'Member Mulan's grandmother?
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shareLol and Pocahontas grandmother.
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shareYeah, but Grandmother Fa seemed still more cartoony and snappier than Gramma Tala. Both were funny in terms of characterization, but Gramma Fa was still more cartoonier.
sharePocahontas. Mulan. Moana. And Kenai's brother in Brother Bear. And to some degree Simba's father in Lion King. Why do Disney always have to do this when they make a movie about some indigenous culture? So wise, so old, so magical, so cliché.
All that politically correct nonsense started after Aladdin, when muslims complained about the intro song and found it offensive.
Literally Pocahontas is the only other one you mentioned that fits what you described. Mulan's grandmother was not wise. She was comic relief. Kenai's brother in Brother Bear was wise, but not "so old", as you decribed. And Simba's father...just what? He was the king. Of course he was wise. He's the leader. And also not old. Heck, he's the father of one rather young child before he dies. If we looked at it as people, he'd probably be early 30s at the latest.
shareThe point is that they come from a culture that believe in talking with dead relatives and their ancestors. So to honor that in the name of politically correctness they make their beliefs true, so that nobody can blame them for silly superstition. The age of Kenai's brother is irrelevant since he's not a grandmother anyway, even if he represents the same tendencies.
shareAll that politically correct nonsense started after Aladdin, when muslims complained about the intro song and found it offensive.
Nope. Disney got called out when they depicted former slaves as being cheery and submissive in “Song of the South”. "Dumbo" was criticized for literally having black crows, one of which was named Jim, during the Jim Crow era that kept blacks underfoot. The crows are clearly mean to represent blacks by using jive talk. "Lady and Tramp" was criticized due to the ridiculous portrayal of Asians. I found that one to be very interesting because the cat who was the leader of the band was clearly meant to be black, but he didn't follow a single stereotype. share
I have seen Song of the South, and didn't find anything offensive about it. As for Dumbo and Lady and the Tramp, I'm not sure if they were criticized when the movies first came out.
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