The Swiss Family Robinson was originally published in German in 1812 and titled: "Der Schweizerische Robinson" by Swiss pastor Johann David Wyss, and edited by his son Johann Rudolf Wyss. Whyatt and his friends invited This type of work enjoyed a large readership during the Enlightenment, and Swiss libraries stocked them. An uncomplicated film leaves behind a complicated legacy, and one you can still feel both at the Disney theme parks and in films themselves. A title card is better than those options, and it's better than nothing. It's more than a little goofy and unsettling. But on top of that, Swiss Family Robinson looms so large in the hearts and minds of millions becauseit offers big, grand, unpredictable adventures while also being relatable. He sings in a poorly accented English voiced by a white actor and plays the piano with chopsticks. I loved the song We Are Siamese, growing up. True as it may be that Disney wasn't the only studio stereotyping people of color in the late 1950s or early 1960s, it doesn't make this aspect of the film any more palatable. There has already been a live-action Dumbo remake which cut much of the problematic elements from the animated film. The larger point is one I've repeated before, both on Twitterand on this very website: Disney+ needsa host. How about instead of censoring it, which is part of the doctrine of several tyrannical political parties of Europes history, you actually, you know, learn from it? The message also encourages the viewer to visit a. that's intended to explain how stories matter stories of all kinds and shapes, highlighting the diversity that Disney is trying to achieve now while also describing and calling out the films they released that failed to represent diverse cultures effectively. Deadline is a part of Penske Media Corporation. In truth, what Disney+ really needs is context. Father speaks with the natural, clipped British accent of the man who portrays him, John Mills, while Mother speaks in a mid-Atlantic dialect that highly theatrical, vaguely British, mid-20th manner of speech used primarily by actors like Katharine Hepburn. The gun he gets thrown in by Sheldon Blake proves disabled, and for a sinister reason: near Borneo, Blake's men turn up to capture them. In the 1940 film, theres more background as to why the Robinsons want to emigrate (Australia, on this occasion), which is to escape In a scene that kids would take literally in that people want to marry other people Father agrees, in very few words, that this could cause a problem the longer the family stays on the island. The Swiss Family Robinson (German: Der Schweizerische Robinson) is a novel by Johann David Wyss, first published in 1812, about a Swiss family of immigrants whose ship en route to Port Jackson, Australia, goes off course and is shipwrecked in the East Indies. But the biggest draw this adaptation has is, like the film itself, simple: it's a movie about people on a tropical island that was shot on a tropical island. True as it may be that Disney wasn't the only studio stereotyping people of color in the late 1950s or early 1960s, it doesn't make this aspect of the film any more palatable. Why is Andi the only unattractive one with stereotypical Asian short hair? The exoticism of The Swiss Family Robinson was at odds with the Swiss reality of the time. WebSuper Why and his friends head into the story of The Swiss Family Robinson to meet a family who is just as stranded as Little Boy Blue Super Why! The flora, fauna and geographical particularities of non-European countries were richly described and illustrated," says Claire Jaquier. WebSwiss Family Robinson The pirates who antagonize the Robinson family are portrayed as a stereotypical foreign menace. WebThe father believes the dogs to be useless because they are both heavy (hard to transport on a raft) and because they eat too much while not providing any specific help. "The fact that it was translated so quickly was proof of its potential in Switzerland. Initially, they construct a treehouse, but as time passes (and after Elizabeth is injured climbing the stairs down from it), they settle in a more permanent dwelling in part of a cave. The Robinson family's epic journey was born of the imagination of the Bernese pastor Johann David Wyss. It can only be a good thing that we are acknowledging that racial stereotyping is wrong but we can still watch these classics with that in mind. So, if these classic books are removed, our kids cant read about the adventure of Huck and his friend Tom Sawyer. Fritz rescues a young Englishwoman named Jenny Montrose, who was shipwrecked elsewhere on their island. The possibilities for new stories are endless, which makes it very attractive to audiences". This portrayal reinforces the perpetual foreigner stereotype, while the film also features lyrics that mock the Chinese language and culture such as Shanghai, Hong Kong, Egg Foo Young. It's an attractive premise which appeals to readers. One of the more mature struggles in the film is between the parents: William (Mills) is quick to adopt a can-do attitude about living on the unknown island, whereas his wife Elizabeth (McGuire) initially wants the family to figure out a way to head to New Guinea, their original destination.The other major struggle throughout the film with more teeth in it than the vaguely defined threat of pirates, about whom more soon is between the two older Robinson boys, Fritz and Ernst. And thank goodness the parents dont have to go through the trouble of worrying about such a thing. WebDisney has made the conscious decision not to remove the content, instead opting for an updated content warning ahead of movies like Aristocats, Peter Pan, Dumbo and Adults might assume that characters would be dressed in beach-appropriate attire shorts, swimsuits, T-shirts, or for the guys, nothing on top. At times it is difficult to explained nuance views to adults. The Swiss Family Robinson reflects a fascination for the rest of the world, but it also presents the Swiss system as an effective and universally valid model. 