How about you folks looking at the issue like a kid would see the movie...it is Disney after all.
This was the first movie I saw as a kid and I remember every scene to this day....I loved that old man. What the fuck, what kid cares if he was black, green or purple...fuck all this negative racist shit. It is the way it was, you cannot hide it.
p.s. one of my ancestors was a "happy slave", please put that in your history book.
I grew up with this movie. I dont care what people say. Black or white I could care less. You came here to hear this song and enjoy. Stop talking about the controversy and enjoy the old Disney.
my father sang this to me every morning on my way to school. this song has such a wonderful and comfortable memory for me. sometimes happy songs should be read as happy song with no racial undertones. Different time different connotations but the meaning is the same. When feeling down remember zippity do da. What a happy and peaceful song
I loved this song as a child. I never ever remotely considered it to be racist. Having said that, I didn't know what racism was until I was about 18. I thought a racist was someone who ran races. My grand-daughter is just two years old and it's her favourite. She learned to sing to this tune. Am I to assume she is likely to become a racist? The Big Three recorded a version of the song in the sixties when I was their road-manager; even then, I never considered racial connotations in the song.
I see nothing racist in Uncle Remus creations. It's just what some stuff shirt wants to make of it. Where I was born and raised black people talked as Remus does, as his animal friends speak using his toung. The truth hurts some, but the truth is the truth.
My most beloved childhood movie wass"Song of th South'. I loved uncle Remus and brer Rabbit and the rest. What beautiful animation. It still makes me happy to watch it! Thanks for posting it.
Unfortunately, this is entertainment was at the cost of the degradation of black folk. I know a lot of people got felt good about themselves after this movie was done, while others looked down upon themselves. Damn shame that this man had to stoop so low.
We have the original 1946 classic, "Song of the South" on dvd including interview with Walt Disney on the creation of the movie. Only at Acme Sales and Books here in beautiful Savannah Georgia
loved this movie! People need to get the fking rod from out their ass so this movie can start being played again. Its the same nuts that want to ban Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn
An interesting comment about the dialect. Especially when it wasn't that long ago that there was a movement to accept ebonics as proper english. Close your eyes and picture Buddy Ebsen as Jed Clampet saying the lines.
Jed was a wise down to earth man. So was uncle Remus. Sad that folks can't see that wisdom doesn't always mean educated.
THIS IS NOT A RACIST MOVIE. If you wish to view the entire movie we have the original 1946 Song of the South on DVD, with an interview of Walt Disney himself on the creation of the film. Only at ACME SALES AND BOOKS only in beautiful Savannah, Georgia.
This is not racist. If you wish to view the full original 1946 movie with an interview with Walt Disney himself you can find it at ACME sales and books in beautiful Savannah, Ga
thats one ghetto ass rabbit lmao. why he gotta talk so... so uneducated? "YES I IS! YES I ISSS!" haha but its funny tho i guess. me, my twin sister, and my grandma used to sing the zippity doo dah song everymorning on our way to school in 1st grade :) thats y i like this song. its so happy. however, i dont remember ever seeing this movie
@TiaraAlysa " thats y i like this song. its so happy. however, i dont remember ever seeing this movie"
The movie "Song of The South" was voluntarily banned in the USA by Disney corporation since before you were born. That might explain why you have never seen it.
Some people say the movie is racist and some people strongly disagree. However during the "politically correct" phase of racial relations in USA, Disney decided to remove the movie simply to avoid controversy.
This movie is a classic piece of Americana! Uncle Remus was not a slave in this movie, he roamed freely werever he wanted. We have the original 1946"Song of the South" on dvd with an interview of Walt Disney on the creation of the movie. Only at ACME sales and booksin beautiful Savannah,Ga (912) 352-2203
Who says it racist? Uncle Remus is a beloved childrens character.My mom sang it to me and I sing it to my kids and you can"t help but smile when you sing it.
I think it is refreshing. This gentleman touched many lives in this role. Every time I hear the birds sing in the spring I think of him and this song and it brings a smile to my face....
I watched this movie when I was a youngster in the theatre and it did not turn me into a racist nor did I see anything other then a fun movie. I've wanted to watch it again for a long time but can't find it. I'd say people need to lighten up but I guess that could be seen as being racist ...
LN dream, a rich man was waiting for me to finish dry-cleaning his clothes. Well, I walked away into this room & all of us there-all walks of life were singing this song, "Zippity Do Dah" I woke w/a big smile--thinking, "wow, that's odd" w/so much stress, negativity 'round me came a true feeling of joy. For the 1st time in a long time, the sun came shining thru. My father's BF before he passed-said, "smile, smile, smile"...always loved Nat King Cole's "Smile", one of the best songs in the world.
When I was a kid, all I thought a Tar Baby was, was a little baby made out of tar. Never once in my childhood did I think anything about it being racist. People need to take their delicate little feelings to a gym, toughen up, and learn to take things in stride more easily.
Continued: In the Movie while Johnny does have a father, he is gone and he "substitutes" a father figure in Uncle Remus. Johnny also feels the sting of bullies and receives wisdom from Uncle Remus in a VERY similar way that Harris recieved wisdom from Uncle Terrell.
While I don't think Song of the South is perfect, I contend it is very difficult to find any movie 100% free of rascism. In particular, other child movies and shows like Shirley Temple movies and Little Rascals are far worse.
omg who gives a shit if hes black. Man what the fuck. This was a kids movie morons....you swear like kids gave a fuck if the guy was black, white or asian. Shit motherfuckers shut the fuck up and enjoy the fucken song u morons. All i see on the comments are pathetic dweebs fighting over racism.
It is amazing how some people here are so ignorant about what racism is. Uncle Remus is racist because he is a stereotype. If Uncle Remus was the only time a black man was depicted like this it would not be racist but prior to the civil rights movement there were hundreds if not thousand depictions of this character ( Uncle Remus, Uncle Ben, Uncle Tom ...) What do you think a stereotype is? Stereotypes are by definition racist.
Funny you should use Uncle Tom as an example. Uncle Toms Cabin was one of the, if not the most, infuential ANTI slavery influences. Many scholars believe it almost single handedly sparked the civil war and forced the end of slavery.
By showing the truth of how degrading even the well treated slaves situations were, outrage was kindled in the mostly white North (and some actually even in the South) Thus the abolitionist movement gained a majority.
continued: Both Uncle Toms Cabin and Song of the South depict the reality of the Black mans plight in the South while also asserting that Christian love can overcome something as destructive as enslavement of fellow human beings.
Reality is "Uncle" was a common title given to elderly black men. However that doesn't mean that the MOVIE that depicts a realistic setting is rascist in a way that tries to further degrade blacks.
