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The advisories, the latest example of
Hollywood's reckoning with racism, come in the form of a short
graphic on the Disney + streaming service as some of the older
films are selected for viewing.
"This program includes negative depictions and/or mistreatment
of people or cultures," the on screen advice reads.
"These stereotypes were wrong then and are wrong now. Rather
than remove this content, we want to acknowledge its harmful
impact, learn from it and spark conversation to create a more
inclusive future together," it adds.
Disney said on its website that the advisories were part of a
review of its library content.
The movie studio said that 1953 film "Peter Pan" refers to
Native people as "redskins" and that the dancing in headdresses
by Peter and the Lost Boys is a "form of mockery and
appropriation of Native peoples' culture and imagery."
For the 1970 film "The Aristocats," the advisory refers to one
of the felines, noting that it "sings in poorly accented English
voiced by a white actor and plays the piano with chopsticks."
Other movies dating back to the 1950s 1960s and 1970s with the
new warning include "The Lady and the Tramp," "Swiss Family
Robinson," and "The Jungle Book."
Earlier this year, amid massive nationwide protests over police
brutality and racial injustice, the Civil War era film "Gone
With the Wind" was briefly pulled from the HBO Max streaming
service.
It reappeared two weeks later with a commentary about the
brutality of slavery.
(Reporting by Jill Serjeant; Editing by Tom Brown)
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