23:42. If you don't visit the Stories Matter website (and I wonder how many of you reading this are visiting that site now for the first time), you won't even know what it is about Swiss Family Robinson that Disney is implying is offensive.That's especially true because there's a very obvious element of racist representation that's not accounted for in the more detailed description on the website. It's a handsomely mounted production. The Swiss Family Robinson has another dominant theme linked to Swiss history that of exile. Many of us have an abundance of wonderful memories with Disney films. Ill send them a copy of Birth of a Nation, so they can learn to be even more racist. In their continued effort to promote diversity and inclusion, Disney has made select films unavailable on childrens Disney+ profiles due to negative cultural depictions, particularly racist stereotypes. Corrections? They eat random fruit off trees, which could easily be poisonous, and no responsible parent would allow their kids to sample wild jungle plants. 23:41. The narrative fosters the notion of belonging and Swiss heritage, which made it easier for readers to identify with it," notes Daniel Maggetti. Disneys live-action 1960 feature Swiss Family Robinson is marked for its yellow face and brown face pirates, while 1941s Dumbo, flagged last year by the channel, now receives a more detailed explanation and some historical context: The crows and musical number pay homage to racist minstrel shows, where white performers with blackened faces and tattered clothing imitated and ridiculed enslaved Africans on Southern plantations. More specifically, the news focused on the dark side of where and how Disney began, acknowledging its racially and sexually insensitive material in films like, If you're a Disney+ subscriber and play those titles now, you'll see a generic message letting you know that the film you're about to see has something offensive that was treated as unproblematic upon release but is now correctly seen as Not Great, Bob! Their first names are never given because they're never used. The German title translates as The Swiss Robinson which identifies the novel as part of the Robinsonade genre, rather than a story about a family named Robinson. The world has gone mad. Probably because of the cultural dominance and popularity of Lost,adults watching Swiss Family Robinsonmay be predisposed to not accepting a tropical island at face value. "At that time, it was rather rare in our country for German books to be translated into French," says Professor Daniel Maggetti, director of the Centre des littratures en Suisse romande at the University of Lausanne. On one hand, we can acknowledge that what Disney is doing by inserting a title card nodding towards the reality of the studio's earlier, more problematic films is vastly more than they ever did prior to the advent of the streaming service. General Secretariat GS-FDFA WebThe new disclaimer appears on screen before the start of movies like Aladdin, The Aristocats, Dumbo, Lady and the Tramp, Peter Pan, Swiss Family Robinson and The But being a quintessential Disney adventure means you have to take the good with the bad. However, twenty years before then, Disney released its original. Animals are used as beasts of burden and made to work, and they suffer through some frightening sequences, neither of which are depicted in more contemporary family films. Swiss Family Robinson s1 e16 return paradise. There aren't any surfing scenes, bonfire parties, or other tropes found in the genre that was popular around the time of Swiss Family Robinson's initial release in 1960, but it's a film that takes place almost entirely in, on, or around a tropical beach. Tell you what. The Swiss Family Robinson. Fritz and Ernst, however, are way ahead of Father on the matter because they're feeling those familiar feelings already. WebThe Swiss Family Robinson (German: Der Schweizerische Robinson) is a novel by Johann David Wyss, first published in 1812, about a Swiss family of immigrants whose ship en } Having thought about this a bit more, I have a recommendation. This is a quintessential Disney adventure, the kind of film that absolutely feels right at home in the theme parks. still from Swiss Family Robinson, Disney+. The movie Robinsons, however, aren't real people, and they just roll with the scary and don't seem much worse for the wear. It is no accident that The Swiss Family Robinson was made into a film by Walt Disney in 1960," says Claire Jaquier, a specialist in literature and cultural history of the Swiss Enlightenment at the University of Neuchtel. It was his son, Johann Rudolf, who published the novel. (Even though I strongly dislike The Aristocats, I feel slightly bad for the 1970 animated feature because no one at Disney realizes they have excluded the word "The" from the title.) Since I dont have Disney stock, I rather dont care. In the novel a minister, his wife, and their four sons are shipwrecked and become castaways on an island in the East Indies. We understand and can read the problem is my kids shouldnt need my permission to watch Peter Pan or the aristocrats or Dumbo..my God everything offends somebody..all thats happening is more of a divide