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Summary: How Can You Not Love Dumbo?
Review: Ok I grew up with this movie, meaning I can't remember a time when I did NOT know this movie. The people who talk about racism, I had to stop and read to even know what they were talking about!For one thing, the song Roustabouts? The people were all black? I for one couldn't tell, it was nighttime and everything was dark! I never thought they were all black. And the lyrics in the song are racist and demeaning? I don't know about you but to this day I can barely tell what they're saying! The lyrics always seemed quite garbled and unintelligible to me. I always just thought it was a cool-sounding song that went along to the beat of them hammering in the tent stakes. I hardly think any child is going to hear this song and pick up a racist attitude. I certainly didn't, and I was not an unintelligent child. And as for the crows, I NEVER connected them with black people when I was a child. They were CROWS. I remember thinking that they were musicians, but I never stared at the screen and thought, "Oh, those crows are supposed to be like black people! Black people all smoke cigars and wear striped shirts!" I think people are reading too far into it and assuming too much about the connections their children will make. Children will not view cartoons with a racist attitude, especially if it is animals and not people that are being depicted. Dumbo has some wonderful lessons in it. The film is certainly not PRO animal cruelty, it is most obviously against it. Children viewing it will learn to treat animals kindly because it shows them with feelings and emotions. Poor little Dumbo crying after his mother is taken away never fails to choke me up. The scenes of Dumbo's mother being whipped and locked up are heart-wrenching, but I think children need to be exposed to things like that. Life is hard and without a concept of how difficult life can be, how will they ever grow up with any sense of reality? The sequence where Timothy brings Dumbo to visit his mother in her cage is so touching, I cannot watch it without getting tears in my eyes, and movies rarely make me cry. Just thinking about it makes me misty. It would make anyone appreciate having a loving mother. Dumbo is a great movie for children, it is loaded with morals and important life lessons and I can't imagine why anyone would not want to let their child view it.
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Summary: Some light moments, to many dark moments.
Review: We ranked this 32 out of the 41 Disney animated movies that we own. The best moment was the crows. The writers just piled to much misery onto poor dumbo.
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Summary: A Great Movie- That's NOT Racist...
Review: Lets cover some basics-
As per the whole drunken scene- its SUPPOSED to be scarey- that teaches children the negative aspects of alcohol and alcoholism *the mean and stupid drunk clowns*, and the predicament that accidentally getting drunk that landed dumbo in a TREE... the elephants were meant to scare children, just as much as a description of a bad acid trip or how any drug ruins the body used by programs such as DARE is meant to scare children- so it stays in their mind and they understand the consequences of irresponsibility. So the crows are racist because... they talked with a slight southern accent, had an "black" voice, and were not the most fluent in proper English|American speach? Have you- I don't know, visited the south ever? Do you have any clue how People in GENERAL talked in the late 1800's and early 1900's? Understand slang, or colloquialisms, or dialect differences of those times? Apparently NOT. It seems to me that you have made the assumption all on your own that the crows MUST be Negro because- they are unlearned and crows are- black. Your association is "Black"- your childs association is- Crow, of course you could push your own odd mentality on your kid by telling them that the crows ARE black and they ARE making fun of or belittling people of darker skin tones... but more than likely your three year old doesn't even notice colour, and won't until you start throwing it in his face. For what it's worth, I live in Mobile Alabama, I was born and raised in Boston *My husband is serving in the USCG*, if anything I'd say "yep the crows are southern"- because guess what, people here- still talk like that, and this state is by far primarily "White". I notice no one mentioned the men working in the rain- but those voices were of a "coloured" choir too- so I guess then that says that "Blacks"- ahh- get the job done? The crows are some of the nicest most friendly charachters in the film. In many ways, the crows are Dumbo's saving grace, giving him the "magic feather" and thus the confidence to fly, and he doesn't forget them in the end. The crows wouldn't be at all half the awesome charachters they are if it weren't for the "Black" voices behind them. They were full of soul and really uplifting- perhaps that's why Jim Charmicheal and the Hall choir were chosen- because they brought the charachters to life and could make people sing and smile. Now lets talk about the potential for reverse racism, the crows ONE "negative" quality is their speach (personally I think they speak better English than President Bush does!), yet the cruel men in the film, the ringmaster, the clowns, the little boys who torment baby dumbo- they are all White. They are the depictions of negative human qualities. The ringleader is a power hungry, abusive, calculating, cold hearted animal abuser and neglecter... and also abusive in his treatment of his workers. The clowns are lazy drunks who lack complete regard for the lives of animals- shoving dumbo out a window. And what about the other elephants, those female- uppercrust meanies- there's some nice "white" voices for you. They were realll sweethearts. When you look at the facts more like that it starts to look more like those poor poor Negros who are regarded as dumb- aren't really the focus of this movie at all. *Gasp shock* what a novel notion- a Disney movie that isn't racist and it isn't a movie that is going to scar all children. You can use this movie like many other Disney films to teach children many many important life lessons- but that would mean you'd have to do more with the tv set than use it as a babysitting device for your kid.
