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Iconic Disney Ride Set to Close in Less Than 2 Months Due to Being 'Not Appropriate in Today's World'
Western Journal ^ | December 4, 2022 | Richard Moorhead

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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To: lowbridge
Disney should just say Splash Mountain was inspired by the movie “Splash”, and there was actually no connection to “The Song of the South”. Yep, I think that would fly.


21 posted on 12/04/2022 12:10:37 PM PST by Leaning Right (The steal is real.)
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To: lowbridge

Oh, please, please, Brer Iger, don’t throw me in dat dar briar patch!


22 posted on 12/04/2022 12:10:45 PM PST by Lonesome in Massachussets (Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit.)
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To: The Louiswu

“the Frozen Lesbian & Transgender Fantasy Ride”

I’m sure Iger would be just fine with that.


23 posted on 12/04/2022 12:10:59 PM PST by SharpRightTurn (“Giving money & power to government is like giving whiskey & car keys to teenage boys” P.J. O’Rourke)
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To: lowbridge; All

So Iger has always felt, as ceo, this ride was inappropriate.

He and Disney still vote and donate to Democrats though, the party of slavery.

When is Iger going to feel supporting and bankrolling the party of slavery is inapproprite?


24 posted on 12/04/2022 12:11:24 PM PST by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: lowbridge
Good grief. IIRC, Song of the South's stories were loosely based on traditional African folk tales passed down from generation to generation.

Oh well, so much for diversity. Dumping the Reedy Creek District cannot come soon enough.

25 posted on 12/04/2022 12:11:59 PM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (FBI out of Florida!)
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To: lowbridge

Well, zippety-doo-dah - who cares? No one in their right mind who go to woke Disney anyhow. Old Walt is spinning in his grave or cryo chamber or whatever.


26 posted on 12/04/2022 12:12:18 PM PST by Apparatchik (If you find yourself in a confusing situation, simply laugh knowingly and walk away - Jim Ignatowski)
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To: Berosus
You cannot buy a DVD or VCR tape of Song of the South in the United States. Any copies available are bootlegged. Damned shame.
27 posted on 12/04/2022 12:13:05 PM PST by Lonesome in Massachussets (Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit.)
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To: ArcadeQuarters
Never heard of the movie. Now I need to watch it.

We saw it in the theater as recently as 15 or 20 years ago. About a year ago purchased the DVD figuring it would soon be hard/impossible to get. Lovely movie.

28 posted on 12/04/2022 12:13:39 PM PST by NewHampshireDuo
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To: Dilbert San Diego

Where “we’re” at is that Disney is losing money hand over fist, they’ve just replaced their woke CEO with the previous woke CEO and he’s doubling down on the things that nobody wants.

Fine by me; the whole Disney thing was as fake as naugahyde and steeped in child grooming since its inception.


29 posted on 12/04/2022 12:15:22 PM PST by No.6
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To: adorno

They’ll have to shut down anything related to Snow White. The Seven Dwarves are an insult to short people, and the wicked Queen’s transformation into an old lady to hand Snow White the poisoned apple is an insult to both the elderly and Wiccans.


30 posted on 12/04/2022 12:15:26 PM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (FBI out of Florida!)
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To: Dilbert San Diego

Political correctness is about making empty symbolic gestures to assuage their white guilt. Renaming sports teams, getting rid of the black woman on a bottle of syrup and a black ma from a box of rice, removing an Indian maiden from a butter label, etc. All are nothing but virtue signalling.


31 posted on 12/04/2022 12:16:52 PM PST by Blood of Tyrants (Inside every leftist is a blood-thirsty fascist yearning to be free of current societal constraints.)
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To: lowbridge

they can do anything they want... their decisions stopped me from bringing my family there 10 - 15 years ago. wont ever be back.


32 posted on 12/04/2022 12:17:21 PM PST by sit-rep ( )
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To: Skywise

Iger is the A-Hole who ushered in the woke BS and the grooming so of course after D loses millions because of it they brought him back.


33 posted on 12/04/2022 12:17:32 PM PST by gibsonguy ( )
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To: Dilbert San Diego

Uncle Remus was not any sort of stereotypical negative character.

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Neither was Uncle Tom.


34 posted on 12/04/2022 12:18:09 PM PST by Graybeard58
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To: lowbridge


35 posted on 12/04/2022 12:19:26 PM PST by C210N (Everything will be okay in the end. If it’s not okay, it’s not the end.)
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To: lowbridge

Being politcally correct is expensive.


36 posted on 12/04/2022 12:19:58 PM PST by DallasBiff (Kamala is not the sharpest knife in the drawer)
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To: Dilbert San Diego
"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."

Similar to the way the left had to get rid of Aunt Jemima and Uncle Ben because they reflected a positive image of black people from a bygone era.

So what were they replaced with? Entertainers like Lizzo and Snoop Dogg artists, who give an updated version of blacks as vulgar, profane, and crude - twerking and reducing themselves to the lowest common denominator of lewdness. That's progress, leftist style.
37 posted on 12/04/2022 12:20:43 PM PST by Steve_Seattle
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To: Dilbert San Diego

Well maybe they will replace it with something from today’s black culture. Basically rappers with thick gold chains and pants around their ankles rapping about bitches and “hoes” and shooting people while looting department stores.


38 posted on 12/04/2022 12:21:10 PM PST by SamAdams76 (4,667,328 | Truth Social | 87,777,919 | Twitter | Trump Followers)
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To: lowbridge

What a zippity doo da day.


39 posted on 12/04/2022 12:21:30 PM PST by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this? 😕)
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To: Dilbert San Diego

You are correct. Joel Chandler Harris is spinning in his grave


40 posted on 12/04/2022 12:21:51 PM PST by rarestia (“A nation which can prefer disgrace to danger is prepared for a master, and deserves one.” -Hamilton)
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