tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4938171689031143241.post1129943636237392181..comments2023-06-28T10:04:45.945-04:00Comments on Imaginerding: Disney books, history, links and more!: Daily Figment - Part Boo! (Extra Special Halloween Edition)Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11023449275486420957noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4938171689031143241.post-35014148797358479402007-10-31T20:36:00.000-04:002007-10-31T20:36:00.000-04:00I have to admit that I was very shocked by the Mam...I have to admit that I was very shocked by the <I>Mammy!</I> comment in the short.<BR/><BR/>The amount of PR damage that Song of the South would reap stands to be exponentially greater because of the amount of fanfare and press it would receive.<BR/><BR/>It is far less politically damaging to release something that only us salivating fans would purchase.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11023449275486420957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4938171689031143241.post-89237888739633802242007-10-31T15:33:00.000-04:002007-10-31T15:33:00.000-04:00Oh, I dunno'... I don't think it's inappropriate t...Oh, I dunno'... I don't think it's inappropriate to put it in a "vault" section: make it available, but only really for those who are at a stage of interest and intellect that they're able to understand it in context. Whether or not people want to label me politically correct, seeing references to Al Jolson's blackface - or seeing it itself - makes me as queasy as seeing a swastika or a pointy white hood. Doesn't mean I won't watch <I>The Haunted House</I>, <I>The Jazz Singer</I>, <I>Triumph of the Will</I> or <I>Birth of a Nation</I>, but you really need to understand them in context. <BR/><BR/>But then, really, everyone is politically correct, just depends about what... it's politically correct amongst Disney fans, for instance, to complain about political correctness.Cory Grosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12141983255020503557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4938171689031143241.post-9326596793918243582007-10-31T13:06:00.000-04:002007-10-31T13:06:00.000-04:00I love this short - I saw it on a public domain VH...I love this short - I saw it on a public domain VHS with some 40's era Betty Boops when I was young and the shot where the grim reaper stalks towards the camera was utterly terrifying. I was pretty baffled why it was in "The Vault" section of the Walt Disney Treasures DVD when I picked it up a few years ago. Then the Jolson gag came up ("Mammy!") and I was sorely annoyed. We can't even deal with a <I>reference</I> to the fact that blackface exists anymore?<BR/><BR/>This is the company that won't release Song of the South but just put out a DVD of Corman's The Intruder, let's remember. Maybe in 50 years they'll have pulled all copies of The Lion King for taking place in Africa and put out a copy of Jud Suss!FoxxFurhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00443092111956989561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4938171689031143241.post-15790036953528937842007-10-31T09:50:00.000-04:002007-10-31T09:50:00.000-04:00I know what you mean about those old, black and wh...I know what you mean about those old, black and white Mickey Mouse cartoons... Whether he's trying to take advantage of Minnie in a plane, leading a prison riot, or singing "Minnie's Yoo-Hoo" in a gravely smoker's voice, the little guy was just something else. My favorite comment ever about him was by some guy on YouTube: "Mickey was better when he was seedy and into hard liqour" ^_^Cory Grosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12141983255020503557noreply@blogger.com