A Guilty Finale To A Pleasant Series: Song Of The South (436 hits)
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Submitted by frankthebear (View user info) at 2008-10-08 03:23:12 EDT
Last night I got a chance to see Disney's "Song of the South" for the first time. This was one of those special movies that could only be found online as it was banned by the PC Police for being racist. But was it really racist? I don't think so. Let me explain.
Song of the South revolves around this little boy who comes for an extended visit to his grandmother at her Georgia plantation. The little boy is excited to get there because he's heard about an old "negro" man called Uncle Remus (who incidentaly has a cameo in South Parks "Imaginationland." I shit you not.) Uncle Remus is a famous story teller who entertains children with tales of Br'er Rabbit.
Uncle Remus is a harmless old man and a creepy old bastard all at the same time. Mostly because he has a habit of calling the little boy "Honey." But then again, it's probably just a southern vernacular thing. Who gives a shit?
So anyway as I was saying about racism and stereotyping, SotS was, and is, in no way racist. Sure there were several parts of the movie that would be considered extreemly inappropriate nowadays, and the way Br'er Rabbit, Br'er Fox, and Br'er Bear talked would have some people pulling out their hair, but at no point in the entire movie were any of the black characters portrayed in a negative way.
It's a faithful account of the way things were back in those days. Disney wasn't making fun of anyone or implying anything other that what appears on face value: people are just people, no matter what color they are or where they come from, and that we can all learn valuable lessons from the folk tales told by old men in the quiet corners of the world.
Song of the South is a great old movie and it should be watched from an objective point of view. I myself sat down to watch it expecting a lot of pickaninny "Mammy" jokes, but was surprised to find a simple story about simple folks from a different time.
I hope some of you enjoyed my reviews. If not, oh well, I never promised you Leonard Maltin. Of course, Leonard Maltin wouldn't know a good movie if it jumped up and raped his nose.
Peace out bitches!
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Submitted by frankthebear (user info) at 2008-10-09 18:01:07 EDT (#)
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Submitted by simplemindedhafwit (user info) at 2008-10-09 09:18:30 EDT (#)
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I was born and raised in the rural suburbs of Atlanta. Believe it or not, in grade school every year we would take a field trip to the Wrens Nest aka Uncle Remus Museum. MAN that place used to scare the shit out of me! It was like a wax museum from a really bad B horror movie. All the characters were old and beat up. They had a killers look in their eyes. The lighting was horrible in there and I was always expecting Uncle Remus to jump out of the shadows, snatch me up and say "lets go to the back room hoooney!"
It's still there and there's. Who knows what it looks like now? Which is kind of hard to believe, considering Atlanta is a black town. Normally anything negative (or believed to be negative) toward blacks in Atlanta is done away with. Like the Pigmy Drive In ... used to be the best BBQ in Atlanta! I heard Coca Cola bought all the rights from Disney. Coca Cola and Ted Turner own most of Atlanta so maybe that's the reason why it's still there?
My sister went to work at TBS the day it went on air. She said at the first TBS employee meeting, Ted got up to speak and "accidentally" used the word "nigger." I don't know how a person can "accidentally" use the word nigger but he did and was very apoplogetic about it. Believe it or not at that time there wasn't one single black person in the crowd.
I used to work for a delivery company, delivering small parcels all over Atlanta. Some of the old black men that worked there had been there since deliveries were made with a horse and buggy. The building was built in 1903. There was a room in the back for hooking and unhooking the horses from the carts. It had been converted into a shop when I was there. The old black men used the word "masa" before my name when they addressed me. I even had a situation where I was riding with one of them (Leonard Ogeltree)and I had to pee. I asked him to pull in a station and let me use the restroom. He said "Oh no masa simple I can't be doing that. I'll pull over here and you can go in this cup." I got on my knees in the back of the van and pissed in the cup. I said let me pour this out before we get started. You won't believe his reply. "Oh no masa simple I can't be let'n nobody see you doin that, hand it to me and I'll pour it down that sewer over yonder. I did and he did. I'll never forget the sight of that old relic crossing the street with a cup of my warm pee in his hand. When he returned to the van he actually had a proud look on his face.
The last of a gone and forgotten era I'd say. I feel privlidged to have experienced a small part of it. Those old men were very wise and taught me a lot of things I would never have learned anywhere else on earth. But I kick myself in the ass when I think of how I could have captured a lot of that with a camera and didn't.
NOW YOU KNOW EVERYTHING
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SO DID YOU CUM OR WHAT!?
Submitted by simplemindedhafwit (user info) at 2008-10-09 09:18:30 EDT (#)
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I was born and raised in the rural suburbs of Atlanta. Believe it or not, in grade school every year we would take a field trip to the Wrens Nest aka Uncle Remus Museum. MAN that place used to scare the shit out of me! It was like a wax museum from a really bad B horror movie. All the characters were old and beat up. They had a killers look in their eyes. The lighting was horrible in there and I was always expecting Uncle Remus to jump out of the shadows, snatch me up and say "lets go to the back room hoooney!"
