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Time to say no to PC run (duck) amuck-- boycott this set
By now we're used, if we've bought the Disney Treasures sets, to being lectured about politically incorrect humor before being allowed to watch the great cartoons of the past. At least Disney's absolution is delivered by an actual film historian, Leonard Maltin-- and he only says it once before a whole block of cartoons.
It is infinitely more irritating to have some Hollywood star (who has embarassed herself publicly on at least one famous occasion with incorrect material in a political setting) lecture us about how bad these cartoons are-- and then be FORCED to watch this asinine bit of corporate CYA before EACH disc, EVERY time. (It's not even like, after that, we're allowed to see the most outrageous material-- you can bet that Coal Black and de Sebben Dwarfs will never make it to one of these sets. Just imagine what they'll put before Song of the South when it finally comes out-- probably we'll have to sit through all of Roots before being allowed to watch it.)
AOL Time Warner, you are not my MOMMY, you are merely the corporate drones who happen today to own material made by far greater artists than you could ever dream of being. Leave it and me alone and let me watch it without your mealymouthed scolding. I will refuse to buy any more of these sets until the moral guardians of today's Hollywood agree to shut up and leave this great cartoons in peace.
November 2005 · Movies and TV