Posted on 12/04/2022 11:51:31 AM PST by lowbridge
Even Disney theme parks aren’t immune from the onslaught of wokism.
In January, Disney is finally closing its iconic Splash Mountain attraction at Disneyland in California and Disney World in Florida (“The Magic Kingdom”), with the company’s bosses citing historical concerns in canning one of the parks’ most popular attractions.
The reason? Splash Mountain’s current theme draws inspiration from the 1946 Disney film “Song of the South,” which depicts life on a plantation after slavery’s abolition, according to Fox Business.
Disney’s returning CEO has previously singled out “Song of the South” as cause for concern.
“I’ve felt, as long as I’ve been CEO, that ‘Song of the South’ was – even with a disclaimer – was just not appropriate in today’s world,” Disney CEO Bob Iger said in 2020, the year the company announced the change was coming, according to Fox Business.
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It’s utter BS. The ride is great and the movie is not racist.
The problem is that it shows black people in post civil war era times AS THEY WERE - not as the narrative wants and, like Clarence Thomas and other conservative blacks this must be buried.
Never mind the fact that the ride has NO black people on it and only constitutes the animal characters who are not stereotypical black caricatures as commonly used then.
Well, Disney feels the need to be politically correct.
Political correctness trumps every other consideration.
That’s where we are at.
No different than the Taliban tearing down historic statues and monuments.
If I recall correctly, Uncle Remus was a positive character, who told stories to the children, and the children loved his stories. Uncle Remus was not any sort of stereotypical negative character. But in the politically correct world we live in, the powers that be simply ban a fine old movie.
They have to take away this attraction due to it being tangentially connected to a movie which is not actually racist, but it’s OK to put out blatantly gay movies? Go figure.
Maybe it’ll reopen as the Frozen Lesbian & Transgender Fantasy Ride
Not surprised it’s happening, just surprised it didn’t happen sooner. I knew along time ago this ride’s days were numbered and it could only fly under the radar for so long. It was a lovely ride, too; too bad future generations won’t be able to enjoy it.
I’m still waiting for them to shut down the the Slavery Party.
Going to replace it with “Its a Wakanda Wonderland “.
Diversity is our strength.
I’m pretty sure Cinderella’s castle could be found to be historically problematic too. If one wanted to, Cinderella and a lot of the other Disney characters could be found to be culturally incorrect and racist in one form or another.
All Disney parks should be closed, and most Disney movies from the part should be scrapped.
Changing it to: “Drag Queen Hands-On Interactive Experience”
To any conservatives who continue to give this company any of their hard earned money, you are a flipping moron.
Never heard of the movie. Now I need to watch it.
Sheesh.
Next up... It’s a small world after all.
No, I didn’t serve at Ft. Wakanda. See my DD Form 214.
The culture is in the toilet, please nobody flush...yet.
5.56mm
Just plain crazy.
[[No different than the Taliban tearing down historic statues and monuments.]]
I thought that was BLM and antifa? (Yes, i know the taliban did so too- but our nation has it’;s own domestic terrorists who have been burying history left and right too)
According to Twain, when introduce to Harris, the children cried out in disappointment, "He's white!"
As a former Florida resident, I can testify that Splash Mountain was my daughter’s favorite ride at Walt Disney World. When we visited the park, we made it a point to go on Splash Mountain first, because there were always long lines waiting for it.
I don’t recall any scenes from “The Song of the South” being shown at that ride. What I remember are characters from the Uncle Remus stories, like Brer Rabbit, who also happened to appear in the movie.
It seems to me that Disney is having a big guilt trip over creating “The Song of the South,” and wants all of us to forget it ever existed. It hasn’t been shown in cinemas since I was a kid, to start with. A few years ago, that inspired me to find the film online, and download it for my video collection. That way I will never forget the movie.
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