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Summary: Humourous Exposure of An Enemy of Civilisation!!!
Review: _Team Rodent_ does an excellent job of ripping away Disney's cutesy facade to reveal the company's many faults. Hiaasen goes beyond his philosophical objections to Disney and its program to describe the company's numerous sins, ranging from devious political manipulations to outright legal violations. _Team Rodent_ is an entertaining and enlightening read for all persons, not just confirmed anti-Disneyites. I have never cared for Disney's maintenance of the infantile status quo in American animation; _Team Rodent_ informed and strengthened my objections by depicting the true magnitude of Disney's malpractice.
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Summary: Co-authors of The Disney Way Know Better
Review: We admit our bias, but this book chooses to focus on a great deal of personal "sour grapes", all from a reporter who apparently had some difficulty with the Disney organization. At least, from an NBC interview, that's what we believe is the real story. The Disney organization does so much to continue Walt's vision of ":providing the finest in family entertainment", and they succeed. There are few benchmark organizations left in the world who are as worthy as Disney. But. . . you definitely need to "take the gloves off" to see the truth. Bill Capodagli and Lynn Jackson, co-authors of The Disney Way:Harnessing the Management Secrets of Disney in Your Company
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Summary: EXCELLENT PROSE, HONEST COMMENTARY
Review: Finally someone has taken on Disney. Hiaasen is unafraid to tell about Disney's paranoid concern with their image, as well as a few other secrets I'm sure they would rather not have in print! A small volume, but very informative. BUY IT.
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Summary: A Must-Read
Review: Carl Hiaasen takes no prisoners in 'Team Rodent', nor should he. The distressing, but often hilarious pages of Hiaasen's latest work may be offensive to Disney aficionados, and yet it's a book everyone who's visited Disney - or plans to - should read. 'Team Rodent' details the strategies employed by the Disney Corporation to sanitize, polish and market everything from New York's Times Square to Nature itself. The result of Disney's efforts is a facade of bliss and good cheer that effectively covers the less than ethical practices of the Corporation. Everyone deserves a few days away from reality once in a while, but it's vital to understand that the price being paid is higher than just the cost of admission. 'Team Rodent' illustrates just how high that price has been - environmentally and culturally - for Florida and other areas touched by Disney.
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Summary: Absolute Trash!
Review: Carl Hiassen has only one thing on his mind in this book--Trash Disney no matter how unfactual and biased it may be. For Hiassen to be a journalist I have no idea how he has ever made any money because he doesn't know the first thing about objective writing. As a Disney Cast Member I can honestly say that Walt Disney World is better off that Carl Hiassen never visit our park again!!
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Summary: Why on earth was it so short?
Review: Considering the length of some books I've seen about Disney, and the apparent familiarity of the author with the company, what's the point of cranking out a little pamphlet like this? It was pretty funny, but it took me about an hour to read and had no plot at all. There are some really interesting theoretical studies involving Disney, Nazism, fairy tales, psychology, etc., and I would have liked to see a little bit of intellectual depth attempted in this book.
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Summary: A lesson taught Hiaasen style!
Review: I was skeptical when I picked up my copy of "Team Rodent". I found it rather funny, however, and learned many new things about Team Rodent and as Hiaasen calls him, "Insane Clown Michael". I found myself laughing and learning. I would have liked to see a stronger ending, perhaps a suggestion on what can be done, (other than dumping a truckload of alligators into Bay Lake). Overall, however, the essay was well presented, and blended humor with the facts.
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Summary: Very, to the point, & funny
Review: Team Rodent is a little tid bit of Hiassen hilarity. It was very interesting. I am anxiously awaiting another Skink story, though. I've been to Disney myself probably 10 times, but will think twice about ever going again. My husband has been saying what Carl has said for years. I was raised in Florida & love my home. We love the Suwannee River,& are tired of people trashing it too. We plan on moving out of Jacksonville & moving to Suwannee, I wish you would write a book about the corruption in Dixie County & or Levy County.
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Summary: Excellent, educational
Review: I read the Times Square piece in Criminological Theory class. Hiaason's discussion of Times Square does a great job of bringing Durkheim to life. Here, 2 hours north of Disney World, students are able to relate to Hiassen's warnings. Hiaason also congratulates Disney for doing one thing he agrees with--pissing off the narrow minded fundamentalists who oppose Disney for all the wrong reasons. After all, where would we get such high quality paranoid crap if it were not for Jimmys Bakkers & Swaggert, Pat Robertson & Jerry Falwell?
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Summary: Sarcasm meant to open your eyes
Review: In October of 1998, the newswires were humming with the revelation that ABC News had killed an investigative piece that revealed security problems at Walt Disney World: the crown jewel of the Disney empire that just happens to own the ABC network and ABC News. Of course, the incident was quickly refuted by ABC News as being completely uninfluenced by corporate politics...which made many people go "hmmm." This is exactly the sort of Disney skepticism that we find in "Team Rodent," which uses sarcasm to bite and snap at the famous Mouse. The purpose of the book, I think, is to get people to open their eyes and realize that Disney is first and foremost a company, a business; and to survive in today's cutthroat world, a successful, giant business will do anything necessary to secure itself and prevent the world from knowing the truth about what goes behind the scene. In Disney's case, the company wraps itself with a "magical" facade where everyone is smiling, everything is bright and shiny, and nothing bad ever happens. The image is then promoted relentlessly, to the point where the entire world believes it...but still, hidden underneath, is the dark truth about Disney. The truth, of course, is that it is a corporation whose primary goal is profit, not happiness. We need to be constantly reminded of this, and this is why a book like "Team Rodent" is a good eye-opener for those who turn on the TV and see nothing but Mickey Mouse's smiling face.
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