I was reading a list of ten most controversial films today and could not believe the disney movie Aladdin was on. Why? for the following two reasons:
Aladdin and Jasmine were accused of being anglicised in both appearance and voice whilst, the villains were dark skinned had thick accents and lived up too arab stereotypes. (whatever they were was not said)
Secondly, the song arabian nights was released in the cinema with the lyrics ''where they cut of your ears if they don't like your face, its barbaric but, hey its home''
This was changed to ''where its flat and immense and the heat is intense but, hey its home''
Madness. Its easy to see when a statement is intended and nasty and when they are innocuous and, I do think we have lost the ability to laugh about things that are really not that important.
I do like the britfarmers idea about them actually doing some good in the world but, its easier to imagine everyone needs protecting from un PC comments. I worry about these people who jump on supposed labels and the like as I believe in psychological terms these people are more likely to have these opinions supressed in their character
Mitch