Exactly, don't give into the mob.
Because it is impossible. You will never not offend everyone. Even if you take the scene away, people will still be offended because it was part of the ride in the first place.
They did it with Splash Mountain, I wouldn't put it past them to do it again.
Sadly, I believe you're right. It seems they're going after the Tiki Room, Country Bears, the Hall of Presidents/American Adventure/Lincoln, Peter Pan, Small World, Jungle Cruise, Rivers of America, the Carousel of Progress, and Haunted Mansion...which are all favorites of mine. It seems they're done (for the moment) with Pirates (which is another favorite). When will the madness with that mob end?
Some of these I can understand, such as JC or HoP, but I can't understand why they'd ever want to alter HM because of some sort of PC issue. I guess the Ghost Host hanging himself would be the most controversial thing in that attraction, if I were to nitpick every little thing, but at the end of the day it's a silly gag. Small World is the strangest one of them all, because of course the cultures represented throughout the attraction can be misinterpreted for hateful stereotypes mocking other cultures, and that's incredibly sad to me some seem to think that way. IASW has always been misunderstood in many ways throughout its existence, and at the end of the day it should be the front face of Disney's inclusive movement, because it's the only theme park attraction to ever exist that advocates for unity and world peace. Sure, there are some stereotypes in the attraction, but they weren't created because WED wanted to mock other cultures. It is the most anti racist thing to ever come out of TWDC, and that's why it's such a beautiful attraction. Pan would be the easiest fix out of all of them. They could remove the "What Makes the Red Man Red" scene from the attraction overnight, and install something else in its place later on.
I understand your concerns with regards to the Jungle Cruise (the headhunters being the biggest issue) and HoP (though, I think they should do a copy of the Lincoln show or revise the show to de-politicize or contextualize the content of the show because it should be about America and liberty in the end, not either party). I agree with your sentiment regarding Small World wholeheartedly. I don't have an issue with removing the Indian Camp scene with the Chief and the drummers from Peter Pan. However, I like the Native American village they have on the Rivers of America and I say that as someone who is Native American, so that should stay. It's not causing the same offense as what's seen in Peter Pan. I think we should be mindful, yes, but this slippery slope is dangerous because people might/will use it to take out Small World and other attractions.
Yeah... been there, people poop on sidewalks in pure daylight. Odd city.
Homeless people poop on sidewalks in all major cities. Visit downtown Orlando. Mental health issues; so very sad.
But knowing Disney and the "woke mob", that probably wouldn't be good enough. They'd probably demand that the whole ride be rethemed to Pocahontas or something to remove any trace of that racist film. And this is coming from somebody who, unlike with the Brers, agrees that Peter Pan's Indians are problematic.
The more publicity you make it, the more likely you’ll manifest it into existence. Blow it up here and it’ll be YOUR fault. Not many folks listen to radio shows. But not many people are on here. However, the more shares you get, the more likely it happens.Please no? Phone in on an English radio station talking about changes and Disney was mentioned. Somebody mentioned it was 'racist' having a head hunter with dark skin
Why go after any of these? What am I missing? I could see the Splash issue but don't get what is so controversial about any of these.
Peter Pan's got the Indians. Jungle Cruise has the Headhunters. Country Bear Jamboree has a character named "Liver Lips", which is apparently a racial slur. Tiki Room, I think some folks believe Jose, Michael, Fritz, and Pierre are offensive ethnic stereotypes. Dunno about the others.
