![]() Worse, some rudimentary checks on various movies in the Disney+ catalog suggest Disney doesn’t have coherent blanket rules for which movies on the service have been censored and which haven’t, aside from not carrying anything above a PG-13 rating.įor example, The Ringer asked if Disney would edit out all nudity from movies on Disney+, but did not get a response. Moreover, since Disney doesn’t tell us which movies on Disney+ are theatrical versions, which ones are TV edits, and which ones are something in-between, there’s no way of knowing in advance what you’re actually consuming. Though most of the changes to movies I’ve noticed over the years don’t have a major impact on plot and meaning - and sometimes whoever manages the TV edit takes the opportunity to create some meta-humor - it’s a little upsetting to think that a movie I loved isn’t the same movie other people might be getting a chance to see, which erodes the communal experience of movie-watching. George Lucas’s tinkering with Star Wars films is probably the most prominent example, but there are plenty of examples, just within the Disney universe, of films being edited from their original theatrical versions for various reasons. On another level, I’m intrigued by the idea of film owners (not necessarily filmmakers) distributing versions that don’t match the theatrical, or generally-accepted canonical, versions. We’ve also been watching a lot of The Simpsons and make a concerted effort to talk about which characters are being kind and which aren’t, and noting that Homer shouldn’t be strangling Bart. ![]() For example, the other night we watched Big, a movie (not on Disney+) that garnered a PG rating when it came out in 1988, even though it features the main character fondling a woman’s breast (in a bra) and a big ol’ “Who the fuck do you think you are?” in a climactic moment. We’re the kind of family that doesn’t mind exposing the five-year-old to a little bit of cursing or other harsh material so long as we can be there to talk to her about it. After further poking around, it became clear that there are a lot of movies on Disney+ that have been edited for content without an up-front notice. ![]() ![]() I haven’t seen Splash, but a quick online search suggests Disney+ only includes a version of the film that removes some non-sexual nudity. But upon starting the movie, we were greeted with a notice that the film had been modified for content, so we didn’t bother. The other day, I noticed Splash is included with Disney+ and since my little one is in a mermaid phase thought it might be worth watching. ![]()
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