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Here are my responses:
Sing: I feel you were very off. You say that the gorillas are depicted to be black gangsters were actually they were more so portrayed as Irish Gang Members. Now that is still not right, but if you listen to the accents and the actors who are playing them, I don't think they were even accidentally being racist towards black people.
Snow White & The Seven Dwarfs: I feel you were nitpicking. Of course, this movie and many other old school movies by Disney were racist, but to expect a horrible time in history to produce content not similar to it's time is a bit silly. Of course, it is terrible that they did it and I don't even count it as accidental. Now if they continued that kind of content in current cinema, then they should be blasted as hard as you are blasting them now.
Rio 2: Now you are very much on point. The main protagonist are done by white actors and that was it. It is not right and it was not fair. Blue Sky should have done better with this. Even if all the other actors agreed with doing the movie.
Epic: I am going back to the nitpicking. It looks like with you only picking on the antagonist in the movie as the horrible stereotype, this movie should not even been on the list. I think you guys just put this on here as filler.
Shark Tale: I will give it to you there. This movie was very racist, but I will not just pin this on DreamWorks. I will also place it on the actors themselves. How do we not know that Will Smith or any of the other actors suggested doing these characters this way. I can seriously see Smith changing things up, especially the lines. Think about it.
Moana: I loved this movie very much, but I agree with you because I shared some concerns on how they were depicting the Polynesian people. You would think Dwayne Johnson would have placed his $0.02 in it and maybe he did, but the movie went through and it was not banned much. The costume of the Demi-God Maui was inexcusable. I am sure some kids would have found it fun, but it was just in poor taste.
Aladdin: If Robin Williams not been part of this project, I probably would not have seen it or not be quick to. The portrayal of the Arabians were very bad and I was glad when Disney changed the lyrics to the main theme.
The Little Mermaid: You are pretty much on with the songs and the non-white characters.
The Lion King: The hyenas are not very cool. Even though most of the cast of the Lions in the Pride were black, to exile the hyenas and depict them as nothing but unworthy and evil is just plain wrong and discriminating.
The Aristocats: This movie depicted the high class cats and alley cats in a terrible way, but like Snow White, they were created in a time where society had mirrored it. Again, not excusable, but true.
Over all I do enjoy your lists, Screen Rant. Keep up the great work.
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