That Penquin Movie "Happy Feet" was so scary and racist we had to leave

[KoKo]

Anyone have links to DU Discussion here about it? I hit search "Penquins" in archives for Lounge but didn't come up with anything.

Is it just us who walked out or did anyone else find it really offensive?

[ScreamingMeemie]

1. I didn't like it because the plot was lame.

The movie really didn't make enough sense. It was a waste of $30 :sarcasm:


edited for sarcasm smiley...oops.

[FedUpWithIt All]

2. I sent my children to see it with my mother.

Now i am concerned. I haven't seen it myself. It was racist?

[KoKo]

18. It was to me and I'm even Southern by birth and early years....Besides

The Penquins are SCARY! They are creepy looking...even the Hero...and if I was under 12 seeing that movie and "sensitive" it would have creeped me out and given me nightmares for weeks.

And....I'm not a kid here on Du and have been through a lot to get "Mature," so I don't say this lightly....:shrug:

[FedUpWithIt All]

27. I am a bit confused. (spoiler warning)

My kids didn't think the film was scary. I asked my oldest what she thought. She didn't care for the movie but the only thing she felt was frightening was the underwater bits. She is a bit phobic about large bodies of water. The other two were quite fond of the characters, not afraid. They are pretty sensitive, esp. my 7 yr old. That type of thing tends to be "eye of the beholder" territory.

They didn't see anything racist but i suspect if it was subtle or mature they might have missed it. I will be seeing this movie now. I want to see if there is anything i might have to discuss with them.

One thing they did say was that the film was sad because they picked on the main character for being "different". This ended up being a lesson in tolerance that ended positively. There was apparently distinct lesson about the environment and the danger of human activity. Again the lesson ended on a positive note.

Overall they came away with a positive feeling about the film.

[ronnykmarshall]

109. Oh just wait. Just wait.

In about a week you'll see your kids marching with the Klan.

If you play this move back-wards, you'll hear the voice of Hitler.

[ZombieNixon]

3. I haven't seen it.

What was offensive about it? :shrug:

[cwydro]

4. I think RadioLady had a thread about it

maybe in GD...

It was racist? Really? I thought it was supposed to be about penguins dancing or something.

[Radio_Lady]

58. My review is in my journal, with some other discussion.

http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Radio_Lady

Scroll down to the review.

[Orangepeel]

5. really? I haven't seen it, but I heard that conservatives thought it was too liberal

:shrug:

I have no interest in seeing it, but maybe it's more interesting than I thought it would be, if it manages to offend everybody.

[uppityperson]

6. did you forget the sarcasm thingy or are you series?

[cwydro]

9. That's what I was wondering...

but hopefully the OP will enlighten us...

[charlie and algernon]

10. we're all left hanging

we want to know why its racist

[KoKo]

16. I was and "am" serious...was hoping to find help with DU Threat that

had already discussed "Pro's and Con's" of that dreadful movie.

:shrug:

[uppityperson]

19. I found this topic, doesn't sound "dreadful", how was it racist?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=364&topic_id=2827873
How is it racist and dreadful?

[KoKo]

20. Thanks for Link and Discussion...I'm going over there to read!

:-)'s to you. I want to read OP and thread to see discussion since I'm wondering how I fit in with my "walk out" compared to those who might have liked the movie.

Just what I was looking for. DISCUSSION!

[KoKo]

22. Okay I just hit the DU Link and read the Thread...Most there didn't really SEE

the Movie and just reacted to RW Conservative Michael Medved's review and assuming he was CONSERVATIVES rushed out...took their kids to be "indoctrinated by LW (supposedly) drivel" and missed the point that the MOVIE is a PIECE OF CRAP!

[GoddessOfGuinness]

82. "endorsement of gay identity"?

:rofl:
Endorsement?

"Hi there, I'm an emperor penguin; and I'm sure you've all read that book about the male penguins who raised an orphaned chick together. Well, we want you to watch Happy Feet, remember the book, and all rush out to pick up your gay identity. Manufacturer's list price: $29.95"

[KoKo]

34. I am VERY SERIOUS! (and I spelled it correctly...:-)'s just so you know!

It was dreadful...but I respect that some on this thread seemed to find it "okay."

