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The British empire abolished slavery by parliament in 1833. The date in late August was celebrated as Emancipation day. When I was a child in Windsor Ontario in the late 50s early 60s, there was always a parade and we loved to go to the midway set up in the park.

Some changes in Disney products might be for the better as long as the original was saved and included for the purist. Every time I see “Snow White” I long to see it with the the main character’s screechy 30’s psudo-operatic voice replaced. After all these years I am used to it, but try an...

At the end of the unit, there was a project. One of the questions asked students to reflect on how movies of each era reflected the attitudes and beliefs of their times. They were to try to know, say what the 1930s were like, based on what they learned about them from their movies.

I once showed “Kid Millions” as my movie from the 1930s to a highschool class. After we watched it, we had a discussion about black face and the introduction of Technicolor. It was a good, lively discussion. After class, three Muslim students came up to my desk. They were very disturbed by...

Call me Mr. Insensitive but that is something I have never noticed at all in my 60 years of watching and loving these musicals. I really don’t know what you are referring to.