Disney’s Most Offensive Song Ruins One of Its Most Wonderful Movies

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“What Makes the Red Man Red?” mars one of Disney’s most magical animated features, which celebrates its 70th anniversary this year. The song was racist then—and even more so now.

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Disney’s Peter Pan turned 70 years old this year, and it remains as whimsical and joyful as ever. In scenes like the fantastic “You Can Fly” sequence, in which the Darling family soars across the London skyline with Peter Pan on their way to Neverland, the movie remains evidence of...

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