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Disney labels Tinker Bell and Captain Hook as 'problematic'...Tinker Bell and Captain Hook are reportedly seen as perpetuating negative stereotypes...
https://thepostmillennial.com ^ | Apr 20, 2022 2:12 AM EST | Katie Daviscourt

Posted on 04/20/2022 11:28:31 AM PDT by Red Badger

... and fall under the category of characters who could require a disclaimer on the Disney+ streaming service, the report indicates.

Disney's wokeness continues as they recently labeled iconic characters Tinker Bell and Captain Hook of the classic 1953 animated film Peter Pan as "potentially problematic" in a new report, according to The New York Times.

Tinker Bell and Captain Hook are reportedly seen as perpetuating negative stereotypes and fall under the category of characters who could require a disclaimer on the Disney+ streaming service, the report indicates.

Disney sees Tinker Bell as problematic because there are moments in the movie where she is "body-conscious" and is jealous of the attention Peter Pan gives to Wendy.

Captain Hook is seen as problematic because the prosthetic hook he wears in place of his hand apparently shows prejudice against disabled people because of his villainous nature, according to the article.

Disney executives told The New York Times that the company created a team called "Stories Matter" who were tasked with combing through Disney movies and flagging them for potential problematic characters.

"Stories shape how we see ourselves and everyone around us. So as storytellers, we have the power and responsibility to not only uplift and inspire, but also consciously, purposefully and relentlessly champion the spectrum of voices and perspectives in our world," Disney's Stories Matter Team says on its website.

"As part of our ongoing commitment to diversity and inclusion, we are in the process of reviewing our library and adding advisories to content that includes negative depictions or mistreatment of people or cultures. Rather than removing this content, we see an opportunity to spark conversation and open dialogue on history that affects us all. We also want to acknowledge that some communities have been erased or forgotten altogether, and we're committed to giving voice to their stories as well." "We can't change the past, but we can acknowledge it, learn from it and move forward together to create a tomorrow that today can only dream of," the Stories Matter Team says.

Other characters and movies targeted by Disney include Ursula of The Little Mermaid, Dumbo, and the Aristocats.

Disney says that Ursula's flamboyant behavior is potentially homophobic as she comes across as "queer-coded," according to the Times article. The report says that Ursula's dark complexion and light-purplish skin tone could be seen to critics as racist. The team notes that a crow murder in Dumbo is a "homage to racist minstrel shows, where white performers with blackened faces and tattered clothing imitated and ridiculed enslaved Africans on Southern plantations."

In Aristocats, a cat with slanted eyes and buck teeth is described by the team as "a racist caricature of East Asian peoples," according to the report.

The following advisory will appear on content flagged by Disney, which will appear before the film is played:

"This program includes negative depictions and/or mistreatment of people or cultures. These stereotypes were wrong then and are wrong now. Rather than remove this content, we want to acknowledge its harmful impact, learn from it and spark conversation to create a more inclusive future together," the advisory reads. "Disney is committed to creating stories with inspirational and aspirational themes that reflect the rich diversity of the human experience around the globe."


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To: Red Badger

Interesting that the problematic aspects of Tinkerbell and Hook are her body-consciousness and his hook hand, but no mention of the scene that the two actually have together, which is very “patriarchal” and “sexist”, as Hook manipulates Tink’s emotions, while almost wooing her and flirting with her.


41 posted on 04/20/2022 12:14:50 PM PDT by Little Pig
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To: Red Badger
Disney World is going to debut the newest rides:

Mickey's Transformation Station

Prince Charming Showertime

It's A Trans World Ride at Magic Kingdom

Minnie's Masturbation Mountain

Goofy And His Furry Friends

42 posted on 04/20/2022 12:15:02 PM PDT by red-dawg (How does confiscating money from us and giving it to chicken-little bureaucrats stop climate change?)
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To: Red Badger

>> Rather than remove this content, we want to acknowledge its harmful impact, learn from it and spark conversation to create a more inclusive future together,

In other words, we want to virtue-signal *and* keep making money off these movies...


43 posted on 04/20/2022 12:17:18 PM PDT by Chicory
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To: Red Badger

When I was a boy all us boys wanted to be Captain Hook. The girls wanted to be Tinker Bell. It did not damage us. Jana grew up to be hot hot hot, and I a man.

It did not damage us.