Just the opposite! The movie attempts to uplift and show respect.
Continued 2: Don't confuse the realistic setting (which is in a rascist South post civil war period), with a movie that is by no means rascist itself. If you do that, you miss the whole point.
This particular vid is a prime example. Listen carefully to the beginning. It clearly refers to "Troubles". These troubles (hardships) are real and Uncle Remus shows that running from troubles is NOT the answer. With great wisdom this story teaches to take a positive attitude and face your troubles.
Continued 3: Ironically these "troubles" that the white character is running away from causes him to, in the end, accept wisdom from an ederly black man. It is pretty obvious the the childs "troubles" are far far less than what Uncle Remus has suffered.
Yet Uncle Remus has stayed and faced his troubles, and earned the respect of all, both black and white. I believe this is a very positive role model and to call this movie rascist is a crying shame. We need more wisdom like this!
I was referring to the Uncle Tom from popular culture not the character from the novel. The character Uncle Tom may not have been a stereotype when he was created 1852 but by 1946 he was a well known minstrel show stereotype and as such figure a negative figure amongst black people. Stereotypes are racist regardless of being positive or negative. You are entitled to like the Uncle Tom stereotype of Uncle Remus but I doubt if you will find many elderly black men who do.
@exbrown Uncle Remus character is not even close to the "Uncle Tom minstrel stereotype". The only similarities are that he sings, has the "Uncle" title and has a southern accent. Guess what? Black Southern music is the root of pretty much all modern music (Blues Rock Jazz ). The "Uncle" title really was commonly given at that period. People from the south really did have a southern accent!
Nobody wants to go back, but from a view of moving forward out the slave era, this movie is not rascist.
@rosepetal108 continued: First of all the rascist minstrel shows were primarily done by whites in black face. They were done in a very disrespectful manner. No disrespt is shown to Uncle remus in this movie. Not in any way.
Further if you read between the lines you can clearly see that the childs father is in a controversial newspaper debate. Given the setting and the issues of the day and his love and respect of Uncle Remus, one can likely assume he is fighting AGAINST rascists.
Continued: Bottom line is this movie was given an unfair bum rap from people who don't understand what true rascism is. Primarily this is because the setting of the movie is in a difficult era that was full of rascism. Rascism tries to degrade and disrespect cultural and race differences! The movie itself does NOT promote rascism! ONLY respect is shown to Uncle Remus.
@rosepetal108 Racism does not only manifested in trying to degrade and disrespect. Racism can manifest itself in seeming respect. Such as the stereotypes of the smart Jewish lawyer, the Asian who is good at math, or the idea of if you are black you must have rhytmn and be good at basketball. Racism can be paternalistic, The idea of Uncle Remus is comforting to some white people but black people are far from comforted by the idea of Uncle Remus.
Joel Harris (who collected and wrote the Uncle Remus stories) did so at a Southern Plantation. Briar Rabbit stories are actually from the African-American oral tradition. He was also a Newspaper editor with the goal of stressing regional and racial reconciliation.
These things are real truths, not just "stereotypes". You can rightfully be offended by rascism and/or slavery but just because the reconstruction era was rascist doesn't mean Disneys MOVIE is rascist in portraying a difficult era.
For further proof that the movie was carefully written NOT to be rascist, Walt Disney hired Maurice Rapf.
Disney is quoted as saying, "That's exactly why I want you to work on it, because I know that you don't think I should make the movie. You're against Uncle Tomism."
Disney knew that the authentic setting of the movie and the plot would make it very tricky to do without being rascist. He took measures (radical for the time) to make sure it wasn't.
@rosepetal108 It appears that Mr. Rapf was given an impossible task and failed miserably. The character of Uncle Remus is inherently racist and his depiction is condescending and paternalistic. Uncle Remus is just another incarnation of Uncle Tom. The Uncle Remus character is an apologia for slavery, a way of assuaging guilt. I doubt if during the time of Uncle Remus very many black people down south had reason to sing Zippity Doo Dah.
You are right, just after the civil war there were huge problems for pretty much everyone in the South. Blacks (and whites) had very little reason to sing Zippity Do Da or any other happy song.
On the other hand the slaves were recently freed. There was a cultural revolution that started and has slowly painfully progessed even to this day. The movie doesn't deny there were "troubles". What the movie does do however is show that you CAN take a attitude out of "troubles" for positive change.
Joel Harris spent a long career fighting the good fight against rascism. So did Maurice Rapf. There is a ton of widom in the briar rabbit stories from the African-American oral tradition. James Baskett was an incredibly talented actor and singer at a time when African Americans had difficulty showcasing their talent on the big screen. Disney himself also was a well known multi culturalist.
@rosepetal108 I have no problem with the B'er Rabbit stories. My problem is Uncle Remus. I agree with you that this movie should not be banned but for different reasons. Joel Harris does not sound as if he hated black people but he was nonetheless a product of his time and sounds like he had a paternalistic view of black people.
I disagree with your point of view but I do appreciate how civil you have been in our disagreement. A rarity online
@Deathrune456 Do you actually believe that? I mean seriously. American music is and was HUGELY influenced by our African American roots. Do you seriously doubt that music wasn't a very important part of southern black heritage?
When you are poor and struggling is when music is more important than ever to raise your spirits!
BTW if you check your history you will find the story isn't based on rascist steroetypes, it is based on real people. And they were decidely ANTI rascism. Look it up.
i wont argue the bit about music lifting the spirits, or it even integrating well within our culture, but the sheer extent to which this movie idyllizes that life style, combined with old disney's general attitude towards race, may hold unfortunate implications.
@Deathrune456 I think it is more likely that people are uncomfortable looking at an important part of our history.
The HISTORY of the south is full of rascism. So a movie about that period is difficult for some people to see.
It does hurt to see a very intellegent wise old man speaking in a very strong uneducated dialect. However I don't think Disney tried to degrade him in any way. To the contrary, I think it was a way to show the humanity in what rascists tried to dehumanize.
Its not that disney tried to degrade him, its that disney refused to present any negative aspect of his situation. The racism here, if it could even be called that, is more subtle than to say, in fantasia.
@rosepetal108 I conquer. I do not believe there was any race based approach to this. He is a black guy with a wonderful, deep singing voice that complimented the song; hence, they wanted him to sing the song. No correlation, whatsoever. Why the hell is anybody arguing about this. IT'S A FUCKING SONG!
@Camplosion The controversy is over the movie, not the song. However since the movie was a type of musical....... the songs are forever linked to the movie.
