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06.16.08, 11:17 AM General Topics
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what's your policy on old animated movies with un-PC (racist) characters or humor? DD was just given The Aristocats by her aunt and there's a caricuture of a Chinese person in it that I find offensive. She's just old enough to start watching longer movies, wondering how other parents deal with this. [ Reply | Watch | Flag ]
General Topics 06.16.08, 11:17 AM Flag

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Its case by case. Don't like animated Peter Pan because of lang (and the two live versions are so much better anyway). Can't do Huck because of grammar and the n word. Let some go. But always watch with and comment if I think it is necessary [ Reply | More

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General Topics 06.16.08, 11:19 AM Flag

you should check out Dumbo -- it's so much worse. I'm Asian-Am., btw, and I let my ds watch Dumbo and Aristocrats. He doesn't seem to notice the un-PC parts, and we're pretty PC in the rest of out lives that I don't think he will be influenced by the movies. [ Reply | More

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General Topics 06.16.08, 11:19 AM Flag

The next friend I have going to Europe is bringing me back a copy of Song of the South. I don't know what that says about me but I loved that movie when I was young and I want my kids to see it. [ Reply | More

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General Topics 06.16.08, 11:20 AM Flag

you won't be able to play it on your machine if it is coded for europe [ Reply | More

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General Topics 06.17.08, 06:11 AM Flag

You can convert them legally if you buy one there. [ Reply | More

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General Topics 06.17.08, 06:16 AM Flag

that requires finding someone to pay that knows how to do it. [ Reply | More

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General Topics 06.17.08, 06:23 AM Flag

that is not an issue for me. [ Reply | More

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General Topics 06.17.08, 06:34 AM Flag

then do it... I was just saying how to go about it. Most people think that you can do it at home, so I was trying to give more information than just "you can convert them legally if you buy one there." [ Reply | More

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General Topics 06.17.08, 06:40 AM Flag

why is that ? I bought some DVD's in Italy last year and they won't work. I am an idiot with these things, but do you know if they can be "fixed" ? [ Reply | More

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General Topics 06.17.08, 06:20 AM Flag

they are coded for europe so won't play on american they also have a different video imput system entirely. [ Reply | More

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General Topics 06.17.08, 06:23 AM Flag

you would probably have to pay more than the dvd is worth to fix it. [ Reply | More

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General Topics 06.17.08, 06:24 AM Flag

thank you... my 9 year old probably could have told me that last summer, but I forget that he knows more than I do about these things ! [ Reply | More

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General Topics 06.17.08, 06:39 AM Flag

Our policy has always been to try to turn it into a teaching moment. disney's movies are the worst in the sexism category. don't limit watching, just watch with them, and discuss. [ Reply | More

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General Topics 06.16.08, 11:21 AM Flag

OP: thanks, that's all helpful. [ Reply | More

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General Topics 06.16.08, 11:22 AM Flag

that's exactly what I was going to say. remember the part in Peter Pan where Tinkerbell is looking at how big her hips are, and how nasty she and the mermaids are to Wendy [ Reply | More

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General Topics 06.16.08, 11:23 AM Flag

I do the same thing! Glad to hear that others do it too! [ Reply | More

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General Topics 06.16.08, 11:42 AM Flag

Happy feet is another one. There penguins with the Mexican accents are really treated like morons! We watched it once (under the recommendation of someone else) and then quickly returned it to netflix. I don't need Disney to tell my kid that a Mexican accent means you are powerless. BTW: my ds and dh are spanish speaking. [ Reply | More

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General Topics 06.16.08, 11:41 AM Flag

Happy Feet isn't Disney. [ Reply | More

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General Topics 06.17.08, 05:35 AM Flag

np: I get what you are saying, but it's much more important what your DS sees in the world than in a cartoon. [ Reply | More

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General Topics 06.17.08, 05:38 AM Flag

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General Topics 06.17.08, 06:04 AM Flag

Sarah Silverman is friggin' hillarious in... hey wait. Oh, never mind. Different movie. [ Reply | More

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General Topics 06.17.08, 06:21 AM Flag

eh, i don't think it's a big deal. [ Reply | More

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General Topics 06.17.08, 06:32 AM Flag