I wouldn't take any of my nieces or nephews or kids to see that thing...I'd stay at home and do some DVD's of my own. :shrug: It was racist and dreadful propaganda to me...and I'm still waiting for a post here on DU that will give me a good Debate as to why it wouldn't scare any of my little kid relatives to go see that thing.

[uppityperson]

37. I haven't seen it, but have heard little bad about it

Maybe if you sat through the whole thing you could decide (based on your own experience) whether or not to take others, rather than looking for DU to tell you why it is ok. If you don't want to, don't. I don't like much of these computer animated things, but see them occasionally.

[SammyWinstonJack]

62. Are we screwn if we go see this flick?

:shrug: I will wait for the video, only because I don't like going out too the movies.

[deadparrot]

7. I've heard that it was quite liberal.

But I haven't seen it. :shrug:

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

8. ?? You're kidding, right?

All the reviews I've read have been favorable; the only people who've pannned it have been right-wing loons like Michael Medved, who didn't care for its messages -- that it's OK to be different and people are damaging the environment. I've NEVER heard anyone even suggest it's racist (quite the opposite), and I definitely intend to see it.

[xchrom]

12. i believe ther eare different accents between the older and younger penguins.

but i haven't seen the movie.

and yes there were people who read ''race'' into some of that -- medved had something to say about immigration and the movie -- i think it was medved -- but again i am reporting third and fourth hand.

[KoKo]

17. It made fun of African-American Religious Services by making them into

"HipHop" kind of cartoon characters (dissing the real pastors of those churches who shouldn't be cartoonized) !!! (yeah...I know, three !!! get's me into HUGH Territory...but the movie GROSSED ME OUT! (if anyone knows what that means in slang from another era) ;-)'s

[ghostsofgiants]

24. If you're going to accuse something of being racist...

You're probably going to want to go into a little more detail regarding the allegedly racist content. How exactly is making them "hip-hop" making fun of them? Perhaps its meant to make them more appealing to youth? I haven't seen it (nor do I intend to, not exactly my kind of movie), but to assert it's racist without explaining exacty why is a little ridiculous.

[0rganism]

49. that's odd -- IIRC, the priests of the Great Guin were more like grumpy Scotsmen

I suppose grumpy Scotsmen might have had some grounds for complaint. Are you, by any chance, a Scot?

[cwydro]

55. grumpy Scotsmen

:rofl: I love it!

[Lisa]

100. poking fun at Calvinists, perhaps?

I've heard there are some strict Presbyterian congregations that frown on dancing.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

78. What African American religious service?

I should add that I've never been to an African American religious service, other than a funeral on one occasion. I didn't know they sang Tom Jones and Queen songs.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

86. Wow...I didn't perceive it that way at all...

The music leaned toward R&B with a little bit of rap and hip-hop tossed in on the side. But where were the religious services?
The mating rituals were pretty penguin-like, except for the music. Are you referring to the Barry White-type of character?

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

87. What Barry White character?

I keep hearing about Barry White, but nobody struck me as Barry White in the picture.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

90. Lovelace...

His voice wasn't nearly as sexy as Barry White's, but I definitely felt that they were impersonating him...

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

91. oh, I didn't think that at all.

It wasn't nearly deep enough and White didn't have that accent.

[Radical Activist]

116. When did religious services come into it?

There were mating rituals and tap dancing. I think you're stretching it. Is tap dancing common at your church services?

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

77. Accents in the movie...

The father character is Elvis. The old conservative penguins are Irish Catholic. The protagonist is a rich Hobbiton accent. The protagonists buddies have Argentinian accents (they're Adelie penguins, after all, pretty clever I thought). And the old guru Obi Wan character has some strange accent I can't remember or place, but I thought it was much more similar to the Argentinian accents than George Clinton, or as I've heard elsewhere, Barry White.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

88. The old penguins did sound pretty fundy...

I was thinking they were more like Puritans since they didn't want the main character to associate with "those" (Adelie)kind of penguins.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

89. Yeah, Old Guard.

They don't want their kids listening to that "Rock and/or Roll" music.

Classic "Footloose" plot.

There's an older movie (50's? early 60's?), same plot, with Irish catholic conservatives in that role which, I think, served as the direct reference to Happy Feet. Can't remember the name of it.

