Posted on 04/18/2022 3:37:38 PM PDT by conservative98
The Walt Disney Co. reportedly labelled beloved animated characters including Tinker Bell and Captain Hook from the 1953 movie Peter Pan as “potentially problematic” as it was preparing to launch the Disney+ streaming service, noting the characters could necessitate a disclaimer for perpetuating negative stereotypes.
Ursula from the 1989 movie The Little Mermaid also raised concerns of racism and homophobia.
Disney began an extensive review of its film library as it prepared to introduce the streaming service in 2019, according to a New York Times report. As part of the initiative, called Stories Matter, Disney added disclaimers to classic movies for containing “negative depictions or mistreatment of people or cultures.”
The Stories Matter team privately flagged certain characters as potentially problematic, with the findings distributed to senior Disney leaders, two current Disney executive told the Times.
One of them was Tinker Bell, who raised concern because she is “body conscious” and jealous of Peter Pan’s attention, according to the executives. Captain Hook was another potential liability because he could expose Disney to accusations of discrimination or prejudice against individuals with disabilities because he is a villain.
Disney also flagged Ursula the Sea Witch from The Little Mermaid, saying her dark complexion could be construed as racist and her flamboyant mannerisms could come across as “queer coded,” or homophobic.
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The Left ruins everything it touches. I too have a DVD of Song Of The South tucked away in my Forbidden Box along with a battle flag of the army of Northern Virginia, a Washington Redskins pennant, and a map of Alberta with Squaw Tit Mountain on it. Come and get me!
At least Disney doesn’t have control of Woody Woodpecker, ouch that could hurt.
The repulsive stuff is oozing from Disney HQ, not from classic animated features. Cancel yourselves Disney bosses.
And consider the healing benefits of sepuku.
Captain Hook...hmmm, who is offended?
* The one-arm community?
* The pirate community?
* The paraplegic community?
* The “Arrgh, blow me down, matey” community? (wouldn’t “blow me” go down big with the homo community?)
* The criminal community?
So many communities that could be offended.
Seems like this started with accusing the Prince with sexually harassing the Sleeping Beauty (a term that is offensive to the woke ugly)
They don’t want to splinter their fanbase
Response from people with dwarfism
As a prominent cultural portrayal, the Seven Dwarfs have been recently controversial among people with dwarfism. One critical scholar has said it "followed the conventions of the freak show and perpetuated contemporary prejudices in their constructions of people with dwarfism," portraying them as "incapable, humorous, weird, childlike," and "overly naïve, perhaps even dim-witted." In 2022, the actor Peter Dinklage criticized Disney's planned live-action remake of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs as being responsible for "renewing damaging stereotypes", saying "You’re progressive in one way but you’re still making that f*$king backward story of seven dwarves living in the cave. What the f*$k are you doing, man?"
Paraplegic Captain ADA, also known as Captain Wheels.
We don’t; Disney does.
And as it turns out it seems Mickey Mouse really is a gerbil after all.
Put Benny Hill on Disney+
I will be all in
Who’s next, Baloo the bear, Timon and Pumbaa? Lefties are just ridiculous.
This crap is what happens when an entire generation is too sensitive. Not to mention confused about their gender or their lack of, or whatever. Another 10-20 years they’ll be running the country. May God help us.
Walt Disney would be fighting Disney today, if here.
If anybody has kids or grandkids who they want to show original Disney movies to (most of us who saw them turned out ok) I suggest you get DVDs before they’re “updated.”
That’s because kids back then understood that it was make believe. What is wrong with these people? Everyone loved Tinkerbelle.
Please....
It's "Gravitationally Challenged."
Funny that a company FOUNDED on fantasy seems not to understand the concept of FANTASY at all.
That’s a very good point.
But remember that they DO believe in the fantasy that a man can become a woman and vice versa.
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