Disney's Next Live-Action Movie Gets the Green Light

Bicycle Bill · Post by **Bicycle Bill** » Thu Nov 14, 2019 3:30 pm

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RayThom · Post by **RayThom** » Thu Nov 14, 2019 4:15 pm

I can't wait for "Old Yeller 2: Zombie Mastador Revenge"

Gob · Post by **Gob** » Fri Nov 15, 2019 8:51 am

Wrap me in cotton wool and take me to my safe space!

Warnings have been added to a number of classic Disney films playing on the recently launched Disney+ streaming service that they may contain “outdated cultural depictions”.

Users of the service have seen the warnings attached to some of the company’s best-known animated films, such as Dumbo, Peter Pan and Lady and the Tramp, with text that reads: “This program is presented as originally created. It may contain outdated cultural depictions.”

While other warnings such as “contains tobacco depictions” seem straightforward, these disclaimers reveal Disney’s sensitivities over controversial past instances of racially charged characters. Its 1941 hit Dumbo, for instance, contains a group of crows long seen as mocking stereotypes of African Americans (with one named after Jim Crow, the nickname for the system of laws enforcing segregation in the south after the civil war), while Lady and the Tramp, released in 1955, contains a pair of duplicitous Siamese cats who are given exaggerated oriental accents. The recent remakes of both films removed them.

While it was known beforehand that Disney’s most controversial film, the part-animated 1946 musical Song of the South, would not be included on the Disney+ service, it was thought that scenes such as Dumbo’s Jim Crow would be deleted. However, that has proved not to be the case: Disney has opted to show the original content with a disclaimer attached.

The Disney+ service was launched in the US on 12 November, and the company announced that more than 10m users had signed up in the first 24 hours.

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2019/n ... yqF0vhtJGA

Bicycle Bill · Post by **Bicycle Bill** » Fri Nov 15, 2019 1:58 pm

Forget about G, PG, R, or X. The most important rating a movie can get today is "PC".

Although I am glad to see that Disney is still running the movies — at least for now — as originally created rather than going all George Lucas on them.

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RayThom · Post by **RayThom** » Fri Nov 15, 2019 4:42 pm

Ah, the good ol' days when whites were white, and blacks were black.

This be good.

BoSoxGal · Post by **BoSoxGal** » Fri Nov 15, 2019 11:36 pm

OH MY GAWD!!!!!!!

How will I ever survive Disney putting sensitivity warnings on old media that contains racist depictions?!

THE INJUSTICE!!

THIS IS SO MUCH WORSE THAN MY IMPOTENT RELIANCE ON VIAGRA/CIALIS!!

Joe Guy · Post by **Joe Guy** » Sat Nov 16, 2019 1:48 am

It would be unacceptable if there were no warnings on those old Disney movies. I strongly suggest that all theaters be mandated to hand out participation awards to everyone who sees them.

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