bcla
On our rugged Eastern foothills.....
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- Nov 28, 2012
Most of the dark ride part of Splash Mountain used characters that were not in Song of the South per se. Walt Disney Imagineering was over budget and saved money by reusing parts of another attraction. But Br’er Rabbit still features prominently and still talks in somewhat of a southern slave dialect. He’s supposed to represent a slave using his wits to overcome the owners and overseers. I’m not sure how many people would understand the context.To your question, my husband never saw the Song of the South movie, and knew nothing about it prior to riding the ride. When he got off of it, after riding the first time, he pointed out the racial undertones he noticed. I found it interesting, as I had seen Song of the South as a child and didn't see the racial undertones in the ride as readily.
I thought that was quite interesting.