Posts
Pepe Le Pew fired from Warner Bros
Amid Alleged Sexual Harassment Allegations
Silly, right?
But the Me Too Movement says classic movies and cartoons need to be re-examined
for "toxic messages" within them that need to be edited.
They even singled out poor love-struck Pepe!
What's next?
ROAD RUNNER CARTOONS
PULLED FROM
WARNER BROTHERS
FOR ANIMAL CRUELTY?
Jail time for Wilie E. Coyote?
Cartoons and movies are a product of their times.
The Crows in Disney's DUMBO
would not "fly" with today's sensibilities
nor would the Indians as portrayed in Disney's PETER PAN.
But I believe they were not meant to be insulting ...
though I do not recommend Disney to re-release SONG OF THE SOUTH --
that is hard for me to view today.
Mel Brooks has said that he could not film BLAZING SADDLES in today's thin-skinned culture
even though he was satirizing racism, corrupt politics, and brutishness.
Sigh.
WHAT DO YOU THINK?
That's a loaded question, and no matter how I answer it will offend someone. Climate change is the more important issue, with species dying and politicians denying. . .
ReplyDeleteYes, it does seem that protesters are waving their signs in front of the wrong problems these days. :-(
DeleteThey are a product of the time and should not be changed or forgotten.
ReplyDeleteYeah, I've always said no way Blazing Saddles could be released today despite the fact he poked fun at racism and other issues in a good way.
I think we as a Nation have lost perspective somewhere along the way. Sigh. Thanks for visiting and commenting. :-)
DeleteExtremism on all sides is bad.
ReplyDeleteYes. :-(
DeleteI think Disney should re-release Song of the South, but ONLY in a limited-edition DVD with someone like Leonard Maltin introducing the film and "warning" the prospective audience that they were about to see something which was, as Alex said about the cartoons, "a product of the time."
ReplyDeleteAnd did you hear about the mother in England who wants to keep pre-teens away from the story of Sleeping Beauty (any version, not just the Disney film), because the prince kisses the princess without asking first for her consent? Of course, if he'd waited for consent, she'd still be in that death-like sleep! (I know I left a blog comment about that somewhere fairly recently. I hope it wasn't yours, as I hate repeating myself.)
Yes, the original Brothers Grimm tale was a bit ... out there. :-)
DeleteWhen did America go insane? The last bit of Sanity I can recall, was known as Camelot just prior to JFK'sill-fated day. That's the last blown sane memoir I recollect.
ReplyDeleteYes, it does seem as if the innocence of America died that day along with JFK. :-(
Delete