit men in movies and live shows, but women cannot handle it when the man strikes back? Disney and Hollywood are doing a great disservice to women by glamouring women who hit men, because the reality is, any woman who hits a man deserves to slugged. Never hit a lady, but a female who hits a man is no lady, so it’s on.
July 1st, 2008 at 12:31 pm
Do I detect a tinge of sexism here? Hmmm…