White Allies and the Blacklist: Maurice Rapf (Six Degrees of Song of the South, Episode 4)
- Podcast Episode
- 2019
- 52m
Concerned that his movie about a former slave devoting his life to a white child's emotional needs might be perceived as racist, Walt Disney hired known Communist Maurice Rapf to rewrite Son... Read allConcerned that his movie about a former slave devoting his life to a white child's emotional needs might be perceived as racist, Walt Disney hired known Communist Maurice Rapf to rewrite Song of the South. Rapf, the son of an MGM exec, was radicalized as a college student, and sh... Read allConcerned that his movie about a former slave devoting his life to a white child's emotional needs might be perceived as racist, Walt Disney hired known Communist Maurice Rapf to rewrite Song of the South. Rapf, the son of an MGM exec, was radicalized as a college student, and shortly after Song of the South was released, he was blacklisted. Today we'll discuss Rapf's... Read all