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The Disney Character That Never Existed
- November 26, 2008 00:51:12
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As a child I remembered a scene from Disney's Fantasia where a female black centaur performed menial tasks for while blond centaurs. This character was a racist stereotype along the lines of Amos and Andy and anytime I mentioned it, people thought I was nuts. When I re watched Fantasia many years later, the character was gone.
After a little research, I discovered that other people remembered this character too and that her name was Sunflower. When asked about it, Disney denied that Sunflower ever existed or that the movie had been altered to delete her.
But here she is, Sunflower: the Disney Character that never existed.
After a little research, I discovered that other people remembered this character too and that her name was Sunflower. When asked about it, Disney denied that Sunflower ever existed or that the movie had been altered to delete her.
But here she is, Sunflower: the Disney Character that never existed.
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Song of the South is a feature film produced by Walt Disney, released on November 12, 1946, by RKO Radio Pictures and based on the Uncle Remus cycle of stories by Joel Chandler Harris. It was Walt Disney's first live-action film, though it also contains major segments of animation. The live actors provide a sentimental frame story, in which Uncle Remus relates the folk tales of the adventures of Br'er Rabbit and his friends. These anthropomorphic animal characters appear in animation. The film has never been released in its entirety on home video in the USA[3] because of content which Disney executives believe would be construed by some as racially insensitive towards blacks and is thus subject to much rumor, although it does exist on home video in the UK and Japan. Some portions of this film have been issued on VHS and DVD as part of either compilations or special editions of Disney films. The hit song from the film was "Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah", which won the 1947 Academy Award for Best Song and is frequently used as part of Disney's montage ...
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Song of the South is a feature film produced by Walt Disney, released on November 12, 1946, by RKO Radio Pictures and based on the Uncle Remus cycle of stories by Joel Chandler Harris. It was Walt Disney's first live-action film, though it also contains major segments of animation. The live actors provide a sentimental frame story, in which Uncle Remus relates the folk tales of the adventures of Br'er Rabbit and his friends. These anthropomorphic animal characters appear in animation. The film has never been released in its entirety on home video in the USA[3] because of content which Disney executives believe would be construed by some as racially insensitive towards blacks and is thus subject to much rumor, although it does exist on home video in the UK and Japan. Some portions of this film have been issued on VHS and DVD as part of either compilations or special editions of Disney films. The hit song from the film was "Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah", which won the 1947 Academy Award for Best Song and is frequently used as part of Disney's montage themes. The film inspired the Disney theme park ride Splash Mountain.
With 20/20 hindsight, it's easy to condemn past behaviors. But that's the very reason ex post facto laws are unconstitutional. The backlash against some of this material has led Disney and others to overreact and remove otherwise uplifting material. A good example is Song of the South. The basic storyline is the friendship between a kindly plantation servant, Uncle Remus, and a troubled boy -- and their struggles to sustain that friendship against the deep and prevailing prejudices of that time. It wasn't portrayed with 21st century "political correctness", but it clearly condemns racism and promotes reconciliation. But, due to overreaction and fear of criticism, instead of being recognized for...
With 20/20 hindsight, it's easy to condemn past behaviors. But that's the very reason ex post facto laws are unconstitutional. The backlash against some of this material has led Disney and others to overreact and remove otherwise uplifting material. A good example is Song of the South. The basic storyline is the friendship between a kindly plantation servant, Uncle Remus, and a troubled boy -- and their struggles to sustain that friendship against the deep and prevailing prejudices of that time. It wasn't portrayed with 21st century "political correctness", but it clearly condemns racism and promotes reconciliation. But, due to overreaction and fear of criticism, instead of being recognized for the courageous stand it took against racism and segregation at a time when they were the law almost everywhere in the world, it has been locked away in Disney's vaults for 50 years ... and the public has been deprived of a classic film.
SECOND this is obviously an image which has been altered in Photoshop or another editing program. If you do not recognize that, you don't edit much in such programs.. The image is distinctly different from the other "Centaur." The white one has very sharp well drawn distinctive lines in the cartoon. The black Centaurs body does not. The line between the body of the "supposed black cartoon person and centaur" is badly blurred. It is also blurred between the figure and the background. Disney Cartoons are not so badly drawn. It is not only a faked one, but very bad job, a much better drawing could have been created in Photoshop by anyone with even amateur experience.
Have seen this movie _many_ times. Bought a video tape when it first was released. Watched it many times with each of my five children and never saw such a scene. It is also easy for movies to be edited in various video editing programs. No more difficult than to edit individual images. You can edit any video one frame at a time, especially in such a short clip.