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Nate Bargatze: ‘Disney Is Run by a Guy That’s Just a Businessman. That Guy Doesn’t Care About the Audience’
Nate Bargatze wants to be the next Walt Disney, but he doesn't want to be like the studio.
Nate Bargatze graces the latest cover of Esquire magazine, where he speaks openly about his aspiration to become a new kind of Walt Disney figure for the everyman. Bargatze stressed that he cares about his audience because “none of this happens without them.” As his stand-up comedy career winds down (he’s planning to do only one or two more specials), Bargatze is laying the foundation to build a Disney-like empire with movies and TV shows, merchandising, books, podcasts and even a theme park in Nashville called Nateland that would be built on the site of the former Opryland theme park. “I’ll be honest with you, I bet we’re closer than people think,” Bargatze told Esquire about his proposed theme park.
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