<story><title>BBC censors its own archives</title><url>https://www.nationalreview.com/2022/01/the-bbc-quietly-censors-its-own-archives/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>gwbas1c</author><text>I think it&amp;#x27;s important to keep an archive of unaltered content. But, given that much of this content is &lt;i&gt;for entertainment,&lt;/i&gt; curation is important.&lt;p&gt;For example, when Disney Plus was new, I decided to watch Peter Pan with my kids. One was 4, and one wasn&amp;#x27;t even two. Curiously, I couldn&amp;#x27;t find Peter Pan in the &amp;quot;kids&amp;quot; mode, so I switched back to the adult mode and put it on. There was a very subtle warning about &amp;quot;outdated cultural references,&amp;quot; but I didn&amp;#x27;t think much of it as I&amp;#x27;ve seen Peter Pan a few times.&lt;p&gt;The Disney Plus version reintroduced &amp;quot;What Made the Red Man Red?&amp;quot;, an extremely racist musical bit. (&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;What_Made_the_Red_Man_Red%3F&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;What_Made_the_Red_Man_Red%3F&lt;/a&gt;) In the past, this song was cut from the VHS and DVD version. (And I have vague memories of wondering why the lost boys returned to their tree dressed as Indians.) I had no idea that this was put back in the movie. My jaw dropped when the song came on. I was in so much shock that I didn&amp;#x27;t think to skip the scene.&lt;p&gt;Now, I have no problem preserving the uncut film, and making it generally available! But I also would prefer to show my young children the cut version of the film, and only show them racist material when they&amp;#x27;re old enough to understand why it&amp;#x27;s wrong. (After all, those who forget history are doomed to repeat the mistakes of history.)</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>grujicd</author><text>I watched that scene on yt, read the lyrics and even wiki page about that song. I can&amp;#x27;t understand why it&amp;#x27;s considered &amp;quot;extremely racist&amp;quot;. It looks even cute. However I&amp;#x27;m from Eastern Europe and probably miss some subtler context here. Or is this a case of overcorrection in US society? Excessive political correctness for past wrongdoings?&lt;p&gt;It&amp;#x27;s also quite funny when I saw that &amp;quot;black magic&amp;quot; is now considered racist. Guess what? It&amp;#x27;s also called &amp;quot;black magic&amp;quot; in Serbia since centuries ago, when noone here ever saw non-white man. Black in this context symbolizes darkness, and fear we feel in the dark. Not a skin color.&lt;p&gt;Btw. &amp;quot;roleplaying&amp;quot; cowboys and indians was a pupular childhood game in 80-ties here. Although Indians (I&amp;#x27;m using this term since it&amp;#x27;s still the only one used around here) were typically portraited as bad guys in movies, they were as popular as cowboys in our games and many children wanted to be like them.</text></comment>
<story><title>BBC censors its own archives</title><url>https://www.nationalreview.com/2022/01/the-bbc-quietly-censors-its-own-archives/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>gwbas1c</author><text>I think it&amp;#x27;s important to keep an archive of unaltered content. But, given that much of this content is &lt;i&gt;for entertainment,&lt;/i&gt; curation is important.&lt;p&gt;For example, when Disney Plus was new, I decided to watch Peter Pan with my kids. One was 4, and one wasn&amp;#x27;t even two. Curiously, I couldn&amp;#x27;t find Peter Pan in the &amp;quot;kids&amp;quot; mode, so I switched back to the adult mode and put it on. There was a very subtle warning about &amp;quot;outdated cultural references,&amp;quot; but I didn&amp;#x27;t think much of it as I&amp;#x27;ve seen Peter Pan a few times.&lt;p&gt;The Disney Plus version reintroduced &amp;quot;What Made the Red Man Red?&amp;quot;, an extremely racist musical bit. (&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;What_Made_the_Red_Man_Red%3F&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;What_Made_the_Red_Man_Red%3F&lt;/a&gt;) In the past, this song was cut from the VHS and DVD version. (And I have vague memories of wondering why the lost boys returned to their tree dressed as Indians.) I had no idea that this was put back in the movie. My jaw dropped when the song came on. I was in so much shock that I didn&amp;#x27;t think to skip the scene.&lt;p&gt;Now, I have no problem preserving the uncut film, and making it generally available! But I also would prefer to show my young children the cut version of the film, and only show them racist material when they&amp;#x27;re old enough to understand why it&amp;#x27;s wrong. (After all, those who forget history are doomed to repeat the mistakes of history.)</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>aidenn0</author><text>I have the Peter Pan DVD, and it definitely has that song.  I wonder if there are regional differences there.</text></comment>