Regarding Uncle Remus, Disney is so politically correct, that they have locked away “Song of the South”. They have never released it on home video, and it has not been shown in theaters in decades. The PC types who run Disney refuse to acknowledge this great old movie.
Have a copy, from another country that didn’t follow copyright laws of the US. It is in VHS as that was the format when I got it. It is probably a collector’s item as much as a watchable movie. My grand kids watch it on occasion as I gave it to them since my daughter kept a lot of the old Disney tapes and still has a VHS. But she’s finding it harder to get someone to service it when it gets sick as they were not made to last too long and the formats have really changed. I told her she might want to get a friend to upgrade the format of the movies I got but as you know, Disney is on the lookout for copyright infringements so it would have to be done quietly and behind closed doors. Then the original could be saved or sold, whatever the kids want.
As for Disney’s infatuation with PC, in the old days when Walt and Roy were alive, everyone was equal. They all spelled money and money drove Walt’s animation studios. So they didn’t care who’s hand dropped it into the tills, it was a means to keep the studios alive and active.
This effort toward being PC started when the family stepped out of the active control of the studios and outsiders were brought in to run them. And those outsiders were flaming liberals that were transitioning into the liberal agenda.
All that’s left of the family that are fighting over around $400M is the three grand kids and their families, a lot of it in stock. So the majority of the worth of the company is run by outsiders now and they are basically liberal pundits. Hence the PC attitude as they are sure they are right in their attitude about people. But if it wasn’t for Roy and his dollar sign mind, the traditions would not be able to support the company as their PC attitude has overstepped their artistic greatness.
rwood