Well Zippidy-do-da!
Posted on 10/16/2020 8:00:01 PM PDT by MAGA2017
Disney+ subscribers who log on to watch classic films like "Lady and the Tramp" or "Peter Pan" now see stronger advisory messages warning of racist content.
"As part of our ongoing commitment to diversity and inclusion, we are in the process of reviewing our library and adding advisories to content that includes negative depictions or mistreatment of people or cultures," Disney said in a statement online.
"Rather than removing this content, we see an opportunity to spark conversation and open dialogue on history that affects us all," it added.
The 1955 animated comedy "Lady and the Tramp" carries an advisory because of its depiction of Siamese cats in a way that perpetuates anti-Asian stereotypes.
Disney says the advisory is not new, but it has now been updated and strengthened for this and other films.
Last year, CNN reported that Disney had issued a warning on some movies, such as "Dumbo," that they featured "outdated cultural depictions."
At that time, the description of these films in the streaming service's menu included a warning that "this program is presented as originally created. It may contain outdated cultural depictions."
Sigh...
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Siamese Cats originated from Siam (Thailand?), thus the name.
Does that mean they’re going to re-release Song of the South?
*yawn* wake me when they re-release Song of the South...
"Is like Gorky said in 'Lower Depths'...Quote 'Miserable Being Must Find More Miserable Being, then is Happy' Unquote"
One second! One steeeeking second!
What ? were is SONG OF THE SOUTH ,,all time classic
Bring on “Song of the South”!
Well Zippidy-do-da!
So...why not re-release Song of the South with a disclaimer?
Point being, in Lady and the Tramp, they mocked Scots and Russians too. But they’re white, so nobody cares.
It’s not the old ones that need a warning.
Greatest story teller of all time.....
“Tonka, the Wild One”
Disney+ won’t even include Songs of the South, a combination live person and animation movie that was released in 1946. Uncle Remus, Brer Rabbit et al are apparently too controversial for today’s snow flakes.
I saw it when I was kid and maybe once again in my early adult life. I really enjoyed it. I would watch it again.
Zip-a-dee-do-dah
Racism can be found everywhere, in anything, and all periods of time.
It’s just a matter of looking deep and long enough, and interpreting just about anything as ‘racist’ or racism. You can find whatever you wish to find, it that’s your goal.
The biggest example of racism: being born white. God discriminated by creating whitey.
If any hint of racism were to be erased from all books and all movies and all speeches and all magazines and all newspapers and all TV, we’d end up with almost nothing to view or read or digest.
Who, in his right mind, subscribes to disney+?
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