The reason it is riding a very fine line is because it closely resembles the very racist blackface Uncle Tom minstrel shows. I also agree that it was not meant to be a racist movie, however I am certainly wise enough to see the similarities and why some could be offended.
hardly racist, lol its a happy song, some people have to read to much into everything, yes the enslavement of african people was a horrific, intention of the past population, but now with a black president, it goes to show, better equality even the mother fucker with the reddest neck can't deny obama deserved his place in office. i dont think the modern white population should have to apologise for something we didnt commit, people are people cant we just leave it at that. diversity is beauty.
Man, Disney had the story telling magic mixed with great artwork and characters then. I always think of this song when I'm having an uplifting moment or day.
What bothers me about this movie is not the folk tales, not the songs, and not even the character of Uncle Remus. It's how it makes it seem like slavery was a good thing. Here's the cold, hard truth, kids: Every day is *NOT* a "Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah" Day when you're a SLAVE on a plantation in the pre-Civil War Southern U.S.
@progrockcoffee you're probably looking at it the wrong way...
if a movie that encourages people to keep a smile on their face even though they're being enslaved is considered racist (or at the very least apologetic), then by using the same logic we should probably say that Roberto Benigni's "Life Is Beautiful" (La Vie Est Belle) is pro-nazi and anti-semitic...
on a side note, i kinda miss the classic disney; well made songs and high quality stories...
@mahawirasd You think a movie made by white people encouraging black people "to keep a smile on their face even though they're being enslaved" is NOT racist? What if Josef Gobbels had made "Life is Beautiful" instead of Roberto Benigni.
@exbrown surely you aren't implying that ALL white people are the same?
or that Walt Disney's intention in producing such a movie would be similar to Goebbel's propaganda? What would Disney have to gain from such propaganda? What kind of vested interest do you think Disney would have towards slavery?
@mahawirasd Not all white people are the same but when this movie was made racism was mainstream in America. A movie called Song of the South would be popular in the south and Disney would have a vested financial interest in not offending white southern audiences by depicting slavery as bad. It was a common practice for Hollywood to edit movies so as not to offend white southern audiences. It was more profitable to depict Uncle Remus as having no reason to be unhappy hence Zippity Do Dah.
@exbrown This movie is NOT set during slavery. It is set just AFTER the civil war. I think a whole lot of the people who don't like this movie and are offended, believe it was set during slavery. Surely it makes a huge difference?
If I was a slave I would have very little hope for the future, but being recently freed (still poor as dirt) I would certainly have something VERY important to be happy about. I might even want to sing a happy song?
@rosepetal108 I can't see where Uncle Remus being a current or former slave makes a difference. The movie is not portraying him as being happy to have been freed, just as a happy positive guy. it's like having a movie that takes place right after World War II and having a Jew who survived the concentration camps singing Zippity Doo Dah as he strolls along the woods of Dauchau.
@exbrown Well agreed, I about to compliment you on a civil debate myself.
You might be surprised that Joel Harris was far from paternalistic. His roots being the redheaded bastard son of Irish immigrants. He collected the stories because he felt more comfortable in the servant quarters than he did with the "Paternalistic white society". He also suffered bigotry.
Uncle Remus was based on real people, not stereotypes. The stories, language, and inflections are more realistic than you think.
Continued: The movie Song of the South mirrors Joel Harris's reality in many ways. Not stereotypes. The stories and songs themselves were part of the African-American oral tradition. Uncle Terrell and Old Harbert in particular became models for Uncle Remus as well as role models for Harris. Harris not having a a father himself, basically "adopted" them as a father figure. Harris was a newspaper editor fighting rascism, where the movie has Johnny's father in that role.
these days, everything thats not tipyy toeing around the subject of race is evil and racist stop playing the victim this goes for everyone the white man isnt keeping anyone down anymore your keeping you down we have a black goddamned president now NO EXCUSES martyring yourself isnt going to get you that hose or that car, or that hot wife get your ass to school/work and better yourself your grandaddy was held down possibly your daddy too but your not
the tar baby actually comes from an old african story about how a monkey was so greedy , he couldnt keep from taking the tarbaby's banana (literaly a banana stuck to a doll made of tar)
monkey got stuck because he woldnt let go of said banana and became dinner because of his greed
@yourkissesburn You are right. It is the truth. At the time this portrays a whole lot of the country was on the black mans shoulders. Also a whole lot of the southern black population talked this way because they were denied education.
I think the whole point is how people can overcome and specifically how those blacks in the south DID overcome. You can crush a mans body but NOT his spirit. Only he is capable of allowing that.
This movie should NEVER have been banned and burned.
@rosepetal108 Yeah, it's one thing to say that black people overcame slavery, but the impression that I'm getting from this movie is that it was an idyllic, enjoyable experience to be a slave.
However, that is NOT the point of the movie or this clip at all. First of all, this is post slavery. This movie (for both the black and white characters) is about hardship and overcoming it.
Even though they all have troubles they controll their happiness. Remus is a very wise man who has seen more than his share of troubles and is teaching the children that wisdom, through stories and song. That is not racist, It's wisdom that comes from surviving.
@progrockcoffee Look, I don't want to get into a huge arguement over something that is way off the point of this song. (which is a joyful song) BUT
The setting of this song is just AFTER the Civil War. Yes that means the black characters were freed slaves.That shows BOTH the Black and the White characters had recently endured hardships. (loosing a war, slavery) BUT in spite of the hardships of the past UNCLE REMUS has a wise and bright view of life which he shares with stories and song.
Disney won't release the film because it says "Tar Baby" at some point in the movie. Ok, so let me get this straight...our childeren and beyond won't be able to see this wonderful masterpiece of a film because of a racial slur? When we know the movie was made in 1949? Oh wait, silly me, there is a way to get the film, those bootleggers, OF COURSE. Disney deserves to get robbed of it's money if it is too stupid to release this timeless classic.
@EagleVendetta Thats a myth, it was last released in 1987 on VHS and will be again some said in 2012 on DVD. Disney releases their top flims every few years to get a new generation. The deal about racism is a urban myth that raises its head evey few years.
@EagleVendetta the term tar baby is not even used as a racial slur in the film. It is an actual lump of tar made to look like a person used by brear fox and brear bear to catch brear rabbit. Type in "Brear Rabbit and the Tar baby" that animated segment of the film will be there. The term tar baby, before it was considered racist, meant a situation in which the more you struggle against it the more entagled you become. It is this meaning that is displayed in the segment not the racial meaning.
This is based on the actual Folktales of Br'er Rabbit told a the Laura Plantation in Louisiana. Check out the Laura Plantation website or just Google Laura Plantation and it will take you straight to the site.
