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Very interesting, this and what I read on the web about people's objections to _Song of the South_. Everything that people object to was on public TV last week in _Manor House_, where men and women devoted their entire adult lives to taking care of wealthy, upper class families. It was pointed out that they were not allowed to marry, but they laughed and had *some* fun (not a whole lot) and lived the ups and downs the family did. In fact, this same servitude shows up in _Upstairs, Downstairs_. I don't think the black characters in _Song of the South_ were portrayed as unintelligent. I think the serious parts of their lives were portrayed very lightly and the less serious, even fun, parts, were treated in depth, because, *after all,* the movie was about the Uncle Remus stories. It was *not* a realistic portrayal of life in the post-war South and was not meant to be. I studied Joel Chandler Harris in college and I saw _Song of the South_ when I was a child. I think we have something skewed here. And, I think it's the *fear* of offending people. All that being said, I don't think it's appropriate to show in a public school to first graders. At least not without studying the Uncle Remus stories first, though. And I don't know how a first grade teacher can talk to children about the servitude, etc., in the movie because I'm not a teacher. Perhaps clips from the movie would work if it's the Uncle Remus stories the teacher is interested in. But I really do doubt that the teacher has a legal copy or has copyright permission to show it (one or the other). Phalbe Henriksen Director Bradford County Public Library Starke, FL >The problem was that the movie depicted African-American people as >child-like and less >than intelligent. It had nothing to do with the dialect used. It was >more in the way the people accepted a demeaning role. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==-=-=- All LM_NET postings are protected by copyright law. To change your LM_NET status, e-mail to: listserv@listserv.syr.edu In the message write EITHER: 1) SIGNOFF LM_NET 2) SET LM_NET NOMAIL 3) SET LM_NET MAIL 4) SET LM_NET DIGEST * Allow for confirmation. LM_NET Help & Information: http://ericir.syr.edu/lm_net/ Archive: http://askeric.org/Virtual/Listserv_Archives/LM_NET.shtml LM_NET Select/EL-Announce: http://www.cuenet.com/archive/el-announce/ LM_NET Supporters: http://ericir.syr.edu/lm_net/ven.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-=-=-=-