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Winter's thread reminded me of this. Not sure why. Disney free association possibly.

The first ever moral outrage I remember hearing about as a kid was there really was a concern that Pocahontas was drawn too sexily. Won't someone think of the children, etc.

I'm sure I remember seeing front pages of newspapers with her redrawn to be wearing a Baywatch swimsuit or Pamela Anderson wearing her outfit, as I guess she was the symbol of being too filthy on telly at the time.

Was this just a UK thing due to our weird tabloid culture? A culture that was at once obsessed with both peddling as much filth as possible, while also being really morale outraged about all the filth, and one that was at its height in the 90s. Or did this happen elsewhere too?

I didn;t know this.

It happened with Esmerelda of The Hunchback too.

But, honestly, that's because Esmerelda is fucking fine.

CharlesPhipps wrote: ↑Thu Dec 07, 2023 2:28 am It happened with Esmerelda of The Hunchback too.

But, honestly, that's because Esmerelda is fucking fine.

So did the people doing it know that's the actual plot of the movie or not? I'm not even sure which is funnier.

CharlesPhipps wrote: ↑Thu Dec 07, 2023 2:28 am It happened with Esmerelda of The Hunchback too.

But, honestly, that's because Esmerelda is fucking fine.

Ain't that the truth.

I don't think much of Hunchback, but damn if I don't respect the balls it took to have a villain song that basically goes 'dang baby got back, my anaconda is sprung, so you either put out, or I'm got to burn you alive'.

Then again this is the same bulletproof Disney that sang about arabs cutting your hand off if they don't like you, and had hyenas goosestepping like nazi stormtroopers so mileage may vary about what pushed the envelope furthest.

stryke wrote: ↑Thu Dec 07, 2023 7:50 pm

CharlesPhipps wrote: ↑Thu Dec 07, 2023 2:28 am It happened with Esmerelda of The Hunchback too.

But, honestly, that's because Esmerelda is fucking fine.

Ain't that the truth.

I don't think much of Hunchback, but damn if I don't respect the balls it took to have a villain song that basically goes 'dang baby got back, my anaconda is sprung, so you either put out, or I'm got to burn you alive'.

Then again this is the same bulletproof Disney that sang about arabs cutting your hand off if they don't like you, and had hyenas goosestepping like nazi stormtroopers so mileage may vary about what pushed the envelope furthest.

Being racist wasn't controversial in the 20th century - being sexy was.

I remember some people back in the day calling Ursula the Sea Witch too sexy because she had breast jiggle. Not joking.

That Arial though... hoo wee. I bet she started quite a few boys into puberty.

Music and video games were scrutinized much more than anything on tv. Tv was mostly covered by advertisers and fcc. There was nothing governing the other two.

CharlesPhipps wrote: ↑Thu Dec 07, 2023 2:28 am It happened with Esmerelda of The Hunchback too.

But, honestly, that's because Esmerelda is fucking fine.

Wouldn't surprise me if Jasmine had gotten flak, as well. Especially for the red outfit Jafar forces on her.

ProfessorDetective wrote: ↑Sat Dec 09, 2023 2:04 am Wouldn't surprise me if Jasmine had gotten flak, as well. Especially for the red outfit Jafar forces on her.

She did, and it had nothing to do with Jafar. Those complaints are more recent. At the time there was criticism of her extreme figure and how it was physically improbable.