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- Robert Harris
I've seen Song of the South numerous times, and have never found it to be racist. If anything, the former slaves, now free men and women still living on the plantation, are those whom one would wish to have actually raising one's children, as the wealthy white parents, don't seem to care all that much until there's a problem.
SotS makes Uncle Remus and his brethren the heroes of the tale.
But that was 140 years ago, and today...
Possibly things haven't changed that much.
Beyond that SotS exhibits some of cinematographer Gregg Toland's (Citizen Kane) finest work, in absolutely magnificent Technicolor!
RAH