Friday, March 29, 2024

Disney Hired Cultural Consultants To Diversify Beloved Children’s Book

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Disney's latest iteration of “” will surely be its most inclusive yet.

In an attempt to evade charges of cultural insensitivity, certain characters will be depicted in a new light in this latest remaking.

To that end, the children-centric mass empire hired a team of cultural consultants to find problematic stereotypes in the 112-year-old book and deal with them accordingly.

The actress who plays Tiger Lily, Peter Pan's loyal friend and the daughter of Neverland's Indian chief, revealed the painstaking steps the studio took in a recent interview.

The Daily Wire reports:

Alyssa Wapanatâhk, who is of Cree descent, told NativeViewpoint.com that the crew tried to remain culturally sensitive, especially since many fans saw the original animated version as problematic. In the 1953 Disney classic, Tiger Lily's father, the chief, speaks in broken English. He calls Peter Pan his “pale face brother” and refers to himself as a “red man.”

When asked about Disney addressing the perceived problems in the original film, Wapanatâhk said she's happy with how the new version turned out.

“My thoughts on Disney's past is that I hope they leave it where it is … and I think they will,” she told the publication. “I watched all the Peter Pan films. There were some films that did not do us justice for sure.”

“When I first read that script, I could see the change,” Wapanatâhk continued. “Once I was actually working with production, I noticed it even more, and it got better and better.” She went on to describe the “cultural consultant team” on set, which included Dawn Jackson (Saginaw Chippewa) and Dr. Kevin Lewis (Minisitkwan Lake Cree Nation), per NativeViewpoint.

Critics pounced after the “Peter Pan and Wendy” trailer dropped, which included other notable changes. Among them was the addition of female characters to the Lost Boys.

The live-action remake will premier on Disney+ on April 28.

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Patrick Houck
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6 COMMENTS

  1. Unbelievable how without a lick of sense and/or IQ so many of those in authority at this time in history!!??

  2. ….I think… “Dead on Arrival”… would be the best theme to run with on this Disney Abortion

  3. I believe I’ve finally figured it out, Disney is trying to go bankrupt. I’m not real sure why but that’s the only reason I can think of as to why their executives are doing so many very stupid things.

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