tirian
Well-Known Member
The summer vacation and Christmas shows need to come back into the rotation. I love CBJ, but I also concede the show’s charm is based on corny camp humor from the late 1960s.My kids (Twin 13 and 16) have always found the bears to be corny...not the good kind, but the "ugh...just stop" sort of misery. They love CoP and Tiki and want to see it multiple times. The pacing of the Birds is much faster, the entire building IS the show and the music is more universally appealing. Heck, Hawaiian shirts arent exactly out of style ATM. The bears schtick is basically a stereotype of dumb southerner that died in the 70s with a music style that hasn't really aged well. How many places do you walk into that play Island music vs how many have 1940s Appalachian and western music?
I hope they never replace the bears, as I have a soft spot for them from my youth, but I can see why they haven't held up as the generations move on...There is just nothing about them that a modern person that is under 30 can identify with. The modern media interpretation of the characters and show, from music to accents is "poor, dumb, southerner"...which are things most modern people make fun of.
Meanwhile, I’m also one of those horrible fans who loves the parks, loves classic Disney, misses old-school Epcot Center—and thinks the Carousel of Progress should be either completely upgraded or outright replaced.