I’ve read the Splash Mountain rides in Disneyland and in
Walt Disney World are being rethemed to reflect the 2009 movie, “Princess and
the Frog.” Disney parks are constantly growing and changing, but I suspect this
move is an attempt to erase any trace of “Song of the South” from our collective
consciousness. The 1946 movie has been under fire for three quarters of a
century, primarily from people who’ve never seen it. Surely, after 75 years, it
could do no harm to release it as an historical artifact, with a disclaimer for home video or on Disney+. It
might be worth noting the film’s cast stood firmly behind it: “If I had for one
moment considered any part of the picture degrading or harmful to my people, I
would not have appeared therein.” – Hattie McDaniel “I believe certain groups do
my race more harm in seeking to create dissension than can ever possibly come
out of the ‘Song of the South.’” – James Baskett
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