[Shakespeare]

92. Are you thinking of "Blackboard Jungle?" n/t

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

93. Could be.

But I keep getting that one confused with "To Sir, With Love."

[philosophie_en_rose]

11. What do you mean?

I have not seen the movie yet, but have read quite a few good reviews.

[Mojambo]

13. I'm taking my nephew on Wednesday

I would appreciate some clarification, if it's not too much trouble.

[matcom]

14. ummmmm

:wtf:

[Rabrrrrrr]

15. Considering you wrote Michael Richard's "heckler jokes", I don't think you are

a good judge of what constitutes "racist".

:eyes:




:rofl:

Oh, God, I kill myself with my humor sometimes. I'm just too much! I can't take myself.

Genius like mine should be illegal.

[matcom]

21. "killing yourself"

i'm 100% behind you

:rofl:

[KoKo]

23. Matcom...you forgot.."softly." "Killing your self Softly" with (his) LIES!

BUSHCO Lies and Penquin Movie LIES. :shrug:

[bmbmd]

26. Took my six year old grandson.

We both were enchanted by the movie. The theatre was full of laughing kids including one little darling in her dancing dress and shoes who tapped up and down the stairs in front of me. I thought the movie was about tolerance and being a good steward of the environment.

[FedUpWithIt All]

28. My kids came away with a similar impression.

post#27.

[ronnykmarshall]

102. Are you suuuuuuure??

Hmmmm?

I'd keep an eye on those kids if I were you.

After seeing this KKKids film they might start up a skin head group at school!!!

:sarcasm:

[KoKo]

29. I went at 7:00 Saturday Night (last night) and only one kid under what looked

like 13 or 14 in the audience. I counted heads of 30 folks..of various ages without kids and got a "mix" of grey hairs, middle hairs, and youngies of maybe late 20's into early 30's.
Saturday Night for top movie time and night...the crowd was very sparse and I saw no clapping or folks on their feet.

It might have been because I "walked out" in middle of movie. I guess you are saying "it got better towards the end." But, if that's true, then why were their so few "word of mouth" in the audience there with me? :shrug:

[Pale Blue Dot]

31. The movie is in its 3rd week of release.

It's made over $100 million. It's recieved generally good reviews. The packed house I saw it in last week DID clap at the end.

You have a right to your opinion, but to call the film racist is totally over-the-top.

[KoKo]

38. It was dead last night. And Thanksgiving is over...Why was my theater dead?

why would a Progressive Dem DU'er come on here and trash a Progressive Dem Movie unless this DU'er didn't see it that way?

But, I respect your opinion on why you saw it. Just saying my theater was dead and the movie was crap as far as I saw...and racist. PLUS...the character Penquins were too scary for little kids and myself. :shrug:

[mondo joe]

42. Must be a quirk. It's the #1 movie in the US and Canada for the third week.

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601088&sid=a6HHdjY0NdV4&refer=muse

Dec. 3 (Bloomberg) -- Warner Bros.' ``Happy Feet'' was the top-grossing film for a third straight weekend in U.S. and Canadian theaters, taking in $17.9 million in ticket sales.

The animated movie topped sales of $6.9 million for ``The Nativity Story,'' a new release about the first Christmas from New Line Cinema, which like Warner Bros. is a unit of Time Warner Inc., Exhibitor Relations Co. said today. Sony Corp.'s ``Casino Royale'' remained in second place at $15.6 million and Walt Disney Co.'s ``Déjà Vu'' was third again with $11 million.

[KoKo]

59. Good Grief! Is it those same folks saying "Economy is Great and Jobs

are Increasing" and All's Well in Bush America?

I'm telling you there were few people in our Cineplex at 7:00 p.m on a Saturday night. I don't know why...but that's what it was. BTW the Christmas movies weren't that well attended either...because there were few folks in the parking lot. :shrug:

I live in a City...how can that be?

[mondo joe]

60. Well, I guess you spotted the conspiracy to convince people that Happy Feet

was more popular than Casino Royale.

[Pale Blue Dot]

61. ...

:rofl:

[KoKo]

65. lol's ....just so you know...was disappointed in Casino Royale, too...and

we are Bond lovers...have seen them all repeats too many times to count.

Curmudgeons? :shrug:

[WCGreen]

36. Thank god it's not anti-gay....

And just racist...

