Disney surprises with bleak tweet
' Makes no difference who you are.'
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Your support makes all the difference.You know Disney, your local neighbourhood kids' animation studio, cheerfully tweeting out quizzes about whether you're a Cogsworth or a Lumière and inspiring confidence in the world builders of tomorrow.
Last night, however, Disney took an unexpectedly bleak turn, when it tweeted out a GIF of Pinocchio lying lifeless on Geppetto's workshop floor beneath the words: 'When someone compliments you, but you're dead inside.'
Perhaps intensifying the solemnity of the tweet, Disney captioned it with the lyric: "Makes no difference who you are."
The tweet has received over 26,000 retweets at the time of writing, more than usual for @Disney, with fans beneath it seeming to enjoy the splash of darkness, pointing out the vast number of parents who've died in Disney history anyway.
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