Disney movies Peter Pan, Dumbo get racism advisories

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LOS ANGELES (REUTERS) - Classic Disney animated movies Peter Pan (1953), The Aristocrats (1970) and Dumbo (1941) have been given content advisory notices warning viewers that they contain outdated or stereotyped depictions of people of colour.. Read more at straitstimes.com.

LOS ANGELES - Classic Disney animated movies Peter Pan , The Aristocrats and Dumbo have been given content advisory notices warning viewers that they contain outdated or stereotyped depictions of people of colour.

"This programme includes negative depictions and/or mistreatment of people or cultures," the on screen advice reads. For 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".

 

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