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Summary: Wonderful!!!!!!!!!
Review: I loved this movie since I was in first grade. Mainly because the main character, the lovable Dumbo, reminded me of myself. I was an out cast and people made fun of me all the time and I only had six "Real" friends, as did Dumbo (Timothy Mouse and the 5 singing Crows who showed Dumbo how to fly). I cry everytime it goes off because it ends so fast. If only the movie was longer would it be better. Get it because of Dumbo cutness and the wonderful songs (My favorite was "when I see an elephant fly"). The movie will bring tears to your eyes.
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Summary: A classic...
Review: Dumbo has been around since I was a child. I had to get it for my 3 year old. He loves it. It also has a teaches a lesson. What more could you want for your child.
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Summary: Heartwarming
Review: Dumbo is a wonderful movie that really touches your heart. It is about a baby elephant named Jumbo Junior who was meanly nicknamed Dumbo by the other elephants because he had gigantic ears. The music is great, and my nephew who is 2 loves this movie because it has a choo choo train in it, fun music, and animals. Some reviewers said that the songs were racist, but I could not hear the lyrics very well so I don't know. The elephant's mother gets angry when some boys are making fun of Dumbo and when she thinks that Dumbo is in danger, she spanks the boy. The circus people put her in isolated confinement. A rat befriends Dumbo and tries to make him the star of the circus. He builds up Dumbo's confidence. This movie is hard to watch, but very touching. It will probably make you cry.
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Summary: Unbelievable that so many are OK with the racism
Review: Wow- open your eyes, folks. I don't care if it was made 200 years ago, this is not the kind of cultural message I want to give to my little boy. Not to mention, the taunting, scary pink elephants, fire, drunkeness....Disgusting! Oh, and if your mom helps you through it, they lock her up. Nice messages for the little people (NOT!)
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Summary: Great Movie
Review: This movie is perfectly fine for Children , I watched this movie before and it does not look like Disney was giving Glory to the Cruel Treatment of animals here but rather it was the other way around > Like when the Ring Master had all those Elephant's standing on top of eachother I don't think Walt Disney was saying it's okay to treat animals this way, I mean did you ever think that it could have only been a joke, its just a cartoon not everything they do needs to be taken serious , also I get the feeling that Walk Disney was against this treatment of animals , like when they locked up Dumbo's Mother it seems like Disney was saying this was a bad thing , to me I think that maybe Disney was trying to say that some of this stuff that goes on in the circus is not good and is cruel > I mean that is the message I get out of it > I am someone who loves and adores animals so I can understand how manby an animal lover might would be offened , but to me this movie makes animal cruelity out to be bad if anything > No this movie is not racist , just because they have Black people putting up the tent does not make it racist and just because the Black Crows might talk like Black people, I mean it's getting crazy people thinking of almost anything as being racist , like having Black Witches is Racist is just crazy and also if you say that Black Man rather then that Man someone might accuse you of being racist, I mean people really need to take it easy , this stuff is not racist > It just that way it was back then and it not Walk Disney's fault that it was that way back then, so just because they had those Black Men putting up Tents does not make Disney a racist lol , maybe if anything Disney here as well was speaking against racism ? Also so what if the Black Crows sounded like Black People that does not make Disney a racist lol , I mean did not the Black Crows turn out to be good and help Dumbo ? hmmmmmm ? Well then so if they where supposed to be like Black People then Disney was making these certain Black People out to be good and helpful, so if anything Disney was saying that there are a lot of good Black People > Anyways, I have always liked this movie as a Child but never owned it until it this Special Dvd came out > I like the message about this baby Elephant with a so called birth defect being good and coming out a winner , just because he was different other did not like him, even though he was so innocent , to me this movie has wonderful messages and I don't see that this movie gives Glory to racism or cruel animal treatment at all >
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Summary: A rare Disney animated movie
Review: Dumbo is a very rare Disney animated movie that didn't have a villian, and plus this movie runs about 63 minutes. O.K. I know I reviewed this movie back in December, and I caught this during Disney Channel's get animated that are runs 8 Disney animated movies every night for a week. Well Dumbo doesn't talk, but the other elephants to. To find out what Dumbo is about (see my Decembr 19th review). Animated movies takes 2 to 3 years to make, and yet this animated movie was made in 1 year. The animators was working overtime. If a lot of animators work on animated movies, why does it take a couple of years to make. If only one animator was working on an animated movie, it would take a long time. Where is Dumbo 2? Disney has made a lot of sequels to thier clasic movies and yes, this movie might scare young kids, as much as Disney animated movies do. But that's Disney. The only Disney movies that I feel derseves a G rating are Finding Nemo and Piglet's Big Movie, those are the only titles I can think of at this time.
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Summary: How the mind plays tricks.
Review: I was so excited to rent this video and watch it with my son. I didn't remember it being so racist. I was incredibly saddened as we sat through it, hoping that my son wouldn't pick up on all the slurs against people of color. I agree with many other reviewers that this movie is a classic, it is just a shame that it was socially acceptable to make this kind of statement at that point in time.
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