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Date: 2010-10-27 02:01 pm (UTC)
ext_6373: A swan and a ballerina from an old children's book about ballet, captioned SWAN! (MST3K Biography! by dirkdigital)
Disney actually did right by Miyazaki. I know, I was shocked, too.

Song of the South. Oh, golly. I haven't seen it since its last (I hope it was its last) theatrical re-release.

Okay, I've been trying to find out when I saw it. The last theatrical releases are listed as 1980 and 1986, which are both far too late. I can't find a late-60s early-70s release date, but it could have been a one-off children's matinee or something. Anyway.

My big brother Billy took me to see it, which he was always great about. (He took me to see 2001 at the drive-in when I was 6 or 7, and didn't even complain when I puked in his car.)

My main memories are that it was really, really gorgeous, and I liked the songs. I usually hated the songs in kids' movies, but these didn't suck. I totally didn't get the horror, the horror, other than Um, wait, I'm not sure this is an accurate depiction of post-Civil War race relations. Look, talking rabbits!

I had no further contact with it until we went to Disney World in 2001. Splash Mountain is a great ride, but I am by no means the only person to mime cocking and shooting a shotgun at Brer Rabbit and company.

who knew he was that much of a racist?

Uh. Everybody?

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