The very fact that the live action sections of the film were shot in Phoenix, Arizona about a make believe Georgia Plantation goes to show this is entirely fantasy fiction. Lastly, this is a fantasy film like anything else Disney produced. To this day, the people who object the most about Disney releasing this film are people who have not seen this film.
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They don't realize that the NAACP 9 (An organization founded by white leftists, which has had a lot of crooked history - including giving Donald Sterling of all people 2 lifetime achievement awards.) made the declaration they made with ANY OF THEM HAVING SEEN THE FILM.
#Song of the south racist version movie#
People who call this movie racist are PEOPLE WHO HAVE NEVER SEEN THIS MOVIE, OR HAVE NOT SEEN IT FROM START TO FINISH.Īnd the people who have seen this movie and still like to make false assertions that it's racist are people who watch it, with chips already planted in their shoulders and are trying to look for anything they can find to point to and say "it's racist". And if there is anyone who is depicted negatively in this film it's red necks.) Of course Johnny's laughing place the place where he is happiest isn't his grandmother's luxury posh home, but Uncle Remus' humble cabin.Ī love that transcends both race and class. His other friend is Jennie a poor white girl, (Incidentally no one seems to take notice that movie contains ugly white trash bullies - which makes it way ahead of it's time. Although Uncle Remus is just a retired old man. His feels closer to uncle Remus and Aunt Tempe than his own mother, both are whom are black and humble employers of the family. His best friend is Toby, a poor country black kid. And through these stories, Johnny learns a kind of love that transcends both race and class. Uncle Remus helps Johnny out with the Brer Rabbit stories whose roots go all the way back to the Gambia/Senegal region. The style of dresses of the actresses in the film comes from the post North-South War era, and in a turning point of the film, Uncle Remus decides he is going to pack his bags and leave without letting anyone know and arranging a coach for himself.Īs Floyd Norman, the first Black animation artists to work at Disney, or any of the major animation studios for that matter has said time and time again, and you can read his intro to "Whose afraid of the The Song of the South?" by Jim Korkis, "The film sealed the deal for me to want to be a animator for Disney, it's not a Documentary about the American South, but a sweet and gentle tale about a kind old gentleman who helps a young child out during difficult times that his mother (Ms. The first Black actor and actress to win Oscars are playing opposite each other in this film, being James Baskett and Hattie McDaniel. This is a great movie, it is a very historical movie not just in terms of Disney History, but Cinema History and Black Cinema History as well.
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Without spoiling too much, I enjoyed the animation, the acting was fine and the ending pleasantly surprised me.ĭisney shouldn't outright bury this piece of work, but show it with disclaimers of what is wrong about it and let the people learn their past and watch if they so wish. The black characters are also very stereotypical. Yet the master-slave relation is never named outright, instead the black people are portrayed as happy-to-serve, carefree, sing-songy faux-equals, such as the little boys. The location of the film is clearly a plantation mansion, all the black people working on the land or serving the white mansion owners. Everything I have to say about this film has been said by others before me. I am concerned by the people in these comments trying to say it doesn't have any problems and slinging insults or assumptions at one another. I had seen, heard and read many bad things about it, justifyably so, but I wished to see it for myself. For context, I am white, in my 20s, European and not from an English-speaking country.