44 posted on 04/20/2022 12:19:19 PM PDT by cpdiii (CANE CUTTER-DECKHAND-ROUGHNECK-OILFIELD CONSULTANT-GEOLOGIST-PILOT-PHARMACIST )
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To: Red Badger

While we’re at it, isn’t Scar a little darker-colored than Mufasa in “The Lion King?” What’s up with that? Buncha dang racists.


45 posted on 04/20/2022 12:22:39 PM PDT by Allegra
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To: Red Badger

About Pirates and fairies? yikes


46 posted on 04/20/2022 12:26:19 PM PDT by MrRelevant
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To: Red Badger
No more villains, no more heroes, only ordinary bland characters of indeterminate gender.

47 posted on 04/20/2022 12:26:27 PM PDT by BitWielder1 (I'd rather have Unequal Wealth than Equal Poverty.)
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To: Red Badger

Yup.


48 posted on 04/20/2022 12:27:44 PM PDT by RoosterRedux
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To: MrRelevant

“I’d Love To Change The World”
Ten Years After

“I’d Love To Change The World”

Everywhere is freaks and hairies, dykes and fairies
Tell me where is sanity?
Tax the rich, feed the poor, ‘til there are no rich no more
I’d love to change the world - but I don’t know what to do
So I’ll leave it up to you

Population - keeps on breeding, nation bleeding,
Still more feeding economy
Life is funny, skies are sunny, bees make honey
Who needs money? Monopoly!
I’d love to change the world - but I don’t know what to do
So I’ll leave it up to you... Oh yeah

World pollution, there’s no solution, institution, electrocution
Just black and white, rich or poor, them and us
We’ll stop the war!
I’d love to change the world - but I don’t know what to do
So I’ll leave it up to you... It’s called luck


49 posted on 04/20/2022 12:31:08 PM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Red Badger

+1 to that!


50 posted on 04/20/2022 12:36:36 PM PDT by telescope115 (Proud member of the ANTIFAuci movement. )
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To: Red Badger

I would have figured Captain Hook would have been Disney’s new mascot! I mean, I always saw Hook as a bit of a pedophile, he spends all his days chasing adolescent boys around and doing no real pirating. Pretty strange if you ask me.


51 posted on 04/20/2022 12:37:01 PM PDT by apillar
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To: Luke21

As has been said by others, including myself, Walt Disney has to be rolling in his grave!


52 posted on 04/20/2022 12:37:16 PM PDT by llevrok (Pronouns: Me/myself/& I)
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To: Red Badger

I have labelled Disney as “problematic”.


53 posted on 04/20/2022 12:38:57 PM PDT by Antoninus (Republicans are all honorable men.)
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To: apillar

A Butt Pirate?...................


54 posted on 04/20/2022 12:40:06 PM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Red Badger

That’s interesting. I was just thinking myself that Disney and its cadre of pedophiles are problematic.


55 posted on 04/20/2022 12:44:33 PM PDT by Seruzawa ("The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
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To: Red Badger

The three main organizations that Disney hired to set up Stories Matter are:

The African American Film Critics Association, specializing in Diversity
The GLAAD Media Institute, specializing in LGBTQ
The Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media, specializing in Gender balance

Not one of them indicates anything that is geared toward children’s entertainment or growth except at the adult level. So how much of an expert group are they when they are not experts in determining the correctness of a children’s product?

wy69


56 posted on 04/20/2022 12:45:55 PM PDT by whitney69
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To: fieldmarshaldj
Tinkerbell is also a euphemism for a faggot.

Just think, they could destigmatize that just like homosexuals now embrace the term "queer". The problem, of course, is that Tinkerbell in Peter Pan was definitely not homosexual.
57 posted on 04/20/2022 12:45:57 PM PDT by Dr. Franklin ("A republic, if you can keep it." )
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To: Dr. Franklin

Yup.


58 posted on 04/20/2022 12:47:36 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (Plugs the Pedo - The Shart Heard 'Round The World)
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To: rrrod

Agreed. Have they nothing better to do than dissect decades old fictitious characters?


59 posted on 04/20/2022 12:49:53 PM PDT by tina07 (In loving memory of my father,WWII Vet. CBI 10/16/42-12/17/45, d. 11/1/85 )
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To: llevrok

and the owners are rolling in dough. i think they want to go bankrupt...aka...take the money and run.


60 posted on 04/20/2022 1:13:47 PM PDT by Sacajaweau ( )
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