We all picked the cotton, but we never got rich.jokershady said:
Thought this was a thread about Alabama for a minute
Love that song.Hagen95 said:
I never picked cotton
But my mother did and my brother did
And my sister did and my daddy died young
jeffk said:
Was this something people were asking for?
Where can I find Birth of a Nation?Brian Earl Spilner said:jeffk said:
Was this something people were asking for?
Streisand Effect
jeffk said:
Was this something people were asking for?
maroon barchetta said:
I see there have been selective edits.
Genuine question: why?C@LAg said:
sure, there has been a vocal group asking for it for years.
Faustus said:jeffk said:
Was this something people were asking for?
Kids have to have something to watch while their parents are boycotting Bud Light.
Really?fig96 said:Genuine question: why?C@LAg said:
sure, there has been a vocal group asking for it for years.
Yes really. Some fair points, but to be blunt I doubt that many who have been asking for a rerelease are genuine fans of the IP.EclipseAg said:Really?fig96 said:Genuine question: why?C@LAg said:
sure, there has been a vocal group asking for it for years.
There are several reasons.
1) Older people and people in other countries saw it in their younger days and want to see it again. It was last released theatrically in the U.S. in 1986, and there are lots of people alive today who remember it. And the animated musical numbers were included on a number of home video releases over the years. So nostalgia plays a part.
3) There was a massively popular amusement park ride built around the movie that literally millions of people have been on and wondered about the origins of various scenes.
3) The theme song is kinda catchy (and won an Oscar).
4) Over the years, Disney officials themselves have been at odds over a re-release. So there's no consensus that it is "bad."
The company's desire to hide SotS plays right into the "Disney is woke" narrative. Release it on Disney+ and let people decide for themselves.
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4) Over the years, Disney officials themselves have been at odds over a re-release. So there's no consensus that it is "bad."
Sapper Redux said:Quote:
4) Over the years, Disney officials themselves have been at odds over a re-release. So there's no consensus that it is "bad."
There's a pretty strong consensus amongst the people whose stories were taken for the book and film and whose experiences that created the stories were whitewashed away in the film.
fig96 said:Yes really. Some fair points, but to be blunt I doubt that many who have been asking for a rerelease are genuine fans of the IP.EclipseAg said:Really?fig96 said:Genuine question: why?C@LAg said:
sure, there has been a vocal group asking for it for years.
There are several reasons.
1) Older people and people in other countries saw it in their younger days and want to see it again. It was last released theatrically in the U.S. in 1986, and there are lots of people alive today who remember it. And the animated musical numbers were included on a number of home video releases over the years. So nostalgia plays a part.
3) There was a massively popular amusement park ride built around the movie that literally millions of people have been on and wondered about the origins of various scenes.
3) The theme song is kinda catchy (and won an Oscar).
4) Over the years, Disney officials themselves have been at odds over a re-release. So there's no consensus that it is "bad."
The company's desire to hide SotS plays right into the "Disney is woke" narrative. Release it on Disney+ and let people decide for themselves.
It's also been controversial since its original release, something that doesn't really fit the woke narrative. It's not at all unreasonable to look at something released in a different time period and realize it might not be appropriate for wide release by a company today.
It whitewashes slavery badly. That's hardly innocent. The "racial axe to grind" is the one that decided to portray a plantation as a happy place where white kids are served and entertained by the surrounding "help." And this wasn't a film that was accepted until decades later. It was picketed when it was first released in 1946.P.H. Dexippus said:Sapper Redux said:Quote:
4) Over the years, Disney officials themselves have been at odds over a re-release. So there's no consensus that it is "bad."
There's a pretty strong consensus amongst the people whose stories were taken for the book and film and whose experiences that created the stories were whitewashed away in the film.
Boo hoo. It's innocent animated/live-action children's entertainment. I saw it in the theater in 1986 and its music, memorable lines, and a fear of running across pastures has stuck with me ever since. It took folks with a racial axe to grind to dampen that magic when I got older. Give Hattie McDaniel and her Academy Award the credit she deserves and let kids go back to being kids.
mslags97 said:fig96 said:Yes really. Some fair points, but to be blunt I doubt that many who have been asking for a rerelease are genuine fans of the IP.EclipseAg said:Really?fig96 said:Genuine question: why?C@LAg said:
sure, there has been a vocal group asking for it for years.
There are several reasons.
1) Older people and people in other countries saw it in their younger days and want to see it again. It was last released theatrically in the U.S. in 1986, and there are lots of people alive today who remember it. And the animated musical numbers were included on a number of home video releases over the years. So nostalgia plays a part.
3) There was a massively popular amusement park ride built around the movie that literally millions of people have been on and wondered about the origins of various scenes.
3) The theme song is kinda catchy (and won an Oscar).
4) Over the years, Disney officials themselves have been at odds over a re-release. So there's no consensus that it is "bad."
The company's desire to hide SotS plays right into the "Disney is woke" narrative. Release it on Disney+ and let people decide for themselves.
It's also been controversial since its original release, something that doesn't really fit the woke narrative. It's not at all unreasonable to look at something released in a different time period and realize it might not be appropriate for wide release by a company today.
It's my favorite Disney movie of all time. Have you seen it? There really should not be anything controversial about it.
Slavery is part of our history. You don't he t to like that to accept that. And the slave connections in this movie are not bad; heck, the most loveable character in the movie is a former slave. Or current…. The movie is ambiguous about it to a degree….
Either way, it should not be controversial by any means….
