Classic "Socially Inapproriate" Films.

**Meule** · Feb 8, '10, 3:32 AM

I got a vampire movie from Mike with and for deaf people. Dracula in sign language

**The Bat** · Feb 8, '10, 4:57 AM

Well, it's not "classic" in the sense that it's old Movie...but I consider it a classic:

Train Spotting!!

**palitoy** · Feb 8, '10, 8:19 AM

Originally Posted by Meule

I got a vampire movie from Mike with and for deaf people. Dracula in sign language

Deafula!

**jds1911a1** · Feb 8, '10, 8:25 AM

Originally Posted by Blue Meanie

Song of The South...Another title that came out on LD in Japan and video in the UK, but will never see the light of day here in the US. Don't know what Disney was thinking back then with the whole Brer Rabbit Tar Baby sequence in the movie. I understand it was in the original tales of the book...but what were they thinking.

It actually saw a VHS release in the states too. But like some bugs bunny cartoons it's too politcally uncorrect for Disney to consider a release (even the crowes in Dumbo is less bigoted than Uncle remus)

**Adam West** · Feb 8, '10, 11:33 AM

Originally Posted by jds1911a1

It actually saw a VHS release in the states too. But like some bugs bunny cartoons it's too politcally uncorrect for Disney to consider a release (even the crowes in Dumbo is less bigoted than Uncle remus)

Actually, the VHS release of Song of the South was in the UK, not the US. It was in Pal version and you had to convert it to work on US VHS machines.

I remember my parents used to take us to see that movie every single time it came out in theaters and I had no memories of there being anything inappropriate in it.

I have seen it as an adult in one of the converted formats and although I can understand that some might be offended by the tar baby and maybe the way some of the actors talked; it was a really good film and to me it was more of a story about how friendship and love doesn't have color or social barriers and it took a kid and Uncle Remus' character to show the other characters of the movie this valuable lesson.

**Meule** · Feb 8, '10, 3:30 PM

Originally Posted by palitoy

Deafula!

Yep, that's the one

**Hector** · Feb 8, '10, 3:36 PM

You guys forgot the granddaddy of them all...Birth of a Nation.

That's were the KKK are the good guys...and the Union black soldiers (played by white actors in blackface)...with their evil "mulatto" leader...the baddies.

Great film in terms of technical achievement for its time though....D.W. Griffith was a great pioneer director...but that subject matter...well...kinda comical now.

The moral of the Birth of a Nation story...don't mix the races...or you'll get an evil "mulatto" kidnapping white women...lol.

**Adam West** · Feb 8, '10, 4:09 PM

That reminds me of another one that I have never seen "Mammy" made in 1930.

I don't even know what to say.

**cjefferys** · Feb 8, '10, 4:25 PM

Originally Posted by Adam West

Actually, the VHS release of Song of the South was in the UK, not the US. It was in Pal version and you had to convert it to work on US VHS machines.

Yep, the film only got three official home video releases, VHS in UK, and laserdisc in Japan and Hong Kong....that's it. Everything else is an unauthorized release, including every DVD of the film that you find out there.

I remember going to the theatre with my mom and sister to see the last theatrical release SONG OF THE SOUTH ever had (mid 80s?), I'm glad I had the opportunity to do so.

**Mikey** · Feb 8, '10, 4:29 PM

I always liked The Green Pastures

I guess it's not PC today, but I still like it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBohp...eature=related

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