The Lone Star state's board of education voted Friday to unload its $45 million worth of Disney stock because of the Pulp Fiction-esque films released by the Magic Kingdom's Miramax division.
The R-rated films from that studio are too dirty, too sexy, too violent, the Texans argued.
"It's not Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck anymore," board member Richard Neill told reporters. "It's blowing people's heads off."
Opponents also took issue with Chasing Amy, Miramax's boy-meets-lesbian comedy--deigned too alternative-lifestyle.
The impact of the stock dump was not immediately felt. As of this morning, Disney was looking as omnipotent as ever. Its stock was actually up a few notches from the close of trading Friday.
Disney didn't comment specifically on the Texas board's move. It did, however, have its take-the-high-road line down: People are free to buy/sell stock as they see fit; Miramax is a "highly acclaimed," Oscar-winning division; Disney is an equal-opportunity company.
Of course, the Disney folks get a lot of practice defending their far-flung enterprises. It was just last summer Southern Baptists waged holy war against Disney, in the form of a highly publicized but debatably effective boycott.
Texas school board chair Jack Christie says he decided to take up the crusade after conservative activists showed him clips of Quentin Tarantino's Pulp Fiction. The Gimp scene, apparently, just didn't fly.
In other Mousekenews today, the happiest place in Europe is just that after about 100 striking Euro Disney actors return to work.
The thespians, who parade around the French amusement park in Donald Duck suits and the like, engaged in a 17-day strike for higher pay and more respect. (They didn't feel their costumed selves were being treated as "artistes.")
Officially, the strike has been suspended, not ended. The workers' issues with management remain unresolved.