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[jonnyblitz]

72. damn i meant to oil those lil 'ole fairy wings of mine!!

sorry to keep you awake with all the noise! :eyes:

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

47. I don't know. Personally, I hate racists and homophobes equally.

A bigot is a bigot. And neither has no place claiming themselves to be a progressive.

[WCGreen]

48. I know you're right about that....

[Bluebear]

25. Oh, my. nt

[Lex]

46. 'zactly. nt

[Skittles]

71. I'm with ya PT

yes INDEED

[Pale Blue Dot]

30. Saw the movie. Liked it a lot.

I thought it was flawed in places, but good overall.

The "african-american" priest penguin you described was clearly supposed to be a George Clinton-type person. Is George Clinton racist?

Really, I've seen some ridiculous criticism of this movie, including Medved's, but this one has to take the cake.

[KoKo]

32. Who is "George Clinton?" ?????

:shrug:

The "african-american" priest penguin you described was clearly supposed to be a George Clinton-type person. Is George Clinton racist?

Really, I've seen some ridiculous criticism of this movie, including Medved's, but this one has to take the cake.

[philosophie_en_rose]

33. George Clinton is a musician.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Clinton_%28funk_musician%29

[GoddessOfGuinness]

101. Thanks!

I'd never heard of him before. Even if he didn't sing well, you'd have to love his hair! :D

[Phillycat]

104. You've never heard of George Clinton?

That surprises me, since you are into music. You must have heard of Parliament, yes?

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

110. No kidding?

George Clinton's great. Parliament's responsible for some of the greatest music of the 70s and is still inspiring music after thirty years. I highly recommend getting an album.

I'm also pretty sure he was the inspiration for Jim Henson's Dr. Teeth character.

[KoKo]

35. George Clinton (the Muscian) was paid to sing in the movie..doubt his

political views came into play in his decision. It was "just a job."

So, why should that change my view of the Character who sung it and what I felt was "rascist" making fun of Black Churches and religion and a very dark scary movie for kids come into play because "George Clinton" sung in it? :shrug:

[Starbucks Anarchist]

39. George Clinton is black.

[Pale Blue Dot]

40. NO. He didn't sing in the movie.

The character was MODELED after him.

I took 3 kids to the movie aged 5, 8, and 11. None of them were the slightest bit scared. If you had stayed until the end, you would have seen that the message was that we should embrace our differences and not let any one person tell us how we should behave or what we should feel.

Again, you have a right to your opinion, but this has to be the most "out-there" film criticism I've seen in some time. At least Medved stayed until the end and got the point.

[philosophie_en_rose]

43. You're not understanding.

You claim that the characters were caricatures of black preachers. The response was the character was modelled after George Clinton, a musician that is African American.

How is it not okay to be inclusive and to feature characters modeled after a variety of people?

[KoKo]

52. Cartoon sterotypes of African American Gospel Singers....Parody! n/t

[Lex]

54. What's the difference, to you, of "stereotypes" of gospel singer, and gospel singers?

What makes them "stereotypes" instead of just real African American gospel singers?

[bbernardini]

63. By any chance were any of the singing penguins wearing diapers or wedding dresses? nt

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

79. What Gospel singing?

The soundtrack that I remember was:

Elvis
Tom Jones
Queen
Frank Sinatra
Chaka Khan
The Beach Boys
a gregorian chant, which I guess could be gospelish, certainly not AA gospel
and some original scores.

So what movie were you watching?

[Radical Activist]

117. Lovelace was an oracle

I haven't seen that in any Christian Church, African-American or otherwise.

[bbernardini]

50. For all intents and purposes, George Clinton IS a preacher.

He just doesn't preach your standard church sermon, that's all. :) I assure you, if the character you speak of was modeled on him, it's not meant to be racist in any way, but a loving tribute. As one Wikipedia entry states:

"Clinton, like scores of his contemporaries took African-American popular music (long concerned with issues of social, political and economic justice) to new levels of political outspokenness, public visibility and artistic accomplishment, tackling such complex subjects as the Vietnam War and the War on Drugs with intelligence and awareness."

The man's a legend. How is modeling a character after him racist?

