Censorship in America.. it's alive.

[Byron Carter]

(If you're American, you will see "Sorry, this movie is not available in your country".)


I was looking for a movie for my daughter, that I watched when I was a kid and really liked. Well, I figured out the name, even found some clips of it on Youtube.



I go to Amazon to order the DVD for her, and...... lo' and behold, it's been censored (the video and DVD are unavailable in the United States due to pressure from the NAACP. Whether you want to call that sort of pressure to not release something "banned", "restricted", "censored", whatever... A movie was withheld from people due to it's "offensive nature".) from production in the U.S., but allowed in other countries.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Song_of_the_South


What are your opinions on this? Is it OK to ban stuff that may offend? Is it OK to censor stuff you don't like, or find in bad taste? This is a stupid kids movie, with singing and dancing, and poorly animated 2d animals transfixed on live-action characters. Anyone who finds this offensive, I'm sorry to say, is an idiot.

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[Chesten_Hesten]

It's perfectly ok to ban anything liberals find objectionable, yes.

Sam Fuller's White Dog was banned in the US too, but I believe it was banned immediately not later.

 

[TheBox]

It's not banned. Disney just chooses not to re-release it.
http://songofthesouth.net/faq/index.html#3

 

[o'dubhlaoich]

I havent seen the movie in years and dont remember it. What made it so bad? Did they drop the N word in it or something? Or was in bad because it was made my white america and it depicted slavery?

 

[TheBox]

Sam Fuller's White Dog was banned in the US too, but I believe it was banned immediately not later.

Also not banned.

 

[Byron Carter]

I havent seen the movie in years and dont remember it. What made it so bad? Did they drop the N word in it or something? Or was in bad because it was made my white america and it depicted slavery?

Absolutely nothing that I'm aware of.

Black people in it talk a little bit like Jar-Jar Binks? Or maybe it's the other way around? Maybe that offends people?

 

[weed]

I grew up watching all the old school Bugs Bunny/Looney Tunes/Merry Melodies cartoons.


around when TNT started & used to air cartoons, they used to air hours of non stop cartoons. most of them totally banned now, & looking back now they were incredibly racist.

 

[Byron Carter]

Well this thread has run its course. Good job OP.

It's clearly banned, in some way. You can either believe the wiki, or believe some shit website that hasn't been updated in a decade.

Regardless, the video and DVD are unavailable in the United States due to pressure from the NAACP - both websites recognize this. Whether you want to call that sort of pressure to not release something "banned", "restricted", "censored", whatever... A movie was withheld from people due to it's "offensive nature".

 

[nhbbear]

Banned, or was amazon pressured to voluntarily remove it? Not censorship. Unless the government is prohibiting amazon or any other retailer or person to own or sell this, it is not censorship. Find something else to cry about.

 

[Cubo de Sangre]

I tried to find something about a ban and couldn't.

 

[Jack V Savage]

It's not banned. Disney just chooses not to re-release it.
http://songofthesouth.net/faq/index.html#3

Thanks. And Jesus Christ, TS. Don't you care about accuracy?

Banned, or was amazon pressured to voluntarily remove it? Not censorship. Unless the government is prohibiting amazon or any other retailer or person to own or sell this, it is not censorship. Find something else to cry about.

It was not banned, and Amazon was under no pressure to remove it. Disney has not released it for the American market.

 

[Byron Carter]

Thanks. And Jesus Christ, TS. Don't you care about accuracy?



It was not banned, and Amazon was under no pressure to remove it. Disney has not released it for the American market.

Due to pressure.

I.e., censorship.

 

[SMEAC]

Free market at work, maybe get enough people to pressure into releasing it.

 

[Cubo de Sangre]

Due to pressure.

I.e., censorship.

Try to license it from them and get back to us. Then perhaps we'll debate the difference between censorship and embarrassment. :icon_chee

 

[Jack V Savage]

Due to pressure.

I.e., censorship.

That's not what censorship is.

Further, there hasn't been much pressure. There's no campaign or anything against it. No one even cares. Disney has internally decided, for whatever reason--possibly image concerns but maybe something else--not to release it in the U.S.

 

[StrikerKing]

You obviously don't understand the difference between something being banned and something that does not have enough demand to warrant distribution. There is no law against owning this movie. The government has no tried to black it out. So what exactly do you mean by being banned?

 

[SiKnSiN]

One of the most boring Disney films ever made. I didn't find it racist though.

 

[Byron Carter]

You obviously don't understand the difference between something being banned and something that does not have enough demand to warrant distribution. There is no law against owning this movie. The government has no tried to black it out. So what exactly do you mean by being banned?

Not enough demand to warrant distribution? Disney released the movie in theaters three times over 30 years, and the movie won 2 Oscars. They stopped in the 90's after pressure from the NAACP.

The movie was released in Asia and Latin America, but not in the United States.

Amazon and Youtube don't allow the movie to be sold/shown in America.

Interesting.. if that's not censorship, I don't know what is.

 

[Fugue]

yeah, it's pretty fucking racist
but i love it anyway
stupid white people

 

[jmk1502]

IF this had been "banned" as TS insinuates, it would be censorship, and dead wrong.

Is political correctness somewhat out of control in the US? Most assuredly. Do some people (TS is an example) use hyperbole to vent their anger at this out of control political correctness? absolutely.