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Essay / The Little Mermaid Reflection - 1167
The three main men of the organization Jeffrey Katzenberg, Michael Eisner and Roy E. Disney show many notions of power during this section of the documentary which allows analysis of the relations between managers and workers within the company. and the impacts that these notions of power have on the creative team. During the unfinished screening of the film, there was excitement as the company could see that the film was going to be successful due to the audience's reaction. During speeches by the film's cast and crew, Katzenberg tried to take much of the credit for the film and promote himself. Roy E. Disney also tried to do this and the two clashed in an attempt to take ownership of something they didn't create. At this point in the screening, Roy E. Disney and Katzenberg's legitimate power allowed them to bypass the creative team in order to take credit for work they hadn't actually done. The people in power dictated and actually undermined the creative team and the hard work they had put into making “Beauty and the Beast.” Additionally, Disney and Eisner went behind Katzenberg's back and built a new animation studio on the Walt Disney Productions lot. By not speaking to Katzenberg about the animation studio before the cast and crew's speeches, Eisner and