Oh, I absolutely agree. It’s a play on stereotypes, ... But it is still a stereotype, and not at all a benign one.
You don’t like cat stereotypes???
How bad are these lyrics? I don’t call them bad at all:
The Siamese Cat Song
Peggy Lee
We are Siamese if you please
We are Siamese if you don’t please
We are former residents of Siam
There are no finer cat than I am
Do you see what I see with my eyes?
People have been baking up some pies
Peeping jumping up upon their window
Though delicious spice we could get into
Who is that who is living in that wire house
It must be a bird because it’s not a mouse
If we’re sneakin’ up upon it carefully
There will be some bird for you and some for me
Do you seeing that thing swimming round and round?
Maybe we could reaching in and make it drown
If we’re sneakin’ up upon it carefully
There will be some fish for you and some for me
Songwriters: Sonny Burke / Oliver Wallace / Peggy Lee
The Siamese Cat Song lyrics © Walt Disney Music Company
It’s a friggin’ cartoon—and a lot less stereotyped than many big name cartoon films released even in the last few years.
My friend’s household pets are two Siamese cats and a Jack Russell Terrier. The movie accurately depicts them. I visited a couple of weeks ago and found the Siamese unfriendly to the max. My cat, a rescue, is the love of my life. The expensive Siamese have pedigrees as long as a royal decree