Great movie, unsanitized by PC. Probably wouldn’t be made today.
If you watched the love musical version, you’ll see how sanitized by PC.
The Chinese guys actually sang FALALALALAL with very pronounced L’s.
It was pathetic.
“Fa Ra Ra Ra Ra, Ra Ra Ra Ra”.
Amen to that!
Out of curiosity, I watched the recently-televised A Christmas Story Live! on FOX. It was *horrible*. Completely sanitized and very PC.
It was adapted from the Broadway musical, I guess, and performed live on TV. They took great pains to cast most of the actors to look like the ones in the movie... yet pale, blue-eyed blonde Ralphie's mom was Maya Rudolph, who is mixed-race African American. Huh??
The "progressive" director re-did and or cut out all of the politically incorrect scenes that were in the original movie so they'd be less "racist" and "offensive". For example, the Chinese singers at the end ("Fa-ra-ra-ra...") were updated as a top-notch A cappella group, who were all Ivy League students. The whole thing was sickening.
Fortunately, all of the reviews and ratings for A Christmas Story Live! were terrible.
Can't wait to watch the un-PC movie (for about the 20th time) on Christmas Eve! :-D