I agree with barbiegirl20082008 and this was the first movie I ever saw with my family as well. I too didn't think racism and I am an African-American born and raised in the South. I grew up both the country and the city. Specifically, the village of Bayou Goula, and the city of New Orleans. I also know that Disney made this movie based on the actual folktales of Br'er Rabbit told by the slaves at the Laura Plantation in Louisiana.
@cassopia09 Actually it was suppose to be made about the plantation era of the post Civil War not pre. In other words about 1875. Unfortunately so many people see African-Americans in a movie on a plantation in a movie they think slavery. There were many of these plantations still going on after the war, just now they had to pay the workers.
that black man is hallucinating HARD
timthepartypimp 1 day ago
yeah an soon they will be saying that about Rap music . I love this an we would sing this song !
edleew 1 week ago
How about you folks looking at the issue like a kid would see the movie...it is Disney after all.
This was the first movie I saw as a kid and I remember every scene to this day....I loved that old man. What the fuck, what kid cares if he was black, green or purple...fuck all this negative racist shit. It is the way it was, you cannot hide it.
p.s. one of my ancestors was a "happy slave", please put that in your history book.
ltlwalt 2 weeks ago
close your eyes...
RickCram 3 weeks ago
I grew up with this movie. I dont care what people say. Black or white I could care less. You came here to hear this song and enjoy. Stop talking about the controversy and enjoy the old Disney.
justinbieber19987 3 weeks ago
A happy slave hmmm... I dont remember reading
about one of those in my history book
emokidepic 1 month ago
Where's my shotgun
RushParkourist 1 month ago
Couldn't have offended too many people for black actors to be participating in it. I can, however, see why some people might be offended.
jakfuki 1 month ago
disney was best back then
sjk5000 2 months ago
why did this seem like old horror film in the begining
JAadamski 2 months ago
@27jbeya
Yes it does however blacks were still not treated equally at all in the during the reconstruction.
ToaHannah007 2 months ago
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my father sang this to me every morning on my way to school. this song has such a wonderful and comfortable memory for me. sometimes happy songs should be read as happy song with no racial undertones. Different time different connotations but the meaning is the same. When feeling down remember zippity do da. What a happy and peaceful song
kargalas1 2 months ago
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kargalas1 2 months ago
Yep, not even Jim Crow is gonna rain on Uncle Remus' parade.
maxpowers518 2 months ago 2
@maxpowers518 Lmao That made me laugh my ass off bro
Jawohl721 2 months ago
I loved this song as a child. I never ever remotely considered it to be racist. Having said that, I didn't know what racism was until I was about 18. I thought a racist was someone who ran races. My grand-daughter is just two years old and it's her favourite. She learned to sing to this tune. Am I to assume she is likely to become a racist? The Big Three recorded a version of the song in the sixties when I was their road-manager; even then, I never considered racial connotations in the song.
5hutterbug 2 months ago
@5hutterbug I couldn't agree with you more. 2011 and you still can't post an old video on You Tube without race coming into it. My God!
sweeneysister 2 months ago
kinda creepy wat he does with his eyes at 2:04 though
ljcool399 2 months ago
@ljcool399 aww, he's just happy
morganrock1 2 months ago
i was watching this today oh wat an amazing movie
ljcool399 2 months ago
I see nothing racist in Uncle Remus creations. It's just what some stuff shirt wants to make of it. Where I was born and raised black people talked as Remus does, as his animal friends speak using his toung. The truth hurts some, but the truth is the truth.
bobbazor 3 months ago
Meanwhile the sun continues to shine on de Disney Plantation!
pinkdogavenger 3 months ago
People need to stop reading so much into stuff and just enjoy what's there.
MoneyCamp 3 months ago 10
song of the south is the name of the movie and disney will never re-release it. if you have a copy it's worth quite a bit.
laozen360 4 months ago
What film is this?
MrWatchorn 4 months ago
@MrWatchorn
Song of the South
ToaHannah007 2 months ago
My most beloved childhood movie wass"Song of th South'. I loved uncle Remus and brer Rabbit and the rest. What beautiful animation. It still makes me happy to watch it! Thanks for posting it.
jubi2k10 4 months ago
Who dat call my name?
E4tT3hR1ch 4 months ago
Unfortunately, this is entertainment was at the cost of the degradation of black folk. I know a lot of people got felt good about themselves after this movie was done, while others looked down upon themselves. Damn shame that this man had to stoop so low.
Fiercefist 4 months ago
What's this movie called?
emtastic95 5 months ago
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We have the original 1946 classic, "Song of the South" on dvd including interview with Walt Disney on the creation of the movie. Only at Acme Sales and Books here in beautiful Savannah Georgia
bornamac009 5 months ago
Brings back good memories.
Tenderness6 5 months ago
loved this movie! People need to get the fking rod from out their ass so this movie can start being played again. Its the same nuts that want to ban Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn
lisamaria1972 5 months ago
This rings with a personal irony for me.
50033836 5 months ago
I love this movie to remember watching it and for ages i never knew the name...and now i do.. now i can't wait to show my son this movie
Guccima 6 months ago
lol, dat nigga is funny
hogo1 6 months ago 2
An interesting comment about the dialect. Especially when it wasn't that long ago that there was a movement to accept ebonics as proper english. Close your eyes and picture Buddy Ebsen as Jed Clampet saying the lines.
Jed was a wise down to earth man. So was uncle Remus. Sad that folks can't see that wisdom doesn't always mean educated.
stevilstrange 6 months ago
THIS IS NOT A RACIST MOVIE. If you wish to view the entire movie we have the original 1946 Song of the South on DVD, with an interview of Walt Disney himself on the creation of the film. Only at ACME SALES AND BOOKS only in beautiful Savannah, Georgia.
bornamac009 6 months ago
The Hummingbirds at 1:35 are like the one in Pocahontas! Anyone else notice that?
YouToobTeenGang 6 months ago
The movie is considered insensitive mostly because its a throwback to minstrel shows, not necessarily because the character is portrayed negatively.
Mantis42 7 months ago
Movie's called "Song of the South," people.
HeavenWolf108 7 months ago
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This is not racist. If you wish to view the full original 1946 movie with an interview with Walt Disney himself you can find it at ACME sales and books in beautiful Savannah, Ga
bornamac009 7 months ago
what is this movie called
BrokenShinChan 7 months ago
What movie is this from?
theredkitty1 7 months ago
thats one ghetto ass rabbit lmao. why he gotta talk so... so uneducated? "YES I IS! YES I ISSS!" haha but its funny tho i guess. me, my twin sister, and my grandma used to sing the zippity doo dah song everymorning on our way to school in 1st grade :) thats y i like this song. its so happy. however, i dont remember ever seeing this movie
TiaraAlysa 8 months ago
@TiaraAlysa " thats y i like this song. its so happy. however, i dont remember ever seeing this movie"
The movie "Song of The South" was voluntarily banned in the USA by Disney corporation since before you were born. That might explain why you have never seen it.
