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Disney film »Peter Pan«: no longer available in the children's accounts by default
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If a child wants to watch some older films such as "Peter Pan" or "Aristocats" on the Disney + streaming service, they need someone who has normal access - obviously a parent, for example.
When exactly Disney made the adjustment is unclear.
A British tabloid was probably the first to report on the subject at the weekend, other media followed suit.
Disney did not respond to a request from the tabloid.
Flanked by an explanatory page called »Stories Matter«, the company had already started in October to provide a handful of its classics online with warnings in the Disney + menu and a display at the beginning of the stream.
Disney wants to use the information to make it clear that the films in question no longer contain contemporary or clichéd representations (read more about the initiative and the films concerned here).
As SPIEGEL was able to understand through trial and error, those films can no longer be found with profiles that were created as children's profiles.
Even if a child tries, for example, to access the film via a direct link, the following message is displayed: "Unfortunately, this title cannot be accessed because it violates your profile settings for parental controls."
"Incorrect treatment of people and cultures"
In non-child profiles there is the following comment on »Peter Pan« from 1953: »This program contains negative representations and / or incorrect treatment of people and cultures.
Those stereotypes were wrong then and still are today.
Instead of removing this content, it is important for us to point out its harmful effects, to learn from it and to stimulate conversations that make it possible to create a more inclusive, common future without discrimination. "
On the “Stories Matter” website, Disney explains about “Peter Pan” that the film describes Native Americans as “red skins” and portrayed them in a stereotypical manner.
The dance with headdresses performed by Peter and the "Lost Boys" is also a "form of fooling around and appropriating the culture and imagery" of those people.
Regarding »Aristocats« it is said that one of the cats is represented »as a racist caricature of East Asian people«.
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