It's still there and there's. Who knows what it looks like now? Which is kind of hard to believe, considering Atlanta is a black town. Normally anything negative (or believed to be negative) toward blacks in Atlanta is done away with. Like the Pigmy Drive In ... used to be the best BBQ in Atlanta! I heard Coca Cola bought all the rights from Disney. Coca Cola and Ted Turner own most of Atlanta so maybe that's the reason why it's still there?
My sister went to work at TBS the day it went on air. She said at the first TBS employee meeting, Ted got up to speak and "accidentally" used the word "nigger." I don't know how a person can "accidentally" use the word nigger but he did and was very apoplogetic about it. Believe it or not at that time there wasn't one single black person in the crowd.
I used to work for a delivery company, delivering small parcels all over Atlanta. Some of the old black men that worked there had been there since deliveries were made with a horse and buggy. The building was built in 1903. There was a room in the back for hooking and unhooking the horses from the carts. It had been converted into a shop when I was there. The old black men used the word "masa" before my name when they addressed me. I even had a situation where I was riding with one of them (Leonard Ogeltree)and I had to pee. I asked him to pull in a station and let me use the restroom. He said "Oh no masa simple I can't be doing that. I'll pull over here and you can go in this cup." I got on my knees in the back of the van and pissed in the cup. I said let me pour this out before we get started. You won't believe his reply. "Oh no masa simple I can't be let'n nobody see you doin that, hand it to me and I'll pour it down that sewer over yonder. I did and he did. I'll never forget the sight of that old relic crossing the street with a cup of my warm pee in his hand. When he returned to the van he actually had a proud look on his face.
The last of a gone and forgotten era I'd say. I feel privlidged to have experienced a small part of it. Those old men were very wise and taught me a lot of things I would never have learned anywhere else on earth. But I kick myself in the ass when I think of how I could have captured a lot of that with a camera and didn't.
NOW YOU KNOW EVERYTHING
Submitted by Method (user info) at 2008-10-09 07:23:38 EDT (#)
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She's good cunt
Submitted by apollo88 (user info) at 2008-10-09 00:43:42 EDT (#)
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who's this sage104?
some dumb cunt or good people?
Submitted by Phallic_Cymbals (user info) at 2008-10-09 00:41:24 EDT (#)
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Go to the gym.
Try to stop after a while though, or you'll come full circle and turn into Oathmeal.
Submitted by Falafel (user info) at 2008-10-09 00:14:55 EDT (#)
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Submitted by sage104 (user info) at 2008-10-08 08:58:11 EDT (#)
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Interesting, and good of you to remain objective regardless of the views of the so-called "PC Police".
POINTS!!
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Hahaha don't give in sage!
Submitted by apollo88 (user info) at 2008-10-08 21:27:08 EDT (#)
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stfu, nigger
Submitted by Jeanneee (user info) at 2008-10-08 12:04:43 EDT (#)
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It's a well known fact that Walt Disney despised Jews and darkies.
Submitted by sage104 (user info) at 2008-10-08 12:00:56 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Method (user info) at 2008-10-08 11:55:18 EDT (#)
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If you don't cut that points bullshit out, the virgins on ubersite won't want to fuck you any more, and then where will THAT leave you?
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Who cares? I'm stubborn. I like the points. If you guys dont like them, whatev. Its MY review.
You just do you, umma do me...
I think some people are just bitter 'cause I +2'ed a Frankthebear post.
Submitted by Method (user info) at 2008-10-08 11:55:18 EDT (#)
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If you don't cut that points bullshit out, the virgins on ubersite won't want to fuck you any more, and then where will THAT leave you?
Submitted by sage104 (user info) at 2008-10-08 11:49:18 EDT (#)
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Submitted by weather (user info) at 2008-10-08 10:33:26 EDT (#)
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Will someone kindly tell this dumb cunt that there are no points on this website?
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Submitted by sage104 (user info) at 2008-10-08 08:58:11 EDT (#)
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POINTS!!
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It reminds me of a god damned retard!
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Whatever, Weather. Stop hating. I like the points system...maybe they're not cumulative, but I rather enjoy giving a post points per personal preference.
Fuck you, you bottom-dwelling, blustery, banal, bag of bile. Fuck you AND Mother Nature.
POINTS, again.
Mother nature fucker.
Submitted by Shlongy (user info) at 2008-10-08 10:48:52 EDT (#)
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You REALLY watched THIS movie?
Wow.
Submitted by weather (user info) at 2008-10-08 10:33:26 EDT (#)
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Will someone kindly tell this dumb cunt that there are no points on this website?
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Submitted by sage104 (user info) at 2008-10-08 08:58:11 EDT (#)
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POINTS!!
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It reminds me of a god damned retard!
Submitted by Doodles (user info) at 2008-10-08 09:02:19 EDT (#)
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Go get some pussy you fucking homo.
Submitted by sage104 (user info) at 2008-10-08 08:58:11 EDT (#)
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Interesting, and good of you to remain objective regardless of the views of the so-called "PC Police".
POINTS!!
Submitted by locksly (user info) at 2008-10-08 08:41:22 EDT (#)
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auto plus 2 superfriends
Submitted by messmind (user info) at 2008-10-08 05:00:16 EDT (#)
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A good review, but is this REALLY the Uber-material you had in mind?
At least put 'nsfw' in the title next time, so we have something to bicth about.
kthxbye