The accents are a joke and I’m not quite sure if the overacting was intentional, but Disney’s 1992 box office failure Newsies warrants some renewed attention. It’s very loudly pro-labor. The movie was inspired by the NYC Newsboys strike of 1899 when homeless newsboys organized to take on media giants Pulitzer and Hearst over a ten-cent per bundle price hike. In the musical, the kids unite, gather members, print an underground paper, battle scabbers, and win.
Apparently, my girlfriend has had a crush on this film for years — the last time she had it on I happened to pay attention. As a film, I hated it. As pro-union propaganda wrapped up in a moderate musical, it’s rather effective. Any progressive parent looking for a movie with a message would do well to rent this.
Even though we ain’t got hats or badges
We’re a union just by saying so
And the world will know!
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And the World will know
And the Journal too,
Mister Hearst and Pulitzer
Have we got news for you.
Now the world will hear
What we got to say.
We been hawkin’ headlines,
But we’re makin’ ‘em today
And our ranks will grow.
According to the Wikipedia entry, one of the real-life strikers asked, “Ain’t ten cents worth as much to us as it is to Pulitzer and Hearst who are millionaires? Well, I guess it is. If they can’t spare it, how can we?” Well said.
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