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Never saw this since it's out of print and considered too racist. Just watching it on YouTube now to form my own opinion.
Br'er Rabbit who represents a black man is caught by a Fox who represents a white man when Br're is noosed and hanging. Scenes like that is why the film is considered racist.
After seeing Zootopia I was curious in this since Zootopia which is against racism is supposed to be pretty much the opposite of Song of the South.
If you don't spend too much time thinking about what makes it racist; the film is light-hearted and still a classic. The biggest problem with it though is that it makes it appear black people were perfectly happy as slaves.
If you watched this movie and don’t think it’s racist, please watch “You Must Remember This” podcast talk about the history and context of this film. It’s eye opening as a white person.
While I enjoyed this movie, I can acknowledge that it is indeed racist after doing my research about the film. The film appears to be lighthearted and fun, but there are a lot of racist undertones that white people need to educate themselves on.
The lynching scene and the usage of the term “tar baby” is particularly horrifying once you learn about it. White people need to stay out of this conversation because it’s not our place to say what’s not racist when you have warning signs saying how racist this film indeed is.
From my white privileged perspective: 8/10 but once you learn about this film, it’s hard to give it more than a 1
I haven't seen this since the early 1950s. So sad that it has been denigrated. For me and mine, it was pure joy. We should all have Uncle Remus as a best friend to help us going our laughing place.
As a kid this was one of my favorite movies for the music and probably just the crazy animations. While now as an adult I can see where there is what we consider overt racism now was just normality at the time this was made. I try to keep that in mind when commenting about older films. This certainly isn't the only movie out there that had these issues, but it is one that I see come up often. I'm glade to have been able to own a copy of this when I was little to help formulate my own opinion as I grew up especially as a person of color myself.
I really enjoyed watching this great film and thought it told the story about helping Johnny deal with his problems in a beautiful way.
It is most certainly not racist and I am of the opinion that anyone who says it is racist is watching the film trying to create racism because they heard it is supposed to have it. If you don't watch it expecting some sort of racial issue, you won't find one, because there isn't actually one unless you create one.
I am deeply saddened that one of my favorite rides at the Magic Kingdom park is being changed due to political pressure and I'm glad that I'll have the childhood memories of going on the ride countless times and whistling along to Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah.
Pretty bad spanish dubbing. It romanticizes slavery, Uncle Remus in one part says 'what good will this useless black man be to you' but it does not agree with the construction of the character, unlike a previous scene where he gets sad because he feels that he is only good for telling stories. So it is not a superficial controversy, it IS RACIST. We have to destroy the movie then? I don't think so, it's useful to know how racist Disney was and how white people see as something 'not important' a clear unreality of how it was, and in many cases still is, the social distinction due to ethnophobia, colorism and racism.
I saw it in a community movie theater in Ecuador yesterday, the majority of the audience were white people, and those who spoke on the forum said that they loved it and it really taught values, 'not like current productions', u know the typical 'everything was better before' thing. Although the film is quite euphemized even for the time when more explicit violence and discrimination was shown for all ages content, it seemed absurd to me that other things were very clear, like black characters calling white people 'master' like they were minions, and with that alone, people would have to know that it is not something perfect as they were excited explaining, undervaluing the racial issue. Social problems are important, they do not have to be pushed aside. Yes, the songs are catchy, the animated story lessons are clever, and there are funny moments, but that doesn't make it a gem. The cinema presenter explained us that the rabbit was created to represent black population being clever to get out of the white people's traps, like the thorns scene, referring to the fact that he grew up in a difficult neighborhood, so it is strange that the protagonist who receives these teachings of cunning for survival is a privileged white child. Disturbing but not surprising that many white people identify with that ._.
Another issue that made me uncomfortable was the treatment of the real toad and the dog. The first animal showed pain when held and squeezed, the second seemed drugged or very sick, which is why real animals don't have to be used for live action films, unless are recordings from a distance of that animal in their own habitat, not exposing them to make the production. I wouldn't have been surprised if they died on screen knowing that even now other species are not always taken care of in productions, starting from the fact that training them like robots for something they don't want because they don't even understand, it's not work, it's exploitation.
Level "Interesting" • 7 :heart: • Entertaining and Good.
Shout by Ellie <3BlockedParent2017-03-23T14:02:11Z
I had wanted to watch this for years!! Finally was able to find it and I was pleasantly surprised. Very cute film, it's a shame it's banned but I do understand the reasoning behind it. Splash Mountain makes a lot more sense now.