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Song of the South.

Jim Hill Media is reporting that Disney is going to release Song of the South, the most controversial Oscar-winning film in Disney's catalog, on DVD next year. I've been sort of split on this issue for a while now. On the one hand, it's an important milestone for Disney, and its Oscar-winning song "Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah" is still quite well known (even if people like to forget the movie it came from). On the other hand, it's very offensive by modern tastes, as it depicts outdated black and native american stereotypes. I haven't seen the movie since I was six -- if that. So it's been a long time, to say the least. But I do remember bits and pieces of it. As a young (white) kid, I didn't see it as being offensive, although had I been of the same age and a minority, I'm not sure I would have had the same reaction.

Still, if handled with the utmost care, this could be an interesting DVD release. But even if this is seen as a positive thing, I don't think we'll be seeing any of the more controversial Looney Toons cartoons released any time soon, like "Angel Puss" (featuring Li'l Sambo) or probably the most offensive one ever made, "Bugs Bunny Nips the Nips".

Posted by jason at February 26, 2005 01:31 AM | TrackBack | Read more: Geek Culture , Movies