As 10 million Disneyplus subscribers browse through the new streaming platform's hefty film and TV library, a line might catch their attention: 'This program is presented as originally created. It may contain outdated cultural depictions.'
subscribers browse through the new streaming platform's hefty film and TV library, a line at the end of select content summaries might catch their attention: "This program is presented as originally created. It may contain outdated cultural depictions." Peter Pan
himself, but he was friends with Don Bustany, president of the Los Angeles chapter of the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee and late deejay Casey Kasem, who were a part of a successful campaign to change problematic lyrics in "They had meetings to talk about their concerns about how it was stereotyping Arab culture and how they wanted to get one line of the song changed," recalls Aoki.
Aoki believes it should specifically note what the issue of each film is, rather than offering up an ambiguous line. "It would be helpful if they were more specific as to what's the problem because I think people can learn from this," he says. Extra commentary could be added to films requiring a disclaimer, he explains, such as the 2009 DVD re-release of that includes a featurette Aoki participated in, discussing Mickey Rooney's problematic character "Mr. Yunioshi.
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