rant · moment 14 of 15
Ray's Disney/Demi Lovato/9-11 Instagram Post Explained
from Montreal Mama · #107
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3 minRay explains his controversial Instagram collage linking Disney, Demi Lovato's overdose, and 9/11 imagery as commentary on corporate exploitation of child stars, and they debate how much personal responsibility versus corporate blame applies to celebrity drug overdoses.
- 1:00:46Ray's main Instagram account is @Ray Kump where he posts new content regularly.
- 1:00:57Ray created a collage mixing Disney, Demi Lovato, and Saddam Hussein that looks like he's making light of her overdose.
- 1:01:15Tim notes that calling attention to unhealthy celebrity culture can seem like you're making light of tragedies, but it's actually criticism of the system that causes them.
- 1:01:41Ray replaced the plane in the 9-11 memorial image with a Disney plane for the collage.
- 1:02:25Ryan Gosling, who appeared in the violent film Drive, is also in the collage alongside Demi Lovato.
- 1:02:50Corporate interests and government actions, like Disney's exploitation of young stars, inadvertently create the conditions that lead to tragedies people then have to live with.