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Do any of you remember Disney's “Song of the South” based on Joel Chandler Harris' Uncle Remus tales? It was one of the first combination of live actors and animations. I watched it several times as a child with Uncle Remus singing”Zippity Do Da” to the antimated bluebird on his shoulder. Uncle Remus was portrayed as a kindly old slave who befriended the grandson of his owner. That childrens movie has now been banned for sale in the USA in the interest of political correctness. Being the stubborn Scot/Irish/English that I am I ordered one from England
I remember seeing it in the movie theater as a kid in the 1980s. I had heard that the movie was banned a few years ago but wasn't sure what made the movie so bad. I do recall the older black guy who sang with the cartoon bird. As a kid I didn't know he was supposed to be a slave. I kind of wonder why that depiction was politically incorrect.
I think because it supposedly romanicizes slavery; the contented slave singing in the fields. Wasnt that the same reason they banned Hucklberry finn?, I'm not sure.
Yes, I suppose it could be the romanticization of slavery. Funny thing is that I have no recollection as to what the rest of Song of the South is all about; the only part I do remember is the a guy looking like Uncle Ben singing “Zippidee do da” with the bird…
