Going To Bat For SONG OF THE SOUTH

Wonder Magazine ^ | Issue 10 | Rod Bennett

[B-Chan]

Everybody's got a laughin' place. We miss you, Uncle Remus!

[weikel]

Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah

Whenever its a wonderful day I sing that one.

[per loin]

Digitalize it, and put in online, so that a new generation can see what a wonder it was.

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

Isn't "Song of the South" the theme for Splash Mountain?

http://disneyworld.disney.go.com/waltdisneyworld/parksandmore/attractions/attractionindex?id=MKSplashMountainAtt

[Intolerant in NJ]

Song of the South ...remember seeing it when it was first released - it seemed a charming, touching film - but how could I have known how really evil it was - I was only six years old......

[Moonmad27]

Interesting link - so the ride is based on a movie that no kid visiting Disneyland is probably going to know. A campaign helped return Speedy Gonzales to TV - perhaps a similar campaign can show Disney the incorrectness of political correctness in this film's case.

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

My daughter and I loved the ride, my wife hated it. My wife and I loved the movie, my daughter never saw it :(

[Tennessee_Bob]

Ssshhh...I own a copy too.

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

perhaps a similar campaign can show Disney the incorrectness of political correctness in this film's case.


Not likely. They would have to get a pass from the "professional Negroes" who have vested interest in nursing grudges and finding offense [cf. Trent Lott]. Al Sharpton will support Trent Lott for President before he gives Disney a pass on this one, it just isn't worth it to Disney to have to deal with this.

[I_Love_My_Husband]

Mmmmm, just check your local peer-to-peer and you'll find it.....I just checked the one I use and it was there!

[shadowman99]

I've been attempting to collect copies of the "Censored 11". I've managed to track down 2 that are on the list, plus a bunch of others that are not officially on the list but you still never see.

• All This and Rabbit Stew
• Coal Black and De Sebben Dwarfs (which happens to be very good)

Also:

• Bugs Bunny nips the Nips
• Rebel Rabbit
• Little Black Sambo (this one derserves to be banned - it's truely racist and not funny)
• Betty Boop - Minnie the Moocher (a banned Betty cartoon - it also feature the first public recording of Cab Calloway's Minnie the Moocher.)
• All this and Rabbit Stew (features Bugs killing a dog with a shotgun - this one sometimes airs with the last few seconds cropped)
• Ha! Ha! Ha! (another Betty Boop - features Betty getting high)
• I love to Singa (Cab Calloway and Al Jolson)
• Private SNAFU cartoons

[zook]

Exactly. Spread SOTS around so thoroughly that Disney's heavy handed censorship will become useless. They really have no moral right to prevent people from viewing the film.

[dglang]

They first time my 9 year old son went on the ride, he was shaking voilently for about five minutes afterward. But then, he went on it again about six times in a row immediately afterwards.

That ride was his first experience on any ride that dipped suddenly such as that one. he was shaking after the first two small suprise dips within the ride. The final plunge really got to him. We kept the souvineer photos they took of the descent, they are hilarious, especially his first ride.

[BradyLS]

Strange that in the Land of The Free and The Home of The Brave that you have to turn to Japan for a copy of this film.

[Mike Darancette]

I've been trying to get a clip of the suicide bomber from the Porky Pig classic "Ali Baba Bound". Little Arab Guy with an artillery shell tied to his head.

[Caipirabob]

...without a mean bone in it's body

I dunno, them Favers boys, them'ez badduns...

Got myself a version from Britain, but who knows how long before it's banned there, too.

Check Ebay if y'all are interested. Note: you'll have to have the format converted to work on our VCRs.

[Caipirabob]

You've tried Ebay, I imagine, but there's also half.com that has private sellers. You'll probably need to search one of the secondary sites because of the "nature" of the flicks. If I run across them I'll let you know. Now I'm curious...I love obscure internet searches.

[Pravious]

"... Little Black Sambo (this one derserves to be banned - it's truely racist and not funny)..."

No! No cartoon (or anything else) deserves to be banned on the basis of political correctness.

"* Betty Boop - Minnie the Moocher (a banned Betty cartoon - it also feature the first public recording of Cab Calloway's Minnie the Moocher.)
* I love to Singa (Cab Calloway and Al Jolson)"

I have both of these on laserdisc, so they're obviously not "banned." In fact, I can't imagine what anyone would find offensive about them (and, no, Al Jolson is not in blackface during his duet with Cab!).

[PallMal]

Got myself a version from Britain, but who knows how long before it's banned there, too.

Believe it or not, Britain has not banned movies, cartoons or television shows that show American blacks, regardless of the time period.

For example, you can go to England and see Tom and Jerry cartoons that are not shown here (mostly the ones with the black woman "Mammy Two Shoes"). Also, all of the "black-face" gags that are cut from many cartoons shown on the Cartoon Network USA are not cut on the Cartoon Network UK.

Another example is the 60's television series "Julia", starring Dianne Carole. When I was living in England during the 60's, they showed it over there, and all I saw was a TV show about a professional woman raising her son. I didn't know until recently that at the time this show was airing, the NAACP was trying to ban the show.

Basically, black American characters, whether on TV, movies, or cartoons, doesn't create any stir amongst the black population in England, so you won't see a ban there anytime soon.

[johnny7]

Pretty soon you won't see the re-runs of Sanford & Son.

It'll be banned like Amos & Andy. Good Times and The Jeffersons will be next.

It's nothing more than a new version of book-burning!