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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDisney to remake Jungle Cruise to remove outdated cultural depictions
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https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2021-01-25/disneyland-plotting-long-overdue-changes-to-the-jungle-cruise
Disneylands Jungle Cruise has set sail in the parks Adventureland area consistently since 1955 and it stands today as one of the remaining opening day attractions overseen by Walt Disney himself.
But culture often moves faster than decades-old mechanical hippos.
On Monday, the Walt Disney Co. announced that its embarking on what many view as a long-overdue course correction for the Jungle Cruise. Numerous changes will make the attraction feel more inclusive and less racially insensitive in its depiction of other cultures.
The move follows updates to other older attractions such as Splash Mountain and Pirates of the Caribbean, all done to remove now-outdated tableaus that can be cringe-inducing at best and racist at worst. The company had already announced that Splash Mountain, originally inspired by the critters in the racist film Song of the South, would receive a makeover themed to The Princess and the Frog, the movie that featured Disneys first Black princess.
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Disney to remake Jungle Cruise to remove outdated cultural depictions (Original Post)
Takket
Jan 2021
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Xolodno
(6,395 posts)1. That's too bad...
I thought some of it is historically acurate....like the pole scene, white guy on top and safest....non white at the bottom.
Gothmog
(145,340 posts)2. I am looking forward to the changes to this attraction
Mike 03
(16,616 posts)3. Even as a child, the "African natives" offering up a collection of shrunken heads seemed
problematic.
Probably time for a change.