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Walt Disney’s granddaughter denounces animatronic tribute as ‘robotic grampa’
Joanna Miller said her grandpa would hate the mechanical replica to be debuted in July, calling it an ‘imposter’
Walt Disney’s granddaughter has condemned the entertainment giant he founded for re-creating the late entrepreneur as a soulless “robotic grampa” for the 70th anniversary celebration of California ’s Disneyland theme park in July. But in an interview with the Los Angeles Times published on Tuesday, Joanna Miller said her grandfather would have hated his regeneration into a talking mechanical replica – and accused the company of ruining the legacy of her beloved “Grampa”. As for the public’s experience of watching the animatronic and hearing Disney’s computerized voice, Miller told Iger: “I strongly feel the last two minutes with the robot will do much more harm than good to Grampa’s legacy.
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