Some people say the movie is racist and some people strongly disagree. However during the "politically correct" phase of racial relations in USA, Disney decided to remove the movie simply to avoid controversy.
rosepetal108 7 months ago
This movie is a classic piece of Americana! Uncle Remus was not a slave in this movie, he roamed freely werever he wanted. We have the original 1946"Song of the South" on dvd with an interview of Walt Disney on the creation of the movie. Only at ACME sales and booksin beautiful Savannah,Ga (912) 352-2203
fortargyle 8 months ago
Good song. *smiling*
OffWhiteCow 8 months ago
This is a racist analogy...they told him"Either go pick this cotton or get on t.v for no cost to you." Zipity do-da-zipity do dah!!!!....wow
MzWizdom 8 months ago
Who says it racist? Uncle Remus is a beloved childrens character.My mom sang it to me and I sing it to my kids and you can"t help but smile when you sing it.
wvdirty 8 months ago
@rosepetal108 okay thanks, il tryy haha
TheBigCheese941 8 months ago
HAHAHAHA The Orignal RIck Ross
Shadowkidd402 8 months ago
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that nigger needs to be SHOT!
TheNoobwad 8 months ago
Brings back wonderful memories of my childhood. Music is the melody of life.
9aspengold5 9 months ago
what is the name of this film again??
TheBigCheese941 9 months ago
@TheBigCheese941 Song of the South
But good luck trying to find the original full length version
rosepetal108 8 months ago
I think it is refreshing. This gentleman touched many lives in this role. Every time I hear the birds sing in the spring I think of him and this song and it brings a smile to my face....
cacmawhit 10 months ago
i love tis song Zipety doo dah zippety yay
pokerfacesms201 10 months ago
@pokerfacesms201 James baskett was born in 1904 when he died my grandad was 16 years old
so thats 63 years back James baskett died
tashdog1 9 months ago
what is this? never got round to watching it as a kid, always looked boring :S hmm
MissVanDevious 10 months ago
Im going to disneyland next month!!!!!
ThePeeplet 10 months ago
@ThePeeplet im going to disneyworld in two months!!!
TheSwordsEcho 10 months ago
its like he is off it on magic mushroms hahaha
deanisskinningup 10 months ago
the rabbit sound like mj kinda
kevinchajka2010 11 months ago
just because theres a black guy the movies rascist?
scaliegamer145 11 months ago
@scaliegamer145 Well that was my thought, but there must be something else that us people don't notice because we are too racist.
bindoggus 9 months ago
i like him! :D
kevo908 11 months ago
greater than great-
hswatnik 11 months ago
I watched this movie when I was a youngster in the theatre and it did not turn me into a racist nor did I see anything other then a fun movie. I've wanted to watch it again for a long time but can't find it. I'd say people need to lighten up but I guess that could be seen as being racist ...
UnionBoi 11 months ago
Brer Rabbit cracks me up. My dad used to read me these :D
afrobeatle10 11 months ago
All art reflects the times in which it was created--and it is not particularly relevant to review it in terms of earlier or later societies.
Nearly every act you can think of has, at one time and place or another, been forbidden or mandatory.
SuperWiz666 11 months ago
i think all people think this is racist they stink i liked this movie
eli101946 11 months ago
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ChewyBurnsy 1 year ago
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It's racist because he's a nigger.
benignpsychosis 1 year ago
@benignpsychosis lol. sometimes its funny when people are just so far off base. you wonder, where the heck do these people come from?
lostintheapplasauce 1 year ago
@benignpsychosis totally rude
arm5685 1 year ago
@benignpsychosis bahahahahah brutal
robinson6001 1 year ago
I love my Unlce Remis <3
DaniellaRoccasalva1 1 year ago
How the hell is this racist, its just a black man singing hahaha
hevblade 1 year ago
The Longest 4 Minutes Of My Life.!
The White Folk Must Still Be Chuckling At This One.!
maqraja 1 year ago
@maqraja friggin rude!
arm5685 1 year ago
wow 1946 that was 65 years ago 1946-2011=65
BellaEdwardJacob1000 1 year ago
best song ever!
RawrNinjaBurgers 1 year ago
LN dream, a rich man was waiting for me to finish dry-cleaning his clothes. Well, I walked away into this room & all of us there-all walks of life were singing this song, "Zippity Do Dah" I woke w/a big smile--thinking, "wow, that's odd" w/so much stress, negativity 'round me came a true feeling of joy. For the 1st time in a long time, the sun came shining thru. My father's BF before he passed-said, "smile, smile, smile"...always loved Nat King Cole's "Smile", one of the best songs in the world.
sonyarose8 1 year ago
CAN I JUST SAY, THE FACT THEY FEATURE BLACK PEOPLE MEANS THEY ARE NOT RACIST.
cokerainbows 1 year ago
@cokerainbows how the hell does that make it not racist?
Squgglycluff 1 year ago
@Squgglycluff well HOW is it racist?????? what do you see thats so fucking racist?
cokerainbows 1 year ago
@cokerainbows actually it is
theringer3 1 year ago
When I was a kid, all I thought a Tar Baby was, was a little baby made out of tar. Never once in my childhood did I think anything about it being racist. People need to take their delicate little feelings to a gym, toughen up, and learn to take things in stride more easily.
CamFlame18 1 year ago
Thanks. I havent seen this little clip in more than 30 yrs.
4MyvideosU 1 year ago
Continued: In the Movie while Johnny does have a father, he is gone and he "substitutes" a father figure in Uncle Remus. Johnny also feels the sting of bullies and receives wisdom from Uncle Remus in a VERY similar way that Harris recieved wisdom from Uncle Terrell.
While I don't think Song of the South is perfect, I contend it is very difficult to find any movie 100% free of rascism. In particular, other child movies and shows like Shirley Temple movies and Little Rascals are far worse.
rosepetal108 1 year ago
omg who gives a shit if hes black. Man what the fuck. This was a kids movie morons....you swear like kids gave a fuck if the guy was black, white or asian. Shit motherfuckers shut the fuck up and enjoy the fucken song u morons. All i see on the comments are pathetic dweebs fighting over racism.
Yoshi181313 1 year ago
It is amazing how some people here are so ignorant about what racism is. Uncle Remus is racist because he is a stereotype. If Uncle Remus was the only time a black man was depicted like this it would not be racist but prior to the civil rights movement there were hundreds if not thousand depictions of this character ( Uncle Remus, Uncle Ben, Uncle Tom ...) What do you think a stereotype is? Stereotypes are by definition racist.
exbrown 1 year ago
@exbrown It seems you are the ignorant one.
