Pretty bad spanish dubbing. It romanticizes slavery, Uncle Remus in one part says 'what good will this useless black man be to you' but it does not agree with the construction of the character, unlike a previous scene where he gets sad because he feels that he is only good for telling stories. So it is not a superficial controversy, it IS RACIST. We have to destroy the movie then? I don't think so, it's useful to know how racist Disney was and how white people see as something 'not important' a clear unreality of how it was, and in many cases still is, the social distinction due to ethnophobia, colorism and racism.
I saw it in a community movie theater in Ecuador yesterday, the majority of the audience were white people, and those who spoke on the forum said that they loved it and it really taught values, 'not like current productions', u know the typical 'everything was better before' thing. Although the film is quite euphemized even for the time when more explicit violence and discrimination was shown for all ages content, it seemed absurd to me that other things were very clear, like black characters calling white people 'master' like they were minions, and with that alone, people would have to know that it is not something perfect as they were excited explaining, undervaluing the racial issue. Social problems are important, they do not have to be pushed aside. Yes, the songs are catchy, the animated story lessons are clever, and there are funny moments, but that doesn't make it a gem. The cinema presenter explained us that the rabbit was created to represent black population being clever to get out of the white people's traps, like the thorns scene, referring to the fact that he grew up in a difficult neighborhood, so it is strange that the protagonist who receives these teachings of cunning for survival is a privileged white child. Disturbing but not surprising that many white people identify with that ._.
Another issue that made me uncomfortable was the treatment of the real toad and the dog. The first animal showed pain when held and squeezed, the second seemed drugged or very sick, which is why real animals don't have to be used for live action films, unless are recordings from a distance of that animal in their own habitat, not exposing them to make the production. I wouldn't have been surprised if they died on screen knowing that even now other species are not always taken care of in productions, starting from the fact that training them like robots for something they don't want because they don't even understand, it's not work, it's exploitation.
