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About time since I talked about this movie!
Song of the South premiered on November 12, 1946 at the Fox Theater in Atlanta, Georgia and the remainder of its initial theater run was a financial success. The song "Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah" won the 1947 Academy Award for Best Song and Baskett received an honorable award for his performance as Uncle Remus. The song is frequently used as part of Disney's montage themes, and which has become widely used in popular culture.
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Since its release, Song of the South has remained a subject of controversy. Some critics have described the film's portrayal of African Americans as racist and offensive, pointing out the black vernacular and other qualities as stereotypes. In addition, the plantation setting is sometimes criticized as idyllic and glorified.
Some of this controversy stems from a misunderstanding that the film takes place during the Antebellum era, when slavery was legal. Due to this controversy, Disney has never released Song of the South on any home video format never been released in its entirety on Laserdisc, Beta and VHS in the U.S.A. or on DVD and Blu-ray worldwide, because of the content of racism and stereotypes of African-Americans. Some portions of this film have been issued on VHS and DVD as part of either compilations or special editions of Disney films. Some of the musical and animated sequences have been released through other means, and the full film has seen home video distribution in other countries around the world. The cartoon characters from the film have continued to remain popular for decades, being featured in a variety of books, comics, and other media.
The Disney theme park ride, Splash Mountain, is also based on the film.
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James Baskett was unable to attend the film's premiere because he would not have been allowed to participate in any of the festivities, as Atlanta was then a racially segregated city.
But the same thing happened when Gone With the Wind came out in 1939 when Hattie McDaniel became the first African-American to win an Academy Award—beating out her co-star Olivia de Havilland who was also nominated in the same category—but was racially segregated from her co-stars at the awards ceremony at the Coconut Grove; she and her escort were made to sit at a separate table at the back of the room.
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But, Baskett was given an Honorary Academy Award, making him the first black male performer to receive an Oscar.
Baskett is the voice of the Fat Crow in Dumbo and brer fox. Fun fact for y'all. ;D
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It is a shame that Disney only really remembers the animated parts and not the live action ones, except for the "Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah song."
Question: Whitch classic live action Disney movie should I pick next for a Forgotten character?
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Source: Wikipedia, Disney Wiki
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