In 2010, Jerry Casale in an interview conducted by the AV Club's Sam Adams, mentioned his amusement by Disney's forced alterations, saying, "You went beyond getting mad to just like going, 'This is proof of devolution. This is it.' We thought it was really funny." In a 2012 interview, Jacqueline Emerson said that she thought the band was "made to prove the point of devolution".