Tonyz
How do ya do? Pretty good, sure as you're born!
- Joined
- May 17, 2014
Not really when you know the history of the song itself, personally. The film was misguided in all ways not some. Like I said sometimes nostalgia makes it hard to examine ugly truths. Also, Just because something wins an Oscar doesn’t mean it’s great.
I... kinda disagree. The film was misguided and naive yes, but with good intentions. Walt loved the Uncle Remus stories, which (and I may be wrong) originated from the Brer Rabbit African American folklore. He wanted a movie that celebrated the philosophy of these stories. He originally hired a left-wing political radical to write the script because he specifically didn't want the movie to portray Remus as an "Uncle Tom." Walt wanted a point of view that would challenge these stereotypes. Unfortunately the original screenwriter left production and the film suffered from it. But that's evidence that Walt had good intentions... that he wanted to do the right thing with this film.