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by foobarian 1640 days ago
I wonder also how much of the older content is self-censored for e.g. political correctness reasons.
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Lio 1640 days ago
That’s certainly seems to be true for Kundun (1997).

The Chinese Communist Party wasn’t happy the film was made in the first place and would probably ban Disney from their market if it was available for streaming in the USA.

It’s quiet, limited sale on DVD is still tolerated.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kundun

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TedDoesntTalk 1640 days ago
This is indeed true of movies such as Disney’s Song of the the South. You won’t find that anywhere;; even eBay prevents sale of the DVD.

Cartoons have also been censored:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Censored_Eleven

https://deadline.com/2021/03/pepe-le-pew-space-jam-2-new-yor...

Many cartoon shorts from the 30s and 40s with blackface and other offensive material has been edited. I can’t find references right now, but have noticed this personally.

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