I’ve recently seen the film online and I think it’s the most wonderful movie that Walt had ever produced. It won an Academy award for best original song “Zip a Dee do Dah” and it co-starred Hattie McDaniel from “Gone with the Wind”. I see no reason why Disney should keep this beloved film locked up in the Disney Vault like a prisoner in a dungeon. This is just one of Disney’s major mistakes of giving in to Woke Ideology and Leftist Politics. It is our job as loyal Disney fans to both write and email the new CEO Josh D’Amaro and CCO Dana Walden to demand that they release Song of the South on both Disney + and DVD before it disappears forever.
James Baskett, Uncle Remus, was not allowed to go the the premier in the South because he was black. Or any of the celebrations after. America’s original sin is far from dead. YOU, Mr. Young, are nothing but a stars and bars racist.
There is nothing racist about Song of the South and you have no right to say what’s racist. Looking forward to Washington not only mandating Disney to release it and making people to admit there’s nothing racist about it. Maybe making people listen to Zip A Dee Doo Dah on repeat for multiple hours.
You, piece of woke poop, are a delusional racist who obviously hates white people. There is nothing wrong with Song of the South. Slavery happened. The Civil War happened. Get over it. Trying to hide it like it never happened will NOT change history no matter how much ret@rted leftists want to.
My dear friend, I am a man of God and in God’s eyes all men are created equal. Walt Disney was a man of faith and he wanted to create a movie that proves that no matter what race we are all equal. As the scripture says ” Love your neighbor as you love yourself”(Mark 12:31). I was only saying that what Disney was doing, keeping this beloved film locked up in the archives, that was wrong. That is why we must all pray that both Josh and Dana would find it in their hearts to release the film and not give in to political pressure.
D’Amaro is so far proving to be doing the right things. Locking up this movie was wrong and racist. Hope this makes all the Demoncrats cry their little empty hearts out.
I have to agree that locking this wonderful movie away is the worst thing that could have been done. I saw Song of the South in the theaters when first released, and again before the awful decision to hide it away (like they would do to a mentally ill family member in the 1800s) was made. The studio may have done some whitewashing, but this film was meant for children’s entertainment primarily, and kids were a lot more naive and sheltered at that time in many ways. The horrors of war, and of most issues inherent of slavery, being depicted in a movie by Disney would have traumatized those kids even worse than one can imagine. (Not to mention how it might have destroyed the possible creation of any or all of the successful and memorable Disney films that followed SotS, or even could have ended the studio altogether!)
Most important to this issue today is that we learn from the past. That cannot happen without exposing it to the cleansing power of daylight. We must be able to talk openly of what was done poorly and what could have been done instead, how to avoid this type of thing in the future, and recognize the areas where it was done well and give praise where due. You cannot make the past disappear by denying it or hiding it away; You cannot learn from history if you cannot access the facts of it, bad and good alike. And those who don’t learn from history are doomed to repeat the same mistakes. I’d seriously prefer not to do that.
We need open, uncensored discussion, and the film must be available to view before it can occur. Secondhand criticisms and memories of others isn’t acceptable, because it isn’t fully informed. It is only regurgitating the same old attacks, and doesn’t do anyone justice. We are intelligent and much less naive today. We can decide whether something is inappropriate for ourselves and our families and do not appreciate being treated like we must be sheltered. We particularly resent corporations who don’t believe we are capable or mature enough to handle what was at heart a film for SMALL CHILDREN 60 years ago! That is to me the biggest insult Disney could offer their public. Its why I’m no longer the rabid Disney fan I was for 5 Decades (before I got tired of being treated as too stupid to be allowed to decide for myself whether or not to support ANYTHING the studio had an opinion about).
