GoingSince1990
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- Oct 31, 2018
Hi,
Just curious. If this ride were to change the 2 main characters to say a Wolf and a pig, would this appease the general public? Also if that were to happen, what would it say about whether we think this ride is wrong and should be changed? I think Disney saw the original movie as a mistake, changed it by erasing it to the best of their ability, and learned by changing the characters to a different story altogether. Is this not what everyone is supposed to be doing? Learning from past mistakes and changing to the best of our abilities? Also, if we were going to go further, couldn't we just change their names to Bailey rabbit and Burt fox?
When you say
it sounds as though you are under the misconception that Song of the South is an animated movie starring the character Brer Rabbit. It’s not. Brer Rabbit is a traditional character and tale dating back to the 1800s, and Song of the South is a mostly live-action movie during which one of the characters (Uncle Remus) retells the story of Brer Rabbit (with accompanying animated sequences). Splash Mountain is themed to the Brer Rabbit tale, not to the Song of the South movie. The argument that Splash should be re-themed is that Brer Rabbit is “guilty by association” of racism, since he was unfortunate enough to have his story retold by one of the characters in a racially offensive movie.I think Disney saw the original movie as a mistake, changed it by erasing it to the best of their ability, and learned by changing the characters to a different story altogether
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