If you really want to understand the empire called Disney — the one that owns half your childhood memories, half of Hollywood, and probably half the merchandise in your house — you have to start in the 1920s.
He took the stories out of the movie theater…
and built a world you could literally walk into.
This is the chapter where the kingdom loses its king.
And where Disney — yes, Disney — comes dangerously close to disappearing.
This is the chapter where Disney transforms from “the studio that made The Lion King” into:
Chapter 5 is the part where Disney faces a new kind of enemy.
Because although Disney is still one of the most powerful cultural engines on Earth,
the landscape around it has changed — dramatically.