Thats the point of the warning. :shrug:

EDIT: SHaun beat me to it. :laugh:

will kids understand?

Does there really need to be a warning about an old Film having outdated views though? It's not the end of the world for me, but I think everyone expects a Film from the 40's to have racism as sadly it was the norm back then.

I think older kids will understand.

Admittedly the warning might actually be good for younger kids who have never experienced or heard about prejudice much before. So I am starting to warm to the idea better.

Kids won't take any notice of a warning at the start, so it's not aimed at them. It's aimed at the adults watching it. I don't see it as a warning, i see it as LT says, as a way of mitigating against any negativity at what is being shown.

At the end of the day, they were the company that created/commissioned that content, adding a warning is not taking responsibility for that.

I just dont understand why people are so annoyed about it is all

It's actually a good idea I don't really understand the backlash

Oh I'm with you 100% on why would people be annoyed about it.

Unless children have been educated as such, there wouldn’t be a reason for them to have knowledge on it, really. I think this kind of thing helps that.

Does it matter?

It matters that real motive is discussed and understood

It's just a warning placed at the start of the content, its not like they've butchered it to fit modern standards.

Don't see the problem with an indication, just like any family movie warns of sex references etc.

But ran by different people... living in entirely different times so not as though it's a racist person shouting "It's ok my cousin's black!"

Do you discuss the "real motive" for all the small print on dog food? Or the age classification on a DVD? No.

I am starting to be won over with the idea.

As long as it's only a 2 seconds disclaimer and not editing content from these Films.

If they were editing the footage out, there would be no need for a warning. :hee:

:joker:

I should've clarified that I meant in the future that Disney doesn't extend the disclaimer into editing out footage.

...I think it’s perfect for the warnings to be adopted by Disney as well because children understand so much of the world around them with regards to stereotypes..and this creates an opening to conversations which are necessary....

The same thing happened with Tom & Jerry dvd collections iirc. Whoppi Goldberg provided a disclaimer at the beginning warning of the racially insensitive content and whilst they are wholly unexceptable in todays society, to remove them would be attempting to wash over that such stereotypes existed.

I watch a lot of old films on Talking Pictures TV and nine times out of ten there is a warning about outdated language or something. It has never detracted from my enjoyment. I would rather have that than include inappropriate characters. For instance... I've seen a black guardsman during Queen Victoria's reign, I've seen black people in positions of power 100 years ago. To me that's just like pretending things were always fine for black people... and that isn't the case, and taking political correctness to that kind of length, to me, is trying to change history and the struggle black people had back then.

That said... Can Hollywood stop portraying the English and the Germans as crooks. If there's a megalomaniac set on world domination, they're either English or German.

I agree.

Pc gone mad to its totally acceptable in less than a day..That's real progress :)

Yes heaven forbid they just don't try and make millions from racist content.....

I'm going to court controversy here but if you take away the voices from the blackbirds and make the Siamese cats sound less Siamese then are you just whitewashing the whole thing?

In society there are different cultures and ethnicities why not in cartoon?