OneLittleSpark
A Michaelmusophobia Sufferer (please don't hate me
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aren't they having an event with the imagineers? Something in VMK


aren't they having an event with the imagineers? Something in VMK
I think this point gets lost because of the slavery in this film. I think it should be re-release to show kids how bad things where for both cultures to learn. So that it is never repeated.
"Brer"
Looks like Song of the South month is coming!
The new Disney movie, College Road Trip, comes out next month. I wonder if the theme has something to do with that.
I really do not think that is possible lol
The movie would be 30 seconds long with no sound
I have seen it. And I would pretty much agree with doc's assessment. personally, I wasn't offended by the film. But then again, I understand the time period it was made in and the time period it takes place. I can look beyond that and see an enjoyable and award winning film.This opinion comes from having seen the film?
Part of the problem is that it depicts the black people as being happy-go-lucky.Well I saw song of the south. It is a period piece. Can not change the way it was in the US. Like sweeping a dirty secret under the rug. But you know I always liked the film as the little boy was not racist and really loved Uncle Remus.
It was the voice of Uncle Remus that the little boy awoke to. Love not race was his healing.
Since growing up in Canada I was not aware of the civil rights movement or the deep rasism of the south. Never understood this and still today do not understand it. Maybe because I never grew up with this I see the film totally different.
I think this point gets lost because of the slavery in this film. I think it should be re-release to show kids how bad things where for both cultures to learn. So that it is never repeated.
It's probably a subject for another thread. I know this stuff can be controversial. But isn't the movie set in the post civil war south? So while the movie may present a difficult period in an idealistic way, it's not about slavery at all.
I grew up in the Southern United States and I interpreted the movie the same way you did. I'm always interested in hearing the impressions of people who have actually seen it.
This opinion comes from having seen the film?
[Silly Question... How do you always find out what new words are out??
i know how they find out the words. but i dont know if its okay to post how.
so i wont
I own the film.
I remembered it fonly from my childhood, so I procured a bootleg copy.
after watching it again, my children will never have the opportunity to watch it. It is deeply laden with innuendo and racist dogma from the time period. It would not, and does not, translate well into the tolerant society of the day.
so true Belle,
I got up one Sunday morning and my middle son was already up, watching the Three Stooges on TBS or something, he thought it was hilarious. And I saw one of the most derogatory sketches towards Native Americans I had ever seen in my life. (including some of those really bad Heckle and Jeckel cartoons) As funny as it may have been, it is no longer allowed in my house. I put a block on TBS for that reason. I live in a state that has a very large Native population and I would never, ever, want my kids to think of them in that manner, but I know they would subconsciously remember those sketches.
As far as the term "tar baby" - it is still used in a derogatory manner in some parts of the country, especially down south, where the term originated.
I own the film.
I remembered it fonly from my childhood, so I procured a bootleg copy.
after watching it again, my children will never have the opportunity to watch it. It is deeply laden with innuendo and racist dogma from the time period. It would not, and does not, translate well into the tolerant society of the day.
But, that's where it is your reponsibility as a parent to teach your children that what they see in these is not acceptable behavior.
We can use those old films as teaching tools to teach about history. If we shove our history, no matter how unpalatable it is, under the rug, how can we learn from our mistakes?
so true Belle,
As far as the term "tar baby" - it is still used in a derogatory manner in some parts of the country, especially down south, where the term originated.