** One last thing -- I believe Walt Disney's "Song of the South," a late
1940s "fanciful distillation of live-action and animation based on the tales
of Uncle Remus" -- will NEVER be released in mass market form. The film
that brought us the song, "Zip-De-Dee-Do-Dah" -- was last available on VHS
overseas in the 1990s. No more. Ask yourself whether today's black
community would accept the notion -- as presented as filmed entertainment --
that slavery was all fun and games and some plantations had a wise old slave
somwhere imparting wisdom to kids. Despite the positive wisdom and goodness
represented by "Uncle Remus," some believe it's better to regard "Song of
the South" as an historical document of attitudes, and not entertainment to
be sold for profit today.
** I'd like to see it released and I can safely say I would regard it
entertaining without falling for the things others would perhaps rightly
find offensive about it today. Even in "Gone With the Wind," people still
rail about its depiction of slaves, and of course, Butterfly McQueen was
quoted as hating the role. I think intelligent people can accept the film
on its terms based on the attitudes of America or Hollywood in 1939. You
just couldn't make a film like this or release "Song of the South" today
without pissing somebody off.
-koose.
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