Funny you should use Uncle Tom as an example. Uncle Toms Cabin was one of the, if not the most, infuential ANTI slavery influences. Many scholars believe it almost single handedly sparked the civil war and forced the end of slavery.
By showing the truth of how degrading even the well treated slaves situations were, outrage was kindled in the mostly white North (and some actually even in the South) Thus the abolitionist movement gained a majority.
rosepetal108 1 year ago
continued: Both Uncle Toms Cabin and Song of the South depict the reality of the Black mans plight in the South while also asserting that Christian love can overcome something as destructive as enslavement of fellow human beings.
Reality is "Uncle" was a common title given to elderly black men. However that doesn't mean that the MOVIE that depicts a realistic setting is rascist in a way that tries to further degrade blacks.
Just the opposite! The movie attempts to uplift and show respect.
rosepetal108 1 year ago
Continued 2: Don't confuse the realistic setting (which is in a rascist South post civil war period), with a movie that is by no means rascist itself. If you do that, you miss the whole point.
This particular vid is a prime example. Listen carefully to the beginning. It clearly refers to "Troubles". These troubles (hardships) are real and Uncle Remus shows that running from troubles is NOT the answer. With great wisdom this story teaches to take a positive attitude and face your troubles.
rosepetal108 1 year ago
Continued 3: Ironically these "troubles" that the white character is running away from causes him to, in the end, accept wisdom from an ederly black man. It is pretty obvious the the childs "troubles" are far far less than what Uncle Remus has suffered.
Yet Uncle Remus has stayed and faced his troubles, and earned the respect of all, both black and white. I believe this is a very positive role model and to call this movie rascist is a crying shame. We need more wisdom like this!
rosepetal108 1 year ago
@rosepetal108
I was referring to the Uncle Tom from popular culture not the character from the novel. The character Uncle Tom may not have been a stereotype when he was created 1852 but by 1946 he was a well known minstrel show stereotype and as such figure a negative figure amongst black people. Stereotypes are racist regardless of being positive or negative. You are entitled to like the Uncle Tom stereotype of Uncle Remus but I doubt if you will find many elderly black men who do.
exbrown 1 year ago
@exbrown Uncle Remus character is not even close to the "Uncle Tom minstrel stereotype". The only similarities are that he sings, has the "Uncle" title and has a southern accent. Guess what? Black Southern music is the root of pretty much all modern music (Blues Rock Jazz ). The "Uncle" title really was commonly given at that period. People from the south really did have a southern accent!
Nobody wants to go back, but from a view of moving forward out the slave era, this movie is not rascist.
rosepetal108 1 year ago
@rosepetal108 continued: First of all the rascist minstrel shows were primarily done by whites in black face. They were done in a very disrespectful manner. No disrespt is shown to Uncle remus in this movie. Not in any way.
Further if you read between the lines you can clearly see that the childs father is in a controversial newspaper debate. Given the setting and the issues of the day and his love and respect of Uncle Remus, one can likely assume he is fighting AGAINST rascists.
rosepetal108 1 year ago
Continued: Bottom line is this movie was given an unfair bum rap from people who don't understand what true rascism is. Primarily this is because the setting of the movie is in a difficult era that was full of rascism. Rascism tries to degrade and disrespect cultural and race differences! The movie itself does NOT promote rascism! ONLY respect is shown to Uncle Remus.
rosepetal108 1 year ago
@rosepetal108 Racism does not only manifested in trying to degrade and disrespect. Racism can manifest itself in seeming respect. Such as the stereotypes of the smart Jewish lawyer, the Asian who is good at math, or the idea of if you are black you must have rhytmn and be good at basketball. Racism can be paternalistic, The idea of Uncle Remus is comforting to some white people but black people are far from comforted by the idea of Uncle Remus.
exbrown 1 year ago
Joel Harris (who collected and wrote the Uncle Remus stories) did so at a Southern Plantation. Briar Rabbit stories are actually from the African-American oral tradition. He was also a Newspaper editor with the goal of stressing regional and racial reconciliation.
These things are real truths, not just "stereotypes". You can rightfully be offended by rascism and/or slavery but just because the reconstruction era was rascist doesn't mean Disneys MOVIE is rascist in portraying a difficult era.
rosepetal108 1 year ago
For further proof that the movie was carefully written NOT to be rascist, Walt Disney hired Maurice Rapf.
Disney is quoted as saying, "That's exactly why I want you to work on it, because I know that you don't think I should make the movie. You're against Uncle Tomism."
Disney knew that the authentic setting of the movie and the plot would make it very tricky to do without being rascist. He took measures (radical for the time) to make sure it wasn't.
rosepetal108 1 year ago
@rosepetal108 It appears that Mr. Rapf was given an impossible task and failed miserably. The character of Uncle Remus is inherently racist and his depiction is condescending and paternalistic. Uncle Remus is just another incarnation of Uncle Tom. The Uncle Remus character is an apologia for slavery, a way of assuaging guilt. I doubt if during the time of Uncle Remus very many black people down south had reason to sing Zippity Doo Dah.
exbrown 1 year ago
You are right, just after the civil war there were huge problems for pretty much everyone in the South. Blacks (and whites) had very little reason to sing Zippity Do Da or any other happy song.
On the other hand the slaves were recently freed. There was a cultural revolution that started and has slowly painfully progessed even to this day. The movie doesn't deny there were "troubles". What the movie does do however is show that you CAN take a attitude out of "troubles" for positive change.
rosepetal108 1 year ago
@exbrown The real problem I have is this:
Joel Harris spent a long career fighting the good fight against rascism. So did Maurice Rapf. There is a ton of widom in the briar rabbit stories from the African-American oral tradition. James Baskett was an incredibly talented actor and singer at a time when African Americans had difficulty showcasing their talent on the big screen. Disney himself also was a well known multi culturalist.
A ban does disservice to all these great men!
rosepetal108 1 year ago
@rosepetal108 I have no problem with the B'er Rabbit stories. My problem is Uncle Remus. I agree with you that this movie should not be banned but for different reasons. Joel Harris does not sound as if he hated black people but he was nonetheless a product of his time and sounds like he had a paternalistic view of black people.
I disagree with your point of view but I do appreciate how civil you have been in our disagreement. A rarity online
exbrown 1 year ago
Song Of The South IS Available On Dvd at ioffer.com It Costs $12
lasvegastroll 1 year ago
they still have not brought this out on dvd yet
tashdog1 1 year ago
Great song! who cares if you don't like some stupid undertone, its a great song
sushidawgz 1 year ago
wtf, i saw no indication of racism whatsoever.
