So what would be people's guess on how much money Vanessa Hudgen's private photos going public, cost Disney. Or perhaps, just perhaps, it made them money, through additional publicity.
On balance, I dont think so. High School musical is aimed squarely at an average american family audience that isnt likely to be too fond of this sort of stuff.
Recent estimates are that High School Musical 2 is worth about one billion dollars of revenue in combined rights to Disney, between the DVD, tv show, soundtrack, merchandize, a planned show, and the peripheral impact on Disney's programming. Thats alot to lose.
Personally, I (1) dont care about VH's decision to indulge in a little private photography and (2) think she looks great to boot. Its not like she wanted the pics public, and its funny how we're so ready to damn someone like Vanessa for a private picture like this, when we should be perhaps asking where it came from. The villain here is Vanessa or Zak. Its the jerk who dropped it. It would really suck if it ruins this young girl's career. Its such a meaningless thing.
Of course, I recently worked with another Vanessa who rebounded quite well from the unexpected publication of some photos. Her career has been spectacular, thank you very much. So who can say?
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