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- Ronald Epstein
For the individual that said he does not buy Disney's response to us....
Let me say this....
I am certainly not here to defend Disney. I don't believe in the
censorship of film because something presented to modern day
audiences may not be PC and could possibly offend someone.
I believe that done correctly, Disney could certainly release
Song of the South or Fantasia with the excised
footage. I am very disappointed that the studio won't stand
behind their films when facing controversy over historic material.
However, this is the way Disney has always rolled and I have
accepted the fact that they will never change.
One of the things I could plainly see during our visit with them is
that more than any other studio, they keep things tightly to the vest.
Additionally, through what I learned from the studio tour and through
the words of the BD development team, everything that is done at
Disney is through the vision of Walt. In other words, the studio strives
to keep Walt's vision alive. For that reason, every decision that is made
is done with the attitude of "what would Walt do in this situation?!"
One must also keep in mind that Disney is the staple of childhood
dreams. It is for that reason that their squeaky clean image is
protected at any cost. Even I can see the risks involved with a studio
of Disney's reputation getting caught up in controversy over a decision
to release anything race related that can bite them in the ass.
The minute one of our members brought up "Song of the South" you
could see the panel of Disney developers cringing. They wanted
to immediately move on to another subject. I could see right there
and then that we will probably never see any future incarnations of
the film to the home video market.
Listen, I feel your pain in this situation, however I am also in a very
unique position to play devil's advocate and somewhat understand
Disney's position as well. I hope that I can convince some of you who
are politely urging the studio to do something in your favor here to
understand why they probably will not.
Let me say this....
I am certainly not here to defend Disney. I don't believe in the
censorship of film because something presented to modern day
audiences may not be PC and could possibly offend someone.
I believe that done correctly, Disney could certainly release
Song of the South or Fantasia with the excised
footage. I am very disappointed that the studio won't stand
behind their films when facing controversy over historic material.
However, this is the way Disney has always rolled and I have
accepted the fact that they will never change.
One of the things I could plainly see during our visit with them is
that more than any other studio, they keep things tightly to the vest.
Additionally, through what I learned from the studio tour and through
the words of the BD development team, everything that is done at
Disney is through the vision of Walt. In other words, the studio strives
to keep Walt's vision alive. For that reason, every decision that is made
is done with the attitude of "what would Walt do in this situation?!"
One must also keep in mind that Disney is the staple of childhood
dreams. It is for that reason that their squeaky clean image is
protected at any cost. Even I can see the risks involved with a studio
of Disney's reputation getting caught up in controversy over a decision
to release anything race related that can bite them in the ass.
The minute one of our members brought up "Song of the South" you
could see the panel of Disney developers cringing. They wanted
to immediately move on to another subject. I could see right there
and then that we will probably never see any future incarnations of
the film to the home video market.
Listen, I feel your pain in this situation, however I am also in a very
unique position to play devil's advocate and somewhat understand
Disney's position as well. I hope that I can convince some of you who
are politely urging the studio to do something in your favor here to
understand why they probably will not.