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A few years ago Disney+ added a note to the beginning of Aristocats and a few other movies that “This program includes negative depictions and / or mistreatment

A few years ago Disney+ added a note to the beginning of Aristocats and a few other movies that “This program includes negative depictions and / or mistreatment of people or cultures. These stereotypes were wrong then and are wrong now. Rather than remove this content, we want to acknowledge its harmful impact, learn from it and spark conversation to create a more inclusive future together. Disney is committed to creating stories with inspirational and aspirational themes that reflect the rich diversity of the human experience around the globe.” I appreciated the note, the thought that went into it, and, of course, that I got to watch the movie exactly as I had years earlier. Changing 'plump' to 'cheerful' without any note to the reader about the alteration feels disingenuous.

gandalfgreybeer 4y ago
That’s honestly the best course of action imo. You can’t just block everything from the internet and some things are products of their times. However, seeing it and understanding why it’s bad seems best especially for kids. I don’t think it’s enough to know that something is bad, one should know why it is. There’s this Community episode that has “black face” (a character paints himself black to be a dark elf) and was called out for doing a hate crime by everyone in the room; this episode was pulled off of Netflix and I don’t understand why. It’s not like it was portraying it as something okay to do. In fact, it was very clear that it’s something you shouldn’t.