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Grex Mnet Item 5: Disney adopts Soviet "history" philosophy ... or what?
Entered by tsty on Tue Jul 16 07:40:35 UTC 1996:

Does Walter Disney & Co. deserve all the flack for making the
Huntchback of Notre Dame a "90s kind of guy?"

18 responses total.

#1 of 18 by tsty on Tue Jul 16 17:00:28 1996:

rewriting history has long been teh province of the winners. is  America
being conquered by Disney?

#2 of 18 by pfv on Tue Jul 16 17:18:44 1996:

Hmmm... Essentially my feeling as well (terrifying! ;-)

I imagine they decided the original Quasimodo was too much like (pick yer 
politician) and would scare the lil' darlings ;-)

Besides, it's the age of "We are all Sweetness and Light" - and even 
Disney is now politically correct and uses Nutrasweet instead of sugar.

#3 of 18 by void on Wed Jul 17 12:16:41 1996:

   since when is quasimodo a historical figure? i was more annoyed by their
portrayal of pocahontas.

#4 of 18 by pfv on Wed Jul 17 13:55:58 1996:

Same, same - alla' same - Disney likes Nutraweet coatings and wonderfully 
smiley/grinning/slap-happy faces *sigh*

Makes me wanna watch The 'Grinch' again ;-)

#5 of 18 by leda on Wed Jul 17 20:25:33 1996:

        i'm definately with void on this one. pocahontas was the worst.
        it was also terribly inaccurate. ry and i went to see THND last
        week and really enjoyed it. it was entertaining. i think thats
        what i look for the most in disney flicks...entertainment value.
        the bad part about pocahontas was that it wasnt't even entertaining.
        i was disappointed in many ways with that one. THND was a really
        welcome experience after our last disappointment.

#6 of 18 by tsty on Thu Jul 18 08:07:33 1996:

<i didn't forget about Pocahontas ...just taht hunchback is more contemporary.
pocahontas is another "rewrite" taht DOES fit the same parameters/

#7 of 18 by candie on Thu Jul 18 09:15:41 1996:

All the disney movie characters are starting to look too much alike i
think.

#8 of 18 by jerryr on Thu Jul 18 10:45:04 1996:

i haven't really liked a disney 'toon character those wonderful mice and 
gus gus from cinderella.  my favorite disney feature 'toon is peter pan.

#9 of 18 by leda on Mon Jul 29 00:10:19 1996:

        belle...now there's one classic disney chick.
        a 'toon with brains and beauty. she is my
        favorite disney 'toon character.

#10 of 18 by remmers on Wed Jul 31 11:12:17 1996:

"Song of the South" is a great Disney 'toon (though it is part
live action), but in this PC age you will probably never see it
in theaters.

#11 of 18 by jerryr on Wed Jul 31 17:13:25 1996:

is there a funnier sequence on film than the briar patch one?

#12 of 18 by bru on Thu Aug 1 16:14:53 1996:

It is available in video, I hope.

#13 of 18 by goroke on Fri Aug 2 11:10:46 1996:

I seem to recall reading somewhere that "Song of the South" was at one time
available in Japan on laser-disc.  I do not know if it still is; I am
reasonably sure that it has never been released on domestic home-video.

#14 of 18 by chamberl on Tue Aug 15 11:17:38 2006:

re 10 -- I downloaded it.
I don't see how it racist.

#15 of 18 by tsty on Mon Oct 2 06:28:37 2006:

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#16 of 18 by naftee on Mon Oct 2 22:09:35 2006:

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#17 of 18 by chamberl on Wed Oct 4 00:39:17 2006:

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#18 of 18 by naftee on Wed Oct 4 03:57:48 2006:

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