What’s to like?”Ĭircuses were once the leading entertainment medium around the world, but they have largely fallen out of fashion in recent years. “You’ve got animals being tortured, you’ve got death-defying acts, and you’ve got clowns. “It’s funny, but I truly never liked the circus,” Burton said in a recent interview. Does it? Circuses Long History of Animal Abuse Vintage circus poster shows the long history of animal exploitation Now, with award-winning director Tim Burton behind the camera, the new Disney “Dumbo” remake is claiming it holds strong animal rights messages. Most recently, 2016’s hit animation “Moana” was criticized for depicting Polynesians as overweight and goofy by the portrayal of the inane character Maui (Dwayne Johnson) 1995’s “Pocahontas” was not only historically inaccurate to the disappointment of many, but it perpetuated negative stereotypes about Native American cultures (as did the studio’s 1953 “Peter Pan”) the Siamese cats in the “Lady and the Tramp” did the same about Asian stereotypes and in the original “Dumbo” (1941), one of the crow characters was named Jim Crow, the same name as the nation’s segregation laws, but was voiced by a white actor (Cliff Edwards). Through the years, though, the studio has seen its share of criticism on a number of other films and for far more serious issues than going wild with the budgets. (But despite its astronomical spend, it’s still the highest grossing film of all time, adjusted for inflation). The film was even dubbed “Walt Disney’s Folly” because of the production costs. In this case, is it promoting cruel circuses? Or is it taking a stand for animal rights?ĭisney movies are no strangers to controversy: When Walt and Roy Disney started on their first feature-length animation, 1937’s classic “Snow White and the 7 Dwarfs,” the studio was criticized for going far over budget (they fundraised for ten times the cost of their shorts and then went more than five times over that). Disney’s latest feature-length film, “Dumbo” brings with it a dose of good old-fashioned Disney controversy.
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