[KoKo]

53. It MOCKED African-American Church singers.......that's what I saw........

and I think little kids might not get the "overwhelming significance" of what is discussed on this thread and see those penquins as scary as I did.

It was like they weren't "penquins" but morphed onto some huge army of "things in black face with scary eyes" trying to make some political point which for this Liberal Lefty was kind of lost in the cartoon sterotypical characiture of Black Gospel Singers and Preachers. :shrug:

[Lex]

57. So the black faces were scary to you?

:shrug:

[KoKo]

66. Scary charicatures of Black Faces......to be clear. n/t

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

81. characitures of black faces?

This is a joke, right?

[Phillycat]

107. HAHAHAHHA!!!!!!!

:rofl:

This thread is priceless.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

118. thanks

[blondeatlast]

64. The king of funk music and a man possessed of a wonderful, twisted, whimsical

sense of humor.

[Lex]

44. Hahaha! Michael Medved & Glenn Beck say it's TOO LIBERAL.

Medved:

As in so many other recent films, there’s a subtext that appears to plead for endorsement of gay identity. Mumbles (the voice of Elijah Wood) displeases his parents and the leaders of his community because he’s born different, and makes an impassioned plea that he can’t possibly change – and they should accept him as he is.


http://michaelmedved.townhall.com/blog/g/5094f586-fed7-4cf4-872c-d20b94c78024



And . . .

On the November 20 edition of his CNN Headline News program, {conservative commentator} Glenn Beck said that Happy Feet, an animated film about a dancing Emperor penguin, is "propaganda" and an "animated version of An Inconvenient Truth."

http://mediamatters.org/items/200611210008

[KoKo]

56. These are the SAME People who yell: NYT and WaPo and Cables are LIBERAL'

"LIBERAL MEDIA!" The same damned scam they've been selling us for years.

It's a bit of "Oh Please Brer Rabbit don't throw me in that Briar Patch" with these folks. Don't go see Penquins because it's just "TOO LIBERAL" when this "Liberal" thought it was horrible racist steretyping.

Who's correct? I don't know but I enjoyed hearing opinions of fellow DU'ers who saw it even if I don't agree with them...I wanted to hear what they thought even if I countered or made an argument against what I saw differently from what they saw.

I'm not saying "DON'T GO SEE 'Happy Feet'" ...I'm saying BEWARE because this LIBERAL walked out....thinking it "Scary and Racist." Some folks here might want to know that view. :shrug:

[tigereye]

73. do you think Robin William's humor is racist?

he does pretty much lampoon everyone - including African-American slang, but I've never heard anyone say that he is racist, even though he is a white comic. I know he does a character in the movie as well.

I haven't seen the movie yet (thankfully my 10 year old is almost at the end of his desire for animated films of that type), so I'll reserve judgment until I do see it.

[pokerfan]

45. Screen-It on Happy Feet

http://www.screenit.com/movies/2006/happy_feet.html

I don't have kids but I use screen-it to make sure that there's enough sex and violence to entertain me. :)

Anyway, no mention of any racism except for one character (and his friends) who speaks with stereotypical latino accents.

I haven't seen it and really have to reason to. I will probably go see Casino Royale again:

Vesper: Am I going to have a problem with you Mr. Bond?
Bond: No, you're not my type.
Vepser: Intelligent?
Bond: Single.

[KoKo]

69. Yes....there were stereotypical Latino accents........n/t

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

83. There were Latino accents.

Why do you assume they're stereotypical?

The Adelie penguins in question, after all, are from Latin America.

[ForrestGump]

51. Not everything is black and white

Okay...so maybe I'm wrong about that...

[ghostsofgiants]

96. Jesus, so scary.

*shudder*

[ronnykmarshall]

103. Hey! Hey! HEY! .....

Post a damn warning !

Those, those, THINGS scared the shit out of me!

:scared::scared::scared::scared:

[blondeatlast]

67. Regarding searching the archives--try spelling it "penguins" and good luck.

Oh, and pass the soda, willya? :rofl:

[valerief]

68. Does it make fun of religion or black youth? I don't get it. I won't

see the film, because these kyootsy animated films bored the piss out of me.

[driver8]

70. I have seen this movie at work at least 5 times and have never thought

that any part of it was racist.

Scary?? I can think of two scary parts...but they aren't so scary that anyone would have to leave the theatre.