I don’t mean to rant; I just wanted to emphasize that silence isn’t how you resolve issues, open honest discussion is. For that to start, we need the movie available, so the generations who never got the chance to decide for themselves can finally do so. Only then can we go forward and work towards healing
Comments for Disney Unbans ‘Song of the South’ After 69 Years, Characters Removed From Vault
Matthew Young
I’ve recently seen the film online and I think it’s the most wonderful movie that Walt had ever produced. It won an Academy award for best original song “Zip a Dee do Dah” and it co-starred Hattie McDaniel from “Gone with the Wind”. I see no reason why Disney should keep this beloved film locked up in the Disney Vault like a prisoner in a dungeon. This is just one of Disney’s major mistakes of giving in to Woke Ideology and Leftist Politics. It is our job as loyal Disney fans to both write and email the new CEO Josh D’Amaro and CCO Dana Walden to demand that they release Song of the South on both Disney + and DVD before it disappears forever.
Bert
James Baskett, Uncle Remus, was not allowed to go the the premier in the South because he was black. Or any of the celebrations after. America’s original sin is far from dead. YOU, Mr. Young, are nothing but a stars and bars racist.
Let the comments begin….
Fred
There is nothing racist about Song of the South and you have no right to say what’s racist. Looking forward to Washington not only mandating Disney to release it and making people to admit there’s nothing racist about it. Maybe making people listen to Zip A Dee Doo Dah on repeat for multiple hours.
Hagerty
You, piece of woke poop, are a delusional racist who obviously hates white people. There is nothing wrong with Song of the South. Slavery happened. The Civil War happened. Get over it. Trying to hide it like it never happened will NOT change history no matter how much ret@rted leftists want to.
Matthew Young
My dear friend, I am a man of God and in God’s eyes all men are created equal. Walt Disney was a man of faith and he wanted to create a movie that proves that no matter what race we are all equal. As the scripture says ” Love your neighbor as you love yourself”(Mark 12:31). I was only saying that what Disney was doing, keeping this beloved film locked up in the archives, that was wrong. That is why we must all pray that both Josh and Dana would find it in their hearts to release the film and not give in to political pressure.
KissMyBBQ
D’Amaro is so far proving to be doing the right things. Locking up this movie was wrong and racist. Hope this makes all the Demoncrats cry their little empty hearts out.
Robi B
I have to agree that locking this wonderful movie away is the worst thing that could have been done. I saw Song of the South in the theaters when first released, and again before the awful decision to hide it away (like they would do to a mentally ill family member in the 1800s) was made. The studio may have done some whitewashing, but this film was meant for children’s entertainment primarily, and kids were a lot more naive and sheltered at that time in many ways. The horrors of war, and of most issues inherent of slavery, being depicted in a movie by Disney would have traumatized those kids even worse than one can imagine. (Not to mention how it might have destroyed the possible creation of any or all of the successful and memorable Disney films that followed SotS, or even could have ended the studio altogether!)
Most important to this issue today is that we learn from the past. That cannot happen without exposing it to the cleansing power of daylight. We must be able to talk openly of what was done poorly and what could have been done instead, how to avoid this type of thing in the future, and recognize the areas where it was done well and give praise where due. You cannot make the past disappear by denying it or hiding it away; You cannot learn from history if you cannot access the facts of it, bad and good alike. And those who don’t learn from history are doomed to repeat the same mistakes. I’d seriously prefer not to do that.
We need open, uncensored discussion, and the film must be available to view before it can occur. Secondhand criticisms and memories of others isn’t acceptable, because it isn’t fully informed. It is only regurgitating the same old attacks, and doesn’t do anyone justice. We are intelligent and much less naive today. We can decide whether something is inappropriate for ourselves and our families and do not appreciate being treated like we must be sheltered. We particularly resent corporations who don’t believe we are capable or mature enough to handle what was at heart a film for SMALL CHILDREN 60 years ago! That is to me the biggest insult Disney could offer their public. Its why I’m no longer the rabid Disney fan I was for 5 Decades (before I got tired of being treated as too stupid to be allowed to decide for myself whether or not to support ANYTHING the studio had an opinion about).
I don’t mean to rant; I just wanted to emphasize that silence isn’t how you resolve issues, open honest discussion is. For that to start, we need the movie available, so the generations who never got the chance to decide for themselves can finally do so. Only then can we go forward and work towards healing