Posted on 05/06/2019 10:02:02 AM PDT by EdnaMode
Grammy winner Janelle Monae will contribute new music to the Disney Plus streaming title “Lady and the Tramp,” in addition to her voice role in the live-action reboot.
Monae will perform two original songs for the film, led by Tessa Thompson and Justin Theroux. Monae’s artist collective Wondaland is also “reinventing” a track from the original 1955 animated movie, individuals close to the project said.
That would be “The Siamese Cat Song,” originally recorded by Peggy Lee for the feline duo Si and Am in the animated version. Those characters and their famous refrain — “We are Siamese if you please / We are Siamese if you don’t please” — have long been considered a cringe-worthy depiction of Asian culture.
(Excerpt) Read more at variety.com ...
WTF do Siamese cats have to do with ‘Asian culture’? The world is run by retards.
All of this to accommodate the remaining few snowflakes who still darken the doors of movie theatres.
I am of Asian extraction and I don’t mind it at all.
The PC Idiots strike again...................
Hollywood has fallen so far. They are openly admitting they have no imagination and no original thoughts.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RG5mOd8Ubsk doesn’t offend me.
Cat’s in the kettle at the Peking Moon...
Oh good grief
One thing’s for sure - all those classic Disney films desperately need today’s uncreative politically-correct snowflake hacks to “improve” them.
How many of those SJWs offended by the song could find Siam on a map?
Didn’t think so.
Boycott all Hollywood films.
They only thing that these asshats notice is being hit in the pocket
Problematic?
You know what, Thai people, to the extent they know of it - DO NOT CARE.
No more original ideas; they’ll just PC it like all the other ones, not worth seeing. The two dogs will be gay.
♫♫ We are Thai if you please.... ♫
Just doesn't work.
In fairness, although Siamese cats have nothing to do with Asian culture, Lady and the Tramp used the name to turn the cats into traitorous, buck-toothed, slant-eyed cats singing to an East-Asian musical scale. The stereotypes are unmistakeable even if mislocated. (”Derr... Siam’s somewhere in Asia, innit?”)
Millennials and their fellow travelers see discrimination everywhere! Mass paranoia is part of the mass psychosis.
I've had Siamese cats for decades. Wonderful animals! With the best qualities of both cats and dogs.
I felt a little disdain for the depiction of the Siamese cats in the original Lady and the Tramp, but not enough to cringe.
However I NEVER even thought of it as a depiction of Asian culture! It didn't even enter my mind.
How stupid can you get!
It's like Gorky says in Lower Depths: "Miserable being must find more miserable being. Then is happy."
I doubt they will even keep the original title. Too unPC
The (Identifying as a well bred female) and the (Displaced itinerant homeless person)
When I saw the title of the article, I would never have guessed that there was an “ethnicity” component to the story. I thought for sure the article would be about changing the line, “...there will be some head for you, some tail for me!”
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.