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Originally Posted by TopCat8
As most of you know, the movie "The Song of the South" has been banned in america for quite some time. Somehow, my dad got a copy of it, and I watched it for the first time, with high expectations. It was nothing like I had imagined it would be. I thought that the whole thing was going to be a cartoon, with Uncle Remus in the cartoon land like in Who Framed Roger Rabbit. It wasn't.
The only thing that I could base my assumptions on was Splash Mountain. I was looking forward to seeing all of those cool scenes from the ride, but none of them were there. I have to admit, I was disappointed. I don't understand where all this controversy came from. Why is there controversy? Because there is a black man speaking incorrectly? Ummm...That's not really a reason to ban a movie from ever being shown here again.
On the plus side, I thought that the animation was some of the best that I had ever seen. It looked computer generated at times, and I was really thrilled. It was funny too. I thought that Brer Rabbit was hilarious. All in all, I liked the movie ok...It just wasn't what I expected.
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I saw the movie cuz my cousin downloaded it with limewire or something. I didn't watch the whole thing (i too thought it would be ALL cartoon), but i did watch the cartoon sequences. The story is more of a tale about the boy in the movie, and Uncle Remus uses the tales of Brer Rabbit as lessons for the boy to apply in his own life.
The reason why it's banned is because it is thought to inaccurately display slave life. Most African-Americans as well as others thought that Uncle Remus was too happy for a slave. He seemed to actually like slave life, and the PC people did not like that way of thinking at all. Of course Disney was just trying to make the film friendly, but ya, some peeps did not like the PC incorrectness.
Anyways, from the cartoon sequences i noticed some differences from the movie and the ride. For one thing, Chickapin Hill is no hill at all, but rather a large tree stump thing (it looks like the tree on the top of Chickapin Hill). But really it's more of a small hillock that the tree rests on. Also, Brer Fox uses a tar baby to trap Brer Rabbit, not honey.
But some similarities do occur as well. The scene in the ride where Brer Bear is caught in the rope trap and is dangling over the water happens in the movie also. And Brer Bear is tricked by Brer Rabbit into looking in a bee's tree for Brer Rabbit's laughing place. So some scenes they did take from the movie.