ZIP-A-DEE-DOO-DAH
We have this silly thing we do in aquatics. There is one point where we use our kickboards to "row" and we sing some little diddy. Today we sang "Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah" and I noticed that everyone had smiles. I am sure they were thinking about the first time they saw the movie, "Song of the South" and of Uncle Remus and Brer Rabbit. I know I was.
The movie came out in 1946 and I was born in 1945. I can't remember the exact year I was first taken to see it.....I probably was about 5 years old or so. To this day I can remember falling in love with Uncle Remus and the tales he spun. I never once viewed him or the movie as racially insensitive to Blacks.......he was just this wonderful man with a beard and a twinkle in his eyes who loved to tell stories that made you smile.
As my own children came along, I introduced them to "Song of the South", but unfortunately all that was available to them was the record album as the film had been removed from the public. It was a Walt Disney production and why an adult didn't trust him with their children is beyond me. Those songs became part of their childhood.
"Disney executives believed it (the film) would be constricted by some as racially insensitive to Blacks." (Wikipedia) That is why is was pulled off the shelves. It was listed as the 5th most controversial movie by movie.com. Any racially insensitivity was created by adults, not by the story or character. Children don't see color when it comes to people, children are not born prejudiced, they just accept things as they are. It is the adult who teaches them the biggotry and racial bitterness that exists in the world
It is a shame that adults have to see things in such a prejudiced and biggoted light. In doing so, they deny children things that have no more meaning than just being a beloved story that makes you smile and fall in love with characters. They deny the child a chance to be free of the violence and sexual inuendos of today's cartoons and story lines. Uncle Remus was nothing more that a character who loved children and loved to tell stories and loved to make a child smile. I am so glad I was not denied the chance to "Song of the South" as a child.
I just had an opportunity to purchase a "Song of the South" dvd (uncut, in English, no sub titles) and personally I can't wait til it arrives. I will curl up on the couch, pop the dvd in, and just enjoy with no thought of racialism......"Mr. blue bird on my shoulder........"
ANSWER TO LAST TRIVIA QUESTION: The first credit card was introduced in 1950. Which one was it? Diners Club
TODAY'S TRIVIA QUESTION: What was hydraguide..it revolutionized the car in 1952?
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: Belly building is easier than body building.
The movie came out in 1946 and I was born in 1945. I can't remember the exact year I was first taken to see it.....I probably was about 5 years old or so. To this day I can remember falling in love with Uncle Remus and the tales he spun. I never once viewed him or the movie as racially insensitive to Blacks.......he was just this wonderful man with a beard and a twinkle in his eyes who loved to tell stories that made you smile.
As my own children came along, I introduced them to "Song of the South", but unfortunately all that was available to them was the record album as the film had been removed from the public. It was a Walt Disney production and why an adult didn't trust him with their children is beyond me. Those songs became part of their childhood.
"Disney executives believed it (the film) would be constricted by some as racially insensitive to Blacks." (Wikipedia) That is why is was pulled off the shelves. It was listed as the 5th most controversial movie by movie.com. Any racially insensitivity was created by adults, not by the story or character. Children don't see color when it comes to people, children are not born prejudiced, they just accept things as they are. It is the adult who teaches them the biggotry and racial bitterness that exists in the world
It is a shame that adults have to see things in such a prejudiced and biggoted light. In doing so, they deny children things that have no more meaning than just being a beloved story that makes you smile and fall in love with characters. They deny the child a chance to be free of the violence and sexual inuendos of today's cartoons and story lines. Uncle Remus was nothing more that a character who loved children and loved to tell stories and loved to make a child smile. I am so glad I was not denied the chance to "Song of the South" as a child.
I just had an opportunity to purchase a "Song of the South" dvd (uncut, in English, no sub titles) and personally I can't wait til it arrives. I will curl up on the couch, pop the dvd in, and just enjoy with no thought of racialism......"Mr. blue bird on my shoulder........"
ANSWER TO LAST TRIVIA QUESTION: The first credit card was introduced in 1950. Which one was it? Diners Club
TODAY'S TRIVIA QUESTION: What was hydraguide..it revolutionized the car in 1952?
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: Belly building is easier than body building.
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