Splash Mountain re-theme announced

[manmythlegend]

What’s wrong with that?

Did I say something was wrong?

 

[Phil12]

Berry Gordy, Louis Armstrong and the Jackson 5 are Uncle Toms??

(insert twilight zone music here)

They're like anyone else. They all wanted big hits and they'd record anything if they thought it would sell. Here's Cab Calloway and Al Jolson in blackface:



It was just a matter of giving the audience what they wanted. White privilege is powerful.

 

[Brer Oswald]

Did I say something was wrong?

No I suppose not. Just an odd structure of the sentence. I read it differently my bad

 

[21stamps]

They're like anyone else. They all wanted big hits and they'd record anything if they thought it would sell. Here's Cab Calloway and Al Jolson in blackface:



It was just a matter of giving the audience what they wanted. White privilege is powerful.

So their black audience was not smart enough to connect the racism.. in the late 60s early 70s.

This is your claim?

 

[Phil12]

I didn’t/ don’t understand the relation of that post/ songs either.. and I’m on my 5th cup of coffee.. so I am awake, for sure.

Motown. Remember now?

 

[Brer Oswald]

They're like anyone else. They all wanted big hits and they'd record anything if they thought it would sell. Here's Cab Calloway and Al Jolson in blackface:



It was just a matter of giving the audience what they wanted. White privilege is powerful.

Cab Calloway was Black.
Nvm, I see what you said. Should’ve separated with a comma.

 

[Phil12]

So their black audience was not smart enough to connect the racism.. in the late 60s early 70s.

This is your claim?

Whose black audience?

 

[Phil12]

Cab Calloway was Black.

Yes indeed.

 

[21stamps]

Motown. Remember now?

The Motown post/s is in relation to the song Zip A Dee Doo Dah.. not some random tracks.

 

[21stamps]

Whose black audience?

Omg. Do you think Motown’s, and the J5’s audience, was all white people?

 

[Phil12]

The Motown post/s is in relation to the song Zip A Dee Doo Dah.. not some random tracks.

You brought that up. But you gave no explanation of the relationship.

 

[Phil12]

Omg. Do you think Motown’s, and the J5’s audience, was all white people?

Of course not.

 

[21stamps]

Of course not.

Then what does this mean?

Whose black audience?

 

[Horizons1]

Well I'm satisfied with the decision made by TWDC for the re-theme.

Behold the wokeness!!!

 

[Phil12]

Then what does this mean?

I'm having a difficult time understanding you.

 

[Kate F]

There’s being pro-retheme and then there’s just being absurdly woke.

 

[21stamps]

There’s being pro-retheme and then there’s just being absurdly woke.

It’s beyond crazy.

 

[MickeyLuv'r]

This. They found a Chinese heroine from a Chinese legend, they got Pocahontas from the actual Native American history, Moana was based upon Polynesian myths. There are plenty of Caucasian princesses from the European fairytales. And when they came out with Tiana? Were there any heroines from African stories in existence at the time? I bet there were, but Disney couldn’t be bothered to use them. Why? They took the easy way out, played it safe, and inserted an African-American into a European story and people said, “Hurrah, Disney, wow, you’re so diverse!” I don’t think that’s fair and they need to consider African cultural stories more and look for those heroines.

Would that have been acceptable? It isn't hard to find people criticizing all of the above.

Every time America tries to address controversial topics, We have had controversy.

 

[Musical Mermaid]

Would that have been acceptable? It isn't hard to find people criticizing all of the above.

Every time America tries to address controversial topics, We have had controversy.

Who knows? We can’t say because they didn’t take the risk. I’d rather have seen the risk taken though. The Princess and the Frog wasn’t deemed acceptable by all either.

 

[21stamps]

Would that have been acceptable? It isn't hard to find people criticizing all of the above.

Every time America tries to address controversial topics, We have had controversy.

Moana, which is imo the best Disney “princess” story they’ve ever done, was criticized for being culturally insensitive by some.

There is literally nothing that can ever be done to satisfy every single person who is looking for something to be critical about.