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Celebrate Soulfully at Disney's Animal Kingdom with a new show in Harambe

Walt Disney World's Celebrate Soulfully honoring Black History Month brings new entertainment to Disney's Animal Kingdom.

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[TikibirdLand]

Celebrate Soulfully at Disney's Animal Kingdom with a new show in Harambe

Walt Disney World's Celebrate Soulfully honoring Black History Month brings new entertainment to Disney's Animal Kingdom.

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While I like that they're celebrating black history month, shouldn't there be celebrations in other parks too?
DAK seems to do a good job of celebrating African culture and history and, by extension, black culture and history. The other parks? Not so much. In fact, all you get in EPCoT is a food booth and the memory of what Alex Haley said was planned for the area.

 

[castlecake2.0]

While I like that they're celebrating black history month, shouldn't there be celebrations in other parks too?
DAK seems to do a good job of celebrating African culture and history and, by extension, black culture and history. The other parks? Not so much. In fact, all you get in EPCoT is a food booth and the memory of what Alex Haley said was planned for the area.

room for improvement but there’s the Soul exhibit at American Adventure as well as a line up of food/art/entertainment at Disney Springs.

 

[TikibirdLand]

room for improvement but there’s the Soul exhibit at American Adventure as well as a line up of food/art/entertainment at Disney Springs.

that all sounds like pandering, to me. The Black experience is much richer than a Disney exhibit on a previous movie. That's almost as cringey as the Star Cruiser commercial.

 

[James Alucobond]

The Black experience is much richer than a Disney exhibit on a previous movie.

Not to discount what you're saying, but slight correction ...

The exhibit is on the history of jazz, with various instruments from famous musicians on display. The Soul characters are included in artwork and I think one major display, but the exhibit is not about the film.

 

[castlecake2.0]

that all sounds like pandering, to me. The Black experience is much richer than a Disney exhibit on a previous movie. That's almost as cringey as the Star Cruiser commercial.

The exhibit is actually really well done and focuses more on the history of soul/jazz music than the actual movie. There’s a travelling version of the exhibit visiting museums across the country. The real cringe is the lack of representation in the American Adventure show.

 

[JohnD]

While I like that they're celebrating black history month, shouldn't there be celebrations in other parks too?
DAK seems to do a good job of celebrating African culture and history and, by extension, black culture and history. The other parks? Not so much. In fact, all you get in EPCoT is a food booth and the memory of what Alex Haley said was planned for the area.

Well let's see:
MK: Main Street or the Castle Hub are the most likely locations. Preview of Princess and the Frog Re-theme in currently closed Briar Patch. (Look. It's going to be re-themed. Use this month to promote it.)
EP: Exhibit in American Adventure. Entertainment in American Theatre and African Outpost
HS: Central stage, Hollywood Blvd, or Sunset Blvd

 

[eliza61nyc]

that all sounds like pandering, to me. The Black experience is much richer than a Disney exhibit on a previous movie. That's almost as cringey as the Star Cruiser commercial.

It's not pandering. Of course our experience is much richer, the goal is not to try and describe the whole narrative of being African American, heck there are fabulous museums all over america that can't do that. It's simply a way to celebrate the culture. to give one example of that culture. "Steppin" is just one small slice that is fun to watch.