A custom image of Disney's Peter Pan with a beard in front of Big Ben
Movies have been around since the dawn of the 20th century, which means that a lot has changed since their beginning and modern day. As time goes on, audiences and critics look back at older movies and constantly re-evaluate them, especially as societal norms change. This is true even for animated movies.
In recent years, Dumbo has received criticism for the crow characters who help Dumbo learn how to fly. The lead crow, voiced by Cliff Edwards, was originally called Jim Crow in the production notes before being re-named to Dandy Crow, and the others, while voiced by the all-Black Hal Johnson Choir, fall into many stereotypes of black people commonly seen at the time.
Suffice it to say, these decisions caused division on release, and have only gotten worse nearly thirty years later. While the film has a good message about not reducing those who disagree with you as an"other," it's hard to wrestle with how the narrative tries to make both the English settlers and the Powhatan people equally at fault for the conflict when one side is invading the home of another.
That said, the film has also taken some heat for its depiction of the Native American tribe Peter and his Lost Boys frequently spar with. They check every stereotypical depiction of Native Americans, including an emphasis on smoking tobacco, living in tipis, speaking in jibberish with words like"Hana Mana Ganda," and being referred to as Indians. The film also uses various offensive and derogatory slang words to describe the indigenous tribe, such as"redskin" and"squaw.
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