Posted on 06/30/2017 4:46:29 PM PDT by Hojczyk
The famous auctioneer scene that takes place on the Pirates of the Caribbean ride in Disneyland and Disney World is set to be overhauled, according to a press release from the Disney Parks blog.
As of 2017, the attraction — which opened in 1967 in Disneyland and 1973 in the Magic Kingdom of Disney World — will no longer feature the famous auctioneer scene, in which a red-headed “wench” is auctioned off to a crowd of raucous and dirty pirates who wish to make her their bride.
An artist’s rendering of the new scenes reveals that the pirates will now be bidding on a grandfather clock, a picture frame, and goats. The red-headed woman will now carry a gun.
In the book, Pirates of the Caribbean: From The Magic Kingdom to the Movies, author and historian Jason Surrell noted that the Disney Imagineers who designed the ride are not happy about politically correct changes to the attraction, which is celebrating its 50th year in operation in 2017. After a change to a scene which originally depicted pirates chasing women, Imagineer Francis Xavier “X” Atencio, who participated in the creation of the ride in the 1960s, claimed that the change “softened” the attraction, and referred to the revised guest experience as “Boy Scouts of the Caribbean.”
Disney fans expressed their disappointment in the change in the comment section on the blog post.
“Not ok with this change! Its like Disney is saying that it’s ok rewrite history!! This is Walt’s ride no need to change such a silly iconic scene!! I’m all for moving forward
“I didn’t realize Pirates were feminists. Is this really necessary? This is further degrading the story elements of the attraction. Pirates aren’t supposed to be nice guys,” another wrote.
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The movie for Willy Wonka’s Chocolate Factory was long delayed.
It was very nearly not made.
African American groups screamed like crazy:
“The Oompah Loompahs DEMEAN us..!!!” The fuss went on for a very long time.
Originally the characters were slated to really look like African pygmies but as a nod to these racial concerns they were instead to make other-worldly with orange skin and white eyebrows, etc. and said to hail from a country near Armenia, on the Caspian Sea.
Few of the activists knew it but the Oompa-Loompas were a real tribe of African pygmies in Tanzania. The imposing factory in the movie is pattereed after a well-known factory outside of Dar-es-Salaam.
What crow are you talking about.
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Just making a funny. (Look at the truncated title of this article.)
Soon they will complain about her gun... and theirs...
I was making a funny with you. Lol.
Unfortunately, the writing was on the wall when disney parks, post Walt started promoting homosexual days...
I must of had rode that POTC ride at least a dozen times growing up in california in the late 60’s-70’s. So sad what the state and disney has become. No fault of your’s Walt! RIP!
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If they remove the wench, I’m out.
Of course, if the scene was Historically accurate, the young girls would be raped, older men would be killed and boys would be taken as slaves...
Yep, if we’re talking historic accuracy, Pirates of the Caribbean couldn’t even be a theme park ride, due to the violence and death and degradation involved with real pirates.
So, there are objections to a “wench” being sold as a bride.
But, will there be complaints from gun control types, since they will make one of the women a pirate herself, holding a gun???
Once you start down the road of political correctness, you have to wonder where it all ends.
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