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Posted: 4/16/2006 6:06:27 AM EDT
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No! Get Out! Seriously?  As far as Song of the South, I saw it in the 80's too. I don't really remember much about it. |
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Posted: 4/16/2006 6:37:43 AM EDT
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no idea just found it on the web, |
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Posted: 4/16/2006 6:45:10 AM EDT
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Disney has made a business decision not to release the film to avoid the inevitable boycotts and having to pay off Rainbow -Push types
Which is a damn shame because the Rainbow-Push people could use it as a tool to show progress. See....it used to be this way but it's not anymore. Never happen now...........just show me my money. |
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Posted: 4/16/2006 6:48:46 AM EDT
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You know the Star (whomever it was that played Uncle Remus, name escapes me) was the first Black Actor ever fully employed by Disney.
And the poor guy wasn't even allowed to attend the Grand Opening  You'd think the very first Disney movie with a black star in it would be a great thing to release, but nooooooo |
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Posted: 4/16/2006 6:50:18 AM EDT
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Pre ban cartoons,who would have thought....
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Posted: 4/16/2006 6:54:30 AM EDT
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You are old. |
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Posted: 4/16/2006 6:56:37 AM EDT
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I still catch myself humming that tune every now and then. |
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Posted: 4/16/2006 7:51:27 AM EDT
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The black channel in my neighborhood used to play Amos & Andy reruns. Go figure.... M4-AK |
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Posted: 4/16/2006 7:52:43 AM EDT
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'If'n all dese heah stories wuz 'bout nuttin' but laffin' and grinnin' dey woulda stopped long ago.' ~ Uncle Remus to the Young Boy
Had Joel Chandler Harris not written of the black folklore of those days....they would likely have been forgotten. Mark Twain asked Harris to meet him in New Orleans to begin a tour of the US together with readings from his works, but the stammering Harris, a very private man who could not even read his works to his own children, declined. Twain began the tour without Harris and recalled that the most enthusiatic responses he got from his audiences was when he launched into reading Bre'r Rabbit and the Tar Baby. Was it racist literature? Judged from this distance, it appears to some, as that way. But not to me. Amazingly, the 'Young Boy' who learned about life at the knee of Old Uncle Remus, when later married, sent his own son to be taught by the kind old gentleman of color. Yep. Blatant racism. Eric The(OldTimes 
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Posted: 4/16/2006 8:03:00 AM EDT
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Good point. As a group, they were still pretty illiterate, and probably wouldn't have recorded anything. Sure, the stories would have gone a generation or three by word of mouth, but eventually that would fall by the wayside. |
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Posted: 4/16/2006 8:08:37 AM EDT
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Disney should release the DVD and give a percentage of the profits to the United Negro college fund.
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Posted: 4/16/2006 8:09:54 AM EDT
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Or not. |
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Posted: 4/16/2006 9:01:10 AM EDT
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Song of the South was the first film my mother-in-law ever saw at a theater. She (and all of her children and grandchildren) tried to find the original copy on VHS or DVD for tears. My oldest son, now 33, got a copy of that crappy reproduction about three years before she died at 72, quite unexpectedly. One reason, along with the 'gay celebration' that I don't have much time for Mickey, Minnie or Isner anymore.
They're just like a lot of big business; TOO DAMNED POLITICALLY CORRECT. |
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Posted: 4/16/2006 10:21:21 AM EDT
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IIRC, the staff of the Straight Dope (column and website) asked Disney about why Song of the South is the only film not available in the US for purchase. The official response was something along the lines of that the film contained heavily "ethnic themes" which were not deemed suitable for general audiences any more, but that college film departments could get copies of it on loan.
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Posted: 4/16/2006 2:06:06 PM EDT
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i saw it in the 80s too with my grandpa
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Posted: 4/16/2006 2:15:50 PM EDT
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Well, I checked on Netflix and found this:
Song of the South I'll add it to the top of my list and tell you what I figure out |
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Posted: 4/16/2006 2:27:58 PM EDT
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I ordered it from Jeengles, so we'll see what (or who) arrives.
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Posted: 4/16/2006 3:52:21 PM EDT
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I just found out that my mom has the "Song of the South" LP with the picture book and everything. Sorry guys, its not for sale
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Posted: 4/16/2006 8:19:32 PM EDT
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You can get a dvd copy of Song of the South or any of the so called "racist" cartoons at any film festival or sci-fi/ horror convention.
Its a shame that the PC communists have even took to destroying our cartoon history:( |
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Posted: 4/16/2006 9:52:48 PM EDT
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Look up
Bhudda Video Co LTD 4F, No. 72, Sec.3 Min Sheng E. RD. Taipei, Taiwan R.O.C. Tel: 886-2-2571337 Fax: 886-2-25427575 My Dad picked up a copy in Taipei, when he was sent there for work, and from the coding the bottom of it appears to be reigon 1 encoded which is what you need for USA DVD players. |
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Posted: 4/16/2006 10:04:04 PM EDT
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According to Snoops he was allowed, but couldn't get a room. It seems that Walt Disney (the man) would be loved and needed here on arfcom. |
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Posted: 4/16/2006 10:11:09 PM EDT
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I hate the fucking racist liberals that want to keep Speedy Gonzales hidden.
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Posted: 4/16/2006 10:13:59 PM EDT
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It's a typically great Disney animation, probably from the thirties or forties. As has been pointed out by others, it isn't at all "PC". |
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Posted: 4/16/2006 10:15:22 PM EDT
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Andale! Andale! |
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Posted: 4/16/2006 10:27:53 PM EDT
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Probably my favorite movie as a child. Uncle Remus Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah Tar Baby Please don't throw me in the brier patch Braer Rabbit Braer Fox Oh how I wish I had a copy of that on DVD! Sad thing is it is not "PC" |
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Posted: 4/16/2006 10:59:48 PM EDT
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who is extremly popular in mexico. I think its avalible legitmaly in europe. (song of the south that is) |
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Posted: 4/17/2006 10:03:37 AM EDT
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torrent site version is jap sub-title
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Posted: 4/17/2006 10:24:10 AM EDT
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Or the Frito Bandito |
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Posted: 4/17/2006 11:02:57 AM EDT
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Yeah, I'd like to have somebody explain how the Br'er Rabbit stories are "racist", considering it's based in West African folklore, brought here, and then kept alive and changed by black slave communities. Br'er Rabbit and the Tar Baby comes from an old story out of West Africa involving the trickster god Anansi (Mr. Nancy for my fellow American Gods fans). Anyway, I've never even seen the damn film. I mean, I can't imagine that it portrays blacks any worse than any other film of the time period. Hell, "Gone with the Wind" is a friggin' movie classic and it has the stereotypical "Mammy" character. *shrug* You can't even really discuss this movie properly, because so few today have seen the damn thing. |
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