In November, we reported that content warnings had been added to movies and shows with outdated cultural depictions across the Disney+ library. More recently, The Aristocats, Peter Pan, Dumbo, and Swiss Family Robinson were removed from children’s profiles on the streaming platform due to negative cultural depictions. Now, a different take on content warnings brings … Read more
As Disney continues to promote its “Stories Matter” initiative, the company has updated its content advisory on Disney+ for racial and ethnic stereotypes. The new advisory appears on films including The Aristocats, Peter Pan, Dumbo, and Swiss Family Robinson, reading: This program includes negative depictions and/or mistreatment of people or cultures. These stereotypes were wrong … Read more
Before Disney+, there was the Walt Disney Treasures DVD Collection, which is where many of us first learned of the many issues behind outdated cultural depictions in many of the earliest Mickey Mouse shorts and even the infamous “On The Frontlines” wartime propaganda cartoons, which were all presented uncensored and uncut. Before each of these … Read more