The new, live-action remake ofLady and the Trampdropped onDisney+on Tuesday — but one of the songs from the classic animated movie is missing.
“This movie obviously did a big re-work on that, and I think it’s an improvement,” starJustin Therouxsaid of the removed song,in an interview withYahoo!.“These are movies that are meant to be watched and enjoyed, and it’s nice to see them updated in several ways.”
“That’s the benefit of them being looked at again with a modern lens,” hisLady and the TrampcostarTessa Thompsonadded.
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The 2019 version ofLady and the Tramplaunched onDisney’s new streaming service, Disney+, on Tuesday.
Besides updating its remakes to remove now-controversial scenes, the service is reportedly also adding disclaimers to many of its older properties.
The descriptions of movies likeDumbo,Jungle Bookand the 1955Lady and the Trampinclude a line that reads: “This program is presented as originally created. It may contain outdated cultural depictions.”
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“Once we started turning our attention to casting the main dogs, in that same breath we said, ‘We need to rescue as many of these dogs as we can.’” Brigham Taylor, the movie’s producertold PEOPLEin August. “Tramp certainly had to be a rescue.”
The film also features the voices ofJanelle Monáeas Peg and Sam Elliott as Trusty — and also stars Kiