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October 6, 2021, 10:14 am
A Disney TikToker is reminding people what kind of behavior is and isn’t appropriate when dealing with cast members at the parks.
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Evan Snead (@evansnead) shared old footage of a woman at one of Disney’s parks being inappropriate with the employee playing Gaston from Beauty and the Beast. As he stands there in proper Gaston form, seemingly ready to pose for a picture, the woman looks over at someone and then puts both of her hands on the man’s chest.
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He turns her away and tells her she’s “done,” as she laughs, thinking it’s all just part of his character routine. She ultimately tries to put her hand on his chest once more as he sternly tells her to leave again and again until she finally does.
Snead offered up what should be an unnecessary reminder, but clearly isn’t — the cast members playing characters in the Disney parks are people, too, and visitors can’t just treat them however they want.
“Please do not be that person,” he told viewers. “He was every bit in the right to do that. And just so you know, if you do harass the characters like that, more often than not, they are not going to play into it, they are not going to think it’s cute.”
He also pointed out the obvious — that if you don’t want someone coming to your own place of work and randomly putting their hands on you, then you shouldn’t be doing that to someone else, either, regardless of whether they’re dressed up as a fictional being.
Viewers and Disney fans echoed the TikToker’s sentiment, largely focusing on this one incident which serves as an obvious “what not to do.”
“The fact that she didn’t seem to understand why he was making her leave infuriates me!” @cyster_sister commented. “Why would you think it’s OK to touch somebody you don’t know!”
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“No one sings like Gaston, no one smiles like Gaston, no one life bans you from the park like Gaston!” joked @xaidricx.
Meanwhile, @callmeegowaffles pointed out that “the people who are saying that he made a big deal and that it was just a joke are normalizing sexual assault.”
“The characters want you to have a great time and enjoy meeting them, but it is their place of work,” Snead reminded everyone. “And they are also people. So aside from uncomfortable touching, please don’t use uncomfortable language. And please don’t be mean to the characters… They’re people. Treat them like it!”
Though some argued that he overreacted or should have quietly reprimanded her rather than loudly publicly shaming and embarrassing her.
What do you think?
*First Published: October 6, 2021, 10:14 am
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