How can anyone not love "Mumble" the tap dancing penguin??

Unbelievable.

[skygazer]

74. It would probably help the discussion if you could be clearer

You're quite vague about what it was about the movie that you felt was racist. You just keep saying that it "made fun of" religious services and that it was "racist and scary" without really clarifying why you felt it did. I haven't seen the movie - quite frankly, it looked like a yawner to me but I've heard a lot of positive reviews so this surprises me. I'd like to have something a little more concrete to ponder, however, than "scary, racist." That doesn't tell me a lot.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

75. Is this a quote?

I've heard some fundies whining about it. You're not being serious, are you?

[Shakespeare]

76. Just because you chose to walk out doesn't mean your opinion is correct...

...or, most especially, informed.

No, the movie is not racist. I suppose you found Cheech Marin's character in "Cars" racist, too?

:eyes:

[GoddessOfGuinness]

80. I loved it!

I didn't perceive any racism whatsoever. And though the messages behind the movie have all been heard before, I think they're worth telling again....be true to yourself, take care of the earth, and show loyalty to your friends.

[Taverner]

84. Wow...Michael Medved thought it was too lefty and propagandistic

And you're saying it's racist....

Never thought this movie would provoke thses kinds of reactions...

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

85. That's why I'm thinking it's some sort of joke.

[Taverner]

94. 'sgotta be

[ronnykmarshall]

105. You weren't around when Laura Branagan died were you?

This place never fails to amaze me sometimes.

[RetroLounge]

95. Maybe you should have actually watched the movie

Rascist? First I've heard of it...

:eyes:

RL

[Dukkha]

97. stupidest thread ever

this is right on par with the right wing idiots making it out to be a move of gay, environmentalist-wacko, people-hating, secularist penguins. http://michaelmedved.townhall.com/blog/g/5094f586-fed7-4cf4-872c-d20b94c78024

it's just a children's movie. there's nothing offensive about it nor is there any hidden message or propaganda in it. Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar. enough with all the phony outrage.

[ronnykmarshall]

111. And some of the responces over there are a SCREAM!

A lot of the sheep at the site are "thankful" that Michael "warned them" before they took their kids to see that "left wing trash".

[Crabby Appleton]

98. I like Penquins - - deep fried (they taste like chicken)

[GirlinContempt]

99. So funny I might die.

Thanks man

[Phillycat]

106. This is definitely the funniest thread of the day.

:rofl:

[BarenakedLady]

108. I saw it

Along with 3 other adults and our collective 5 children (ages 4 through 9). I found nothing remotely racist or scary (except possibly the seal chasing Mumbles part). The kids all sat still (a miracle in itself) and seemed to enjoy it.

[ronnykmarshall]

112. Of course they sat still.

They are hypnotized by the racist messages in the film.

[BarenakedLady]

113. hehehe

Or it could have been the duct tape. :shrug:

[NewJeffCT]

114. We certainly didn't find it scary

What is scary to one person can be amusing, fun or interesting to others. Some are scared of clowns, while others like them, or are amused by them.

My daughter is almost four years old, and she was clapping her hands and dancing to the music throughout the movie. I don't recall any scared children in the theater, and we were at a matinee. When we stopped in the grocery store on the way home, my daughter wanted to get the penguin yogurt they were selling. She has not had any penguin nightmares. The only time she’s had nightmares from watching something at the movies or on TV was when she watched an educational nature show and later woke up crying that she had seen a snake. That will teach me to let her watch educational TV!!

There is nothing in Happy Feet scariness-wise that is worse than your typical Disney movie. I mean, Bambi’s mom dies, the Lion King gets killed by his brother, Snow White gets poisoned, etc.

I saw the old penguin that kicked Mumbles out as more like an old Scotsman – the elder statesman among the elders of the “clan” of penguins. More like the elders in the town from “Footloose” than a black church. Youth rebelling against the ways of the elderly has been a staple of movies and television for almost as long as movies have been around. That it was a black church never crossed my mind, as the penguins sang pop tunes (their “heart songs”) and not gospel music.

And, how is it a parody of blackface when emperor penguins have black faces in real life?

[Radical Activist]

115. There were racial stereotypes

I didn't find it particularly racist or offensive.