Santa's Workshop is a short film in the Silly Symphony series that was produced by Walt Disney and was released on December 10, 1932. The film has been censored over time to remove "racist" elements, and the Disney+ release uses the censored version.
Censorship[]
International censorship[]
Disney+[]
- A warning plays before the movie about its harmful content.
- The scene that shows Santa asking a doll with light-colored skin to say "Mama." was cut.
- The scene where the light-colored skin doll says "Mama." was cut.
- The scene that shows Santa passing the light-colored doll after stamping her was cut.
- The scene that shows the dark-skinned doll screaming "Mammy!" at Santa was cut.
- The scene that shows the dark-skinned doll stamping herself was cut.
- The scene that shows the dark-skinned doll mooning the "audience" as Santa laughs was cut.
- The scene that shows one of the toys performing a Cossack dance was cut.
It is unclear when the censorship started.
Where to find it uncensored[]
Some DVDs are uncensored, and other streaming sites may offer the uncensored version.
References[]
- Disney+: Everything Censored, Edited and Missing by Peter Oneto, WordPress. 2020-06-07.