SPOREthomas 1 year ago
How is this racist? Seems pretty innocent to me. People need to lighten up.
Vash3OO1 1 year ago 40
@Vash3OO1 he scares the birds
RawrNinjaBurgers 1 year ago
@Vash3OO1
Im so happy to be a slave, i just wanna sing. My massah is so very kind to me! Nope, nothin to see here, none at all.
Deathrune456 1 year ago
@Deathrune456
Pardon me, i was innacurate. I'm so happy to be a former slave sharecropper in the deep south! I could just sing, life is just so grand!
Deathrune456 1 year ago
@Deathrune456 Do you actually believe that? I mean seriously. American music is and was HUGELY influenced by our African American roots. Do you seriously doubt that music wasn't a very important part of southern black heritage?
When you are poor and struggling is when music is more important than ever to raise your spirits!
BTW if you check your history you will find the story isn't based on rascist steroetypes, it is based on real people. And they were decidely ANTI rascism. Look it up.
rosepetal108 1 year ago
@rosepetal108
i wont argue the bit about music lifting the spirits, or it even integrating well within our culture, but the sheer extent to which this movie idyllizes that life style, combined with old disney's general attitude towards race, may hold unfortunate implications.
Deathrune456 1 year ago
@Deathrune456 I think it is more likely that people are uncomfortable looking at an important part of our history.
The HISTORY of the south is full of rascism. So a movie about that period is difficult for some people to see.
It does hurt to see a very intellegent wise old man speaking in a very strong uneducated dialect. However I don't think Disney tried to degrade him in any way. To the contrary, I think it was a way to show the humanity in what rascists tried to dehumanize.
rosepetal108 1 year ago 40
@rosepetal108
Its not that disney tried to degrade him, its that disney refused to present any negative aspect of his situation. The racism here, if it could even be called that, is more subtle than to say, in fantasia.
Deathrune456 1 year ago
@rosepetal108 Couldn't agree more, infact it would be far more racist to cover up anything to do with that shameful period in time.
yakamon123 11 months ago
@rosepetal108 I conquer. I do not believe there was any race based approach to this. He is a black guy with a wonderful, deep singing voice that complimented the song; hence, they wanted him to sing the song. No correlation, whatsoever. Why the hell is anybody arguing about this. IT'S A FUCKING SONG!
Camplosion 8 months ago
@Camplosion The controversy is over the movie, not the song. However since the movie was a type of musical....... the songs are forever linked to the movie.
The reason it is riding a very fine line is because it closely resembles the very racist blackface Uncle Tom minstrel shows. I also agree that it was not meant to be a racist movie, however I am certainly wise enough to see the similarities and why some could be offended.
rosepetal108 8 months ago 8
@rosepetal108 He was degraded because he wasn't even allowed to go the movie premiere.
DJDesikari 6 months ago
@rosepetal108 I hear you.
MrsJiffybag 4 months ago
@Vash3OO1 its not the song, its the whole movie.
jtackeff 1 year ago
this song makes me think of my pop back in his better days :D he use to sing this to me:)
musicmonkee85 1 year ago
hardly racist, lol its a happy song, some people have to read to much into everything, yes the enslavement of african people was a horrific, intention of the past population, but now with a black president, it goes to show, better equality even the mother fucker with the reddest neck can't deny obama deserved his place in office. i dont think the modern white population should have to apologise for something we didnt commit, people are people cant we just leave it at that. diversity is beauty.
babyfaceproductions 1 year ago
This song always made me happy. Uncle Remus was a real hero to me as a kid.
m2mcassady 1 year ago
Where did you get this copy? The only one I could get was a laser disc that had Japanese subtitles for the songs.
BondFreek 1 year ago
Man, Disney had the story telling magic mixed with great artwork and characters then. I always think of this song when I'm having an uplifting moment or day.
thebrinksf 1 year ago
What an up lifting song I love it
cadeeands 1 year ago
@cadeeands It won the 'Best Original Song' award at the Oscars.
Juliaflo 1 year ago
i havent seen this movie since i was 3yrs old, iv never forgotten it.
Darkmindaustralia 1 year ago
What bothers me about this movie is not the folk tales, not the songs, and not even the character of Uncle Remus. It's how it makes it seem like slavery was a good thing. Here's the cold, hard truth, kids: Every day is *NOT* a "Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah" Day when you're a SLAVE on a plantation in the pre-Civil War Southern U.S.
progrockcoffee 1 year ago
@progrockcoffee you're probably looking at it the wrong way...
if a movie that encourages people to keep a smile on their face even though they're being enslaved is considered racist (or at the very least apologetic), then by using the same logic we should probably say that Roberto Benigni's "Life Is Beautiful" (La Vie Est Belle) is pro-nazi and anti-semitic...
on a side note, i kinda miss the classic disney; well made songs and high quality stories...
-w-
mahawirasd 1 year ago
@mahawirasd You think a movie made by white people encouraging black people "to keep a smile on their face even though they're being enslaved" is NOT racist? What if Josef Gobbels had made "Life is Beautiful" instead of Roberto Benigni.
exbrown 1 year ago
@exbrown surely you aren't implying that ALL white people are the same?
or that Walt Disney's intention in producing such a movie would be similar to Goebbel's propaganda? What would Disney have to gain from such propaganda? What kind of vested interest do you think Disney would have towards slavery?
-w-
mahawirasd 1 year ago
@mahawirasd Not all white people are the same but when this movie was made racism was mainstream in America. A movie called Song of the South would be popular in the south and Disney would have a vested financial interest in not offending white southern audiences by depicting slavery as bad. It was a common practice for Hollywood to edit movies so as not to offend white southern audiences. It was more profitable to depict Uncle Remus as having no reason to be unhappy hence Zippity Do Dah.
exbrown 1 year ago
@exbrown This movie is NOT set during slavery. It is set just AFTER the civil war. I think a whole lot of the people who don't like this movie and are offended, believe it was set during slavery. Surely it makes a huge difference?
If I was a slave I would have very little hope for the future, but being recently freed (still poor as dirt) I would certainly have something VERY important to be happy about. I might even want to sing a happy song?
rosepetal108 1 year ago
@rosepetal108 I can't see where Uncle Remus being a current or former slave makes a difference. The movie is not portraying him as being happy to have been freed, just as a happy positive guy. it's like having a movie that takes place right after World War II and having a Jew who survived the concentration camps singing Zippity Doo Dah as he strolls along the woods of Dauchau.
exbrown 1 year ago
@exbrown Well agreed, I about to compliment you on a civil debate myself.
