There's a black nurse at the hospital who's name is Mammy and wears her name tag proudly.
Does anyone else find it odd there's so much uproar over a cartoon but it's ok for Disney to have Gay Day?
So, plantation works have to be grim and resentful all day long? Good grief.
Uncle Remus is a wise old man, admirable in every way. These politically correct idiots can't understand it, but you can be poor and happy at the same time. A Christian can understand it, even if a Postmodernist can't.
Moreover, you can speak with a charming accent and be wise, or you can speak with an academicially correct accent and be exceedingly stupid, as the writer of this article appears to be.
Angst of the politically correct: "Am I allowed to speak the truth, or will it get me in trouble with the Language Police?"
I still love JCH's observation on money:
What is money? It cannot breath life into the lost dreams of youth. It cannot mend a broken heart or restore the shattered portals of a broken home. I speak, of course, of Confederate money.
Disney is stupid. This is a popular torrent. The reason? Not for sale.
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I am not sure it was set in the slave era. Even as a kid my understanding is that they were sharecroppers. I can't recall why I thought that and could be wrong.
There are also a number of banned and censored cartoons that have disappeared from mainstream television, but have managed to be made available over the Internet.
Similarly, the original Animal Farm movie was supposedly altered in a later released version, as was ET.
PC has invaded the film industry, but they cannot stamp out all of the 'originals' that find their way into the Internet stream.
I remember seeing it in its original release, and I do remember the songs sung by Warfield. He had a great voice and it left an imprint on me. I saw nothing racist about the movie. It was entertaining and very good!
PC people -- go home!
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If anyone looks hard enough, they can find something that offends them.
Some people go out of their way to find something to be offended by.
I know this is a pipe dream but...I wish the whole world would "Just get the hell over it" And I mean everything !!!
Sheeesh!!!
Wow, I have the soundtrack album and a book. I should sell while it's 'hot'!
South, the word itself when capitalized has racist undertones and is whispered in polite company.
If someone calls you "Southern" he don't mean you're from Antarctica.
Plantation workers were never happy, never laughed, and never told stories?
i loved this movie... have been trying to get my hands on it for years... Zippity Do-Dah...
The tar baby tale is at least 3000 years old and probably is one of the earliest stories since language was invented. Language was invented 40,000 years ago to tell that story.
SOTS paints Uncle Rhemus as a gentle, adored man with great wisdom.
This is a good thing.
I paid about $100 for a legal PAL release of this film and had it converted to NTSC to give it to my Father as a birthday present, it was his favorite Disney film of all time.....
I didn't tell him what it was, just gave him the unlabled coverted tape and told him to watch it.
Needless to say, I think I pleasantly suprised him. Best $100 I ever spent.