Posted on 06/25/2020 9:48:18 AM PDT by Skywise
Inspired by the animation in one of the Walt Disney Co.'s most misguided cinematic works, Splash Mountain and its imagery rooted in the dated and racist 1946 film "Song of the South" will soon be a thing of the past. Walt Disney Imagineering unveiled plans on Thursday to retheme the ride to its 2009 animated work "Princess and the Frog," a fairy tale that stars the company's first Black princess.
Splash Mountain, its connection to a problematic text and its future, has become a heated social media debate in this moment of cultural reassessment and nation-wide protests following the killing of George Floyd. A recent online campaign even called for a "Princess and the Frog" makeover to the log flume ride that's become a park favorite in large part due to its 52-1/2-foot drop.
Disney said it has long discussed a Splash Mountain re-imaginaing, and cited the need for the ride to embrace a fresh, "inclusive" concept.
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This is insanity and pandering.
Nobody likes Princess and the Frog.
Why not some x-rated rap music for diversity?
Hillary and Fauci
Why not ghetto rap?
But Hillary is not black (but Bill is).
LOL, funny how all of those "woke" White People probably totally forgot that one, while they were watching "Frozen" for the umpteenth time.
They boot the South out of the song title, but when people see those lazy, goof-off animals people will know which region is being portrayed.
So they decide to go British Royal theme.........honoring Meghan and Harry.
Nope, no bias at all there.
The princess better not be white!
Makes sense to delete references to Song of the South since Disney has suppressed that film. Too bad they are replacing it with a woke dud.
No more “Laughing Place”
Welcome to Narnia under the Ice Queen. Where it’s always winter and never Christmas.
Can I whistle the Princess and the Frog tune? Because I can whistle Zippity-Do-Da.
I am not familiar with the song. What makes it racist?
“when people see those lazy, goof-off animals people will know which region is being portrayed.”
Detroit?
-PJ
Detroit would definitely be an acceptable candidate
It’s not. Never was.
Disney was trying to honor the black culture that came up immediately after slavery during reconstruction and was promptly attacked (even in the 40s) for not showing a progressive view of blacks.
“...I wish I was in Dixie; Hooray hooray! In Dixie Land I’ll take my stand. To live and die in Dixie. Away, away. away down south in Dixie...”
Take that....
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