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Posted by Derek Janssen on 09/26/16 11:52
jayembee wrote:
>>They show Gone With the Wind, why not Song of the South? You
>>could say the former is just as incorrect as the latter.
>
> Different studios, different priorities. Political Correctness isn't
> the only criterion at play. Warner Bros. (which owns GONE WITH THE
> WIND) doesn't have the obsession of a squeaky-clean, everybody's friend
> image that Disney has. Warner is willing to invite controversy,
> while Disney is not.
>
> Anyway, more to the point, I consider the "Tiger Lily" sequence in
> PETER PAN to be as Politically Incorrect as anything in SONG OF THE
> SOUTH, and Disney has no qualms about releasing PETER PAN. But then,
> the Native American anti-defamation crowd isn't as loud or as vocal
> as the African-American one.
Also, the Native Americans didn't have a disgruntled ex-Disney animator
who wrapped himself up in the headline value of social-activist groups
when he had a bone to pick with the company....
Derek Janssen
ejanss@comcast.net
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