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Song of the South: Brer Rabbit
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One of the reasons Song has become a “lost” film is because of the most famous of the film’s animated sequences, in which Fox and Bear hatch a scheme to catch the hare with a Tar-Baby. They dress this humanoid they’ve confected, and place it on a log next to the road. By and by Rabbit comes hopping along. When he sees the Tar-Baby his sez mawnin’ and remarks on the fine weather. But Tar-Baby ain’t sayin’ nothing’. Rabbit sez mawnin’ again, and again the Tar-Baby ignores him. Finally, Rabbit hauls off and smacks this high-and-mighty upside the head.
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Song of the South in fact skewers racism as much as it presents sterotypical blacks. Berr Rabbit and the Tar Baby are solid slaps at the foolishness of racism and the lack of smarts in the racists. Berr Rabbit becomes completely incompacitated trying to get the tar baby to talk to him. In the relationship between Berr Rabbit and Berr Fox the rabbit always out foxes the fox.
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The art of animation and live-action are blended brilliantly to create SONG OF THE SOUTH. This wonderfully colourful spectacle is filled with fascinating characters, including the smart and witty Br'er Rabbit and his bumbling sidekick Br'er Bear. Featuring an Academy Award winning song and dazzling animated effects; it has become a memorable and beloved family classic!
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Song of the South went on to score big at the box office. Down through the years it spawned a genre of popular kid songs that generations of school children (including this writer) hummed and whistled, and delighted in the antics of folk icons Brer Rabbit, Brer Fox and Brer Bear.
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There are a number of in-joke references to Song of the South in Who Framed Roger Rabbit. One of the Toons seen in this film is Br'er Bear. Also, a glimpse of the Tar Baby can be glimpsed (seen in the Toontown scene outside the left window of Eddie Valiant's car).
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