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Italians Blast Disney's 'Shark Tales'
Walt Disney's new animated movie 'Shark Tales' has infuriated Italian-American groups, who complain the film's gangster-like characters promote negative stereotypes.
Pressure groups like Columbus Citizens are urging parents to boycott the film, claiming it incites racial prejudices.
The group also accuses director Steven Spielberg - co-founder of Disney's Dream Works - of being hypocritical for backing the film, despite his high-profile association with causes dedicated to fighting prejudice and anti-Semitism.
A Columbus Citizens spokesman says, "The movie introduces young minds to the idea that people with Italian names - like millions of Americans across the country - are gangsters."
Copyright World Entertainment News Network 2004
Is it just me, but Dreamworks is a seperate company, right? :veryconfu I just thought that was a little odd.
Italians Blast Disney's 'Shark Tales'
Walt Disney's new animated movie 'Shark Tales' has infuriated Italian-American groups, who complain the film's gangster-like characters promote negative stereotypes.
Pressure groups like Columbus Citizens are urging parents to boycott the film, claiming it incites racial prejudices.
The group also accuses director Steven Spielberg - co-founder of Disney's Dream Works - of being hypocritical for backing the film, despite his high-profile association with causes dedicated to fighting prejudice and anti-Semitism.
A Columbus Citizens spokesman says, "The movie introduces young minds to the idea that people with Italian names - like millions of Americans across the country - are gangsters."
Copyright World Entertainment News Network 2004
Is it just me, but Dreamworks is a seperate company, right? :veryconfu I just thought that was a little odd.
