Splash/Song of the South

Alex · 09-25-2006, 02:42 PM

The complaint isn't so much that the movie portrays the life of the former slaves as too good but rather it portrays the former slaves as too passive and the former slaveowners as too benevolent. As if slavery were just a jolly experiment that everybody had decided to move on from.

The other important thing to remember about the controversy is that it is not a "modern" invention. The NAACP picketed and boycotted the movie when it was released in 1946, what's changed is how much Disney cares whether the NAACP is upset.

09-25-2006, 02:42 PM	#1
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	The complaint isn't so much that the movie portrays the life of the former slaves as too good but rather it portrays the former slaves as too passive and the former slaveowners as too benevolent. As if slavery were just a jolly experiment that everybody had decided to move on from. The other important thing to remember about the controversy is that it is not a "modern" invention. The NAACP picketed and boycotted the movie when it was released in 1946, what's changed is how much Disney cares whether the NAACP is upset.
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