Peter Pan: "What made the redman red?"

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There's been loud controversy about Disney's 'Song of the South,' of course, and Aladdin, Pocahontas & many new movies of theirs. Racial depictions being the key debate.

Maybe I'm out of the loop, but I've never heard as many complaints about one of the ugliest and most embarrassing scenes in a Disney movie: the "What made the redman red" song in 'Peter Pan.' Even without the song proper, which is terrible, there's the hideous mom telling Tiger Lily: "Squaw no dance. Squaw GETTUM firewood!"

The movie's getting a rerelease in March. I don't know if they're going to bowdlerize it or not, but I kind of hope it causes a stir.

Abbott, Thursday, 1 March 2007 02:51 (eighteen years ago)

one year passes...

http://freshnessmag.com/v4/wp-gallery/aug_06/redman_interview/redman.jpg

uncle tombot (and what), Tuesday, 16 December 2008 18:12 (sixteen years ago)


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