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Splash Mountain, Song of the South, and Disney Racism
from Mike Recine | The Tim Dillon Show #333 · #333
4 min
Tim and Mike discuss Disney closing Splash Mountain due to its ties to the racist 1946 film Song of the South, watch and react to clips from the film, and joke about Bob Iger's name and Disney's history of dark or outdated content in classic movies.
- Tim acknowledges Song of the South has racist elements but notes the animated sequences themselves seem charming.
- The fact that Disney erased the film entirely suggests it must be seriously problematic.
- Tim imagines a 1946 actor trying to explain his role as a literate rabbit in Song of the South on a first date.
- Song of the South is impossible to access, unavailable even on Disney Plus.
- The film is criticized for romanticizing plantation life and presenting an African-American character as content with that existence.
- Uncle Remus appearing happy on the plantation is exactly what audiences find objectionable about the movie.
Song of the SouthDisneySplash MountainJames Baskett