DisMike
Mouseketeer
- Joined
- Jun 5, 2010
I grew up at a time that I could have seen Song of the South but never did before Disney pulled the plug. I always wondered whether Disney had an actual real issue with offensive content or whether it was them just sacrificing the picture to the gods of political correctness.
A couple of years back a friend of mine had an old VHS copy of it and let me borrow it. I scrutinized it for offensive content and for the life of me couldn't find anything in it that I would find offensive (given I'm a middle-aged white guy). Uncle Remus was a poor, kindly ex-slave that seemed genuinely happy. BTW, EVERYONE (except for the token rich family) in the area was just a poor as Uncle Remus including the white families (again with the one notable exception). All the kids, white and black went to Uncle Remus to hear his stories. I've seen far worse portrayals of blacks and ex-slaves in the movies. I don't get it. It's really a good movie with good values showing a time in the US when there were problems in society. Then again, when haven't there been problems in society at any time in the US or anywhere else for that matter.
Anyway, anyone that's seen it I'd like to hear your opinion. Maybe it's offensive and I just don't get it.
A couple of years back a friend of mine had an old VHS copy of it and let me borrow it. I scrutinized it for offensive content and for the life of me couldn't find anything in it that I would find offensive (given I'm a middle-aged white guy). Uncle Remus was a poor, kindly ex-slave that seemed genuinely happy. BTW, EVERYONE (except for the token rich family) in the area was just a poor as Uncle Remus including the white families (again with the one notable exception). All the kids, white and black went to Uncle Remus to hear his stories. I've seen far worse portrayals of blacks and ex-slaves in the movies. I don't get it. It's really a good movie with good values showing a time in the US when there were problems in society. Then again, when haven't there been problems in society at any time in the US or anywhere else for that matter.
Anyway, anyone that's seen it I'd like to hear your opinion. Maybe it's offensive and I just don't get it.