You might be surprised that Joel Harris was far from paternalistic. His roots being the redheaded bastard son of Irish immigrants. He collected the stories because he felt more comfortable in the servant quarters than he did with the "Paternalistic white society". He also suffered bigotry.
Uncle Remus was based on real people, not stereotypes. The stories, language, and inflections are more realistic than you think.
rosepetal108 1 year ago
Continued: The movie Song of the South mirrors Joel Harris's reality in many ways. Not stereotypes. The stories and songs themselves were part of the African-American oral tradition. Uncle Terrell and Old Harbert in particular became models for Uncle Remus as well as role models for Harris. Harris not having a a father himself, basically "adopted" them as a father figure. Harris was a newspaper editor fighting rascism, where the movie has Johnny's father in that role.
rosepetal108 1 year ago
@mahawirasd I'm not saying they can't be happy *in spite* of their adversities; I'm saying they shouldn't be *blissfully ignorant* of them.
progrockcoffee 1 year ago
these days, everything thats not tipyy toeing around the subject of race is evil and racist stop playing the victim this goes for everyone the white man isnt keeping anyone down anymore your keeping you down we have a black goddamned president now NO EXCUSES martyring yourself isnt going to get you that hose or that car, or that hot wife get your ass to school/work and better yourself your grandaddy was held down possibly your daddy too but your not
seize the day!
mewmaster151 1 year ago
the tar baby actually comes from an old african story about how a monkey was so greedy , he couldnt keep from taking the tarbaby's banana (literaly a banana stuck to a doll made of tar)
monkey got stuck because he woldnt let go of said banana and became dinner because of his greed
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I luv this song!!! X3
CityGirl2699 1 year ago
that man looks so adorable! i want 1 for christmas (joking) lovely film,just showed it to my 5 year old, 10/10.
de1258 1 year ago
zippdy doo dah zippidy day , my oh my what a cotton picking day . Mr.White man is on my back , its the truth , its actual
yourkissesburn 1 year ago
@yourkissesburn You are right. It is the truth. At the time this portrays a whole lot of the country was on the black mans shoulders. Also a whole lot of the southern black population talked this way because they were denied education.
I think the whole point is how people can overcome and specifically how those blacks in the south DID overcome. You can crush a mans body but NOT his spirit. Only he is capable of allowing that.
This movie should NEVER have been banned and burned.
rosepetal108 1 year ago
@rosepetal108 Yeah, it's one thing to say that black people overcame slavery, but the impression that I'm getting from this movie is that it was an idyllic, enjoyable experience to be a slave.
progrockcoffee 1 year ago
@progrockcoffee OF Course you are right.
However, that is NOT the point of the movie or this clip at all. First of all, this is post slavery. This movie (for both the black and white characters) is about hardship and overcoming it.
Even though they all have troubles they controll their happiness. Remus is a very wise man who has seen more than his share of troubles and is teaching the children that wisdom, through stories and song. That is not racist, It's wisdom that comes from surviving.
rosepetal108 1 year ago
@rosepetal108 No, Uncle Remus was a slave in the original stories, even though it's made ambiguous in this movie.
progrockcoffee 1 year ago
@progrockcoffee Look, I don't want to get into a huge arguement over something that is way off the point of this song. (which is a joyful song) BUT
The setting of this song is just AFTER the Civil War. Yes that means the black characters were freed slaves.That shows BOTH the Black and the White characters had recently endured hardships. (loosing a war, slavery) BUT in spite of the hardships of the past UNCLE REMUS has a wise and bright view of life which he shares with stories and song.
rosepetal108 1 year ago
Love this movie. One of the best I've seen.
SomeFluffer64 1 year ago
ah, it's like being 6 years old again.
aeblasius 1 year ago
I've never seen this movie!! It looks good! I love old disney movies
Tinkerbell111567 1 year ago
I want to be black after watching this.
DonksAdventures 1 year ago
@DonksAdventures what the hell
sjoseph13 1 year ago
Ah, remember this as a child. Great song and film.
madmarco245 1 year ago
I LOVED THIS MOVIE SINCE I WAS YOUNG LOL
SuperMarv24 1 year ago
uncle phil from the fresh prince of bel air should do a remake :P
elusivecure57 1 year ago
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UACmarine2O8 1 year ago
this was a great movie. Political Correctness crap strikes again
Nevarkilad 1 year ago
What A Wonderful Day! 信じなさい...
rebello4610 1 year ago
Disney won't release the film because it says "Tar Baby" at some point in the movie. Ok, so let me get this straight...our childeren and beyond won't be able to see this wonderful masterpiece of a film because of a racial slur? When we know the movie was made in 1949? Oh wait, silly me, there is a way to get the film, those bootleggers, OF COURSE. Disney deserves to get robbed of it's money if it is too stupid to release this timeless classic.
EagleVendetta 1 year ago 9
@EagleVendetta Thats a myth, it was last released in 1987 on VHS and will be again some said in 2012 on DVD. Disney releases their top flims every few years to get a new generation. The deal about racism is a urban myth that raises its head evey few years.
candr 1 year ago
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CreativeKiss101 1 year ago
@candr 2012, of all years.
EagleVendetta 1 year ago
@EagleVendetta the term tar baby is not even used as a racial slur in the film. It is an actual lump of tar made to look like a person used by brear fox and brear bear to catch brear rabbit. Type in "Brear Rabbit and the Tar baby" that animated segment of the film will be there. The term tar baby, before it was considered racist, meant a situation in which the more you struggle against it the more entagled you become. It is this meaning that is displayed in the segment not the racial meaning.
MrBigGuy1989 1 year ago
@EagleVendetta 1946 =P
calverjones 1 year ago
@EagleVendetta if that's the case they can just bleep out that phrase...
arm5685 1 year ago
This is based on the actual Folktales of Br'er Rabbit told a the Laura Plantation in Louisiana. Check out the Laura Plantation website or just Google Laura Plantation and it will take you straight to the site.
cassopia09 1 year ago
I agree with barbiegirl20082008 and this was the first movie I ever saw with my family as well. I too didn't think racism and I am an African-American born and raised in the South. I grew up both the country and the city. Specifically, the village of Bayou Goula, and the city of New Orleans. I also know that Disney made this movie based on the actual folktales of Br'er Rabbit told by the slaves at the Laura Plantation in Louisiana.
cassopia09 1 year ago
@cassopia09 Actually it was suppose to be made about the plantation era of the post Civil War not pre. In other words about 1875. Unfortunately so many people see African-Americans in a movie on a plantation in a movie they think slavery. There were many of these plantations still going on after the war, just now they had to pay the workers.
candr 1 year ago
Has this movie ever been released on DVD or Home Videos?
Itzpower 1 year ago