[rlmorel]

I watched it recently and I came to the conclusion that people upset about it are total idiots.

Uncle Remus seemed and an admirable character, someone who didn’t care about what race someone was. He came across as a human being.

[FlingWingFlyer]

Exactly! How come when I first saw the movie when I was a toddler, I wished that I could go “hang” with Uncle Remus. The commie libs are the racists when it comes to Song of the South.

[HonkyTonkMan]

In their zeal to recast the characters with liberal ideology, the writers have omitted an essential ingredient that made the original a lovely story: the lessons on morality, ethics, and right from wrong.

How many of us grew up knowing that Brer Rabbit was a huckster looking to fool Ol Brer Bear. In the end Rabbit gets his.

Or the compassion and gentle wisdom displayed by Remus.

The remakes toss aside these essential components that make a timeless story across all cultures.

Without the fundamental building blocks, we are left with an unattractive hateful “princess” and the mean queen is actually more beautiful. The story is inverted and the moral fabric gone, more hollowed out than that log Brer Rabbit is hiding in.

[waterhill]

He came across as a human being

Nailed it.