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To: DallasBiff
Pssst, hey Disney, you wann make a couple million easy bucks, just re-release some of your oldies but goodies, like "Song of the South," "Peter Pan,"Lady and the Tramp," ... And of course the ORIGINAL, ANIMATED "Snow White." The magic isn't dead. It's just sleeping.

the Silly Song
41 posted on 04/13/2025 11:45:57 AM PDT by FroggyTheGremlim (Hail to Pitt!)
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To: FroggyTheGremlim

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Song_of_the_South

Disney has not released a complete version of the film in the United States on home video, given the film’s controversial reputation.[39][40] Over the years, Disney has made a variety of statements about whether and when the film would be re-released.[41][42][43] From 1984 to 2005, then-Disney CEO Michael Eisner stated that the film would not receive a home video release in the United States, due to not wanting to have a disclaimer and fearing backlash and accusations of racism. At Eisner’s request,[citation needed] Uncle Remus was not featured in the Splash Mountain attraction, instead being replaced as the narrator by Br’er Frog in the Tokyo Disneyland and Magic Kingdom versions of the ride. In March 2010, Disney CEO Bob Iger stated that there were no plans to release the film on DVD, calling the film “antiquated” and “fairly offensive”.[44] In November 2010, Disney creative director Dave Bossert stated in an interview, “I can say there’s been a lot of internal discussion about Song of the South. And at some point we’re going to do something about it. I don’t know when, but we will. We know we want people to see Song of the South because we realize it’s a big piece of company history, and we want to do it the right way.”[45] Film critic Roger Ebert, who normally disdained any attempt to keep films from any audience, supported the non-release of the film, arguing that Disney films become a part of the consciousness of American children, who take films more literally than do adults.[46][47]


could happen....................


43 posted on 04/13/2025 11:50:15 AM PDT by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are no longer being issued, but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere)
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