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YouTube videos of Disney's Song of the South (1946)

I didn't have time to show these in class, but they are worth taking a look at for not only the animation of the two Joel Chandler Harris stories we read, but also to get a sense of the charicature of the "happy slave" that we discussed in class. The first clip certainly depicts Uncle Remus in this way.

Brer Rabbit gets trapped by the Tar Baby

Brer Rabbit escapes from Brer Fox

Summary

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Key Terms

Regionalism- preserves culture, language, and customs (local color)

     Trickster- a manipulator of language