is drawn because we go to much to the other extreme because someones feelings are hurtridiculous. Thought police have indeed existed in human history. Jeesh, some ppl eh?! The new notices have been implemented with the assistance of an advisory council composed of various organizations including GLAAD, the African American Film Critics Association, Coalition of Asian Pacifics in Entertainment, IllumiNative, National Association of Latino Independent Producers, and RespectAbility, among others. (I'm an avowed fan of the background music of the Disney theme parks, yet I did a double-take when the mother Robinson started playing the "Swisskapolka" on the organ during that dance scene. For children < 7 it is rather difficult to explain adult concepts. On the island, the family must also constantly adapt to survive, which is a source of new adventures. The book is the most successful of a large number of "Robinsonade" novels that were written in response to the success of Defoe's Robinson Crusoe (1719). I know it feels good to use melodramatic language when venting, but lets keep things grounded in reality and not mired in alternative facts. Those of us who are parents with uncanceled Disney Plus subscriptions will continue to enjoy uncensored Disney classics like Dumbo, and some of us will have discussions with our kids about certain characters so we avoid the possibility of a future call from schoolteachers asking why our child was adopting a Stepin Fetchit voice and referring to himself as Jim Crow in class. This 18th century classic inspired by Robinson Crusoe became even more popular abroad than it is in Switzerland. Adults will catch the occasional reference to "Bern," that being the capital city of Switzerland from which the Robinson family presumably hails. The leader of the group in Dumbo is Jim Crow, which shares the name of laws that enforced racial segregation in the Southern United States. Her granddad had her wrap her head in a scarf to make the pirates think she's a man, which viewers presume is so they wouldn't kidnap her and do horrible things to her. Answer: The Sound familiar? The backlash has surfaced in the wake of Disney+ revising the accessibility of Dumbo (1941), Peter Pan (1953), The Aristocats (1970) and Swiss Family Robinson on the platform. And if that isnt good enough for everyone then have a parental password for some of these hot topic films and if your child wants to watch them, then you can choose to let them watch it and/or have a conversation about the film and why parts of it are wrong. They make their way to shore, where they build a settlement, undergoing several adventures before being rescued; some refuse rescue and remain on the island. Wyss' attitude towards its education is in line with the teachings of Jean-Jacques Rousseau, and many chapters involve Christian-oriented moral lessons such as frugality, husbandry, acceptance, and cooperation. So, you can understand why the film has persisted over time, if gradually less so in the last few decades. There seem to be a lot of people commenting who dont understand that these movies are still available on Disney+, they just cant be watched by little kids without permission from their parents. I believe they were mostly voiced by Black actors too. These stereotypes were wrong then and are wrong now, reads an explanation on Disneys Stories Matter website regarding the new advisory notices. But good intentions or not, the Robinsons are colonizing a strange land for themselves with no regard for its original denizens. Is Disney Plus going to remove Pinocchio, Pocahontas, The Hunchback of Norte Dame from Kids profile pages? The pirates who antagonize the Robinson family are portrayed as a stereotypical foreign menace. 23:41. For example, while trying to make land, the Robinsons fight off sharks and successfully get them to back off by shooting at them, and moments later, they marvel at a turtle that winds up towing their heavy boat full of salvaged junk. The two latest are Its a Disney-produced channel, after all, so what could possible offend or traumatize them? By the story's end, it's implied that William may become the island's governor, with no consideration for whether or not anyone lived there before he and his family arrived. Are these Disney films Ive mentioned going to be removed from kids profiles and will they have warning labels about these films like Pocahontas which admits that it was wrong what was shown in these films. Yes, retrospectively it is a big deal. The Robinson family isn't meant to be antiheroic; their intentions are intended to be seen as good and pure, to the point where they bend their knees and pray upon arriving safely from the shipwreck. Thehighest-grossing film of 1960, this adaptation of the classic 19th-century novel by Johann David Wyss is one of the most enduring non-animated Disney films, thanks to home video, reruns on cable TV, and the Disney+ streaming service. Disney Plus did not make that impossible with this move. "We do not see the same success in Switzerland, Germany or France, where the work, although present, re-worked and adapted over time, has a much smaller readership than in American culture". And will those films get warning labels? That is why another Swiss literary classic, Johanna Spyri's Heidi, became the more popular of the two. Rarely do I approve of profanity. And in much the same way that Clark Kent's glasses conceal Superman's identity, in the world of this film, that head wrap somehow makes the pirates and the boys not notice 26-year-old actress Janet Munro's adult, feminine facial features. This is a story about a lily-white family arriving on a tropical island and colonizing it for themselves. If they have any. The destiny of another Bernese man, Alfred von Rodt, also crossed paths with that of the fictional adventurer. McclearnJoshua2716. I am so over hearing and seeing all this stupid bullshit people need to take their head out of the asses and stop crying like a bunch of whiny babies. Upon reaching the island, the family set up a makeshift camp. Daniel Defoe's story of Robinson Crusoe has inspired many Swiss figures. After the Robinson guys build their elaborate, multi-part, pulley-enabled network of treehouses, Father whisks Mother up to show her their literal love nest and bedroom. Swiss Family Robinson (1974) E04 - Animal Kingdom. Agree 100 percent complete. One of the more mature struggles in the film is between the parents: William (Mills) is quick to adopt a can-do attitude about living on the unknown island, whereas his wife Elizabeth (McGuire) initially wants the family to figure out a way to head to New Guinea, their original destination. Liberals will be the death of everything. M shum rreth seris . (I'm an avowed fan of the background music of the Disney theme parks, yet I did a double-take when the mother Robinson started playing the "Swisskapolka" on the organ during that dance scene. The ways in which Swiss Family Robinson are problematic are not unique to this one film. Written by Swiss writer, Johann David Wyss, edited by his son Johann Rudolf Wyss, and illustrated by another son, Johann Emmanuel Wyss, the novel was intended to teach his four sons about family values, good farming, and the uses of the natural world and self-reliance. They actually help Dumbo. That sense of simplicity works both for and against the 1960 film. This article was most recently revised and updated by, https://www.britannica.com/topic/The-Swiss-Family-Robinson, Internet Archive - "The Swiss family Robinson", The Swiss Family Robinson - Student Encyclopedia (Ages 11 and up). Peter Pan, released in 1953, is tagged for its stereotypical depiction of Native people that neither reflects the diversity of Native peoples nor their authentic cultural traditions. In addition to mockery and appropriation of Native culture and imagery, Peter Pan repeatedly uses the offensive term redskins.. . } Ive noticed most people cant seem to read here! } However, it is no longer available in the childrens category. Swiss Family Robinson (1972) Family Animation. According to Maggetti, The Swiss Family Robinson was rooted in the Swiss tradition and read by the country's youth until the Second World War, after which interest waned, especially among readers in French-speaking Switzerland. (In that way, you could argue that it's a perfect template for some of the attractions of Adventureland, which even now traffics in stereotyping, as when showcasing a group of ravaging natives in the Jungle Cruise.) WebRather than removing the offensive content, the company said it hopes to "spark conversation and open dialogue on history that affects us all." Because for all of the dazzling shipwrecks, pirate chases, tricky sailing trips, and fending off wild animals, Swiss Family Robinson is really just the story of a mostly normal, loving family trying to survive and stay intact, all while relying on each other. WebThose unique cultural indicators made the final cut of Swiss Family Robinson, and the boys' names stayed as Swiss-German as they were in the original 1840 novel Ernst, Fritz, and Francis. How much more woke can Disney get and much more can they de-value Disney plus?!?! In a strictly modest Disney movie from 1960, showing off a belly button would be downright profane, so most instances of shirtlessness involve the Robinson guys hilariously pulling up their long pants almost up to their chests so as to not flash anything untoward. Listen, I am as liberal as the come. There has recently been discussion about the pirates in Swiss Family Robinson, with some audiences arguing that their inclusion means the film is likely to offend. WebWhen Angelino Jack Robinson gets a new job in Australia, he decides to take his sissy wife Ann, brave sons Shane and Todd and wining daughter Elisabeth 'Lizzy' by sailing yacht from Hong Kong to Syndney. Father Robinson (John Mills) playfully spits out the water after falling in, and that water is most definitely full of all kinds of germs, bacteria, and the diseases spread by virulent microscopic life. Or the time he showed his gun at the bus driver to force the driver to accept the kids pet on the bus? Um, yeah Youre the one who wrote that Disney is planning to take away classics like these. I didnt imagine that or read it incorrectly. Nodding towards the existence of the bad isn't quite enough. At Disneyland, back when it was open, you may well have trodden on the old Swiss Family Treehouseor Tarzan's Treehouse as it's now named. Again, the word for this movie, in good and bad ways, is "simple." The song We are Siamese is from Lady and the Tramp. For once during the pandemic, the news was unrelated to the theme parks, their continued closure in California, or their stripped-down operation in Florida. "Alfred von Rodt's figure regained importance on the island after the 2010 tsunami. The Jungle Book from 1967 makes the list due to its King Louie character (voiced by Louis Prima), a jazz-singing, be-bopping ape long considered an offensive caricature that utilizes racist stereotypes of African Americans. Through a few statements pieced together, it's established that the Robinsons were a wealthy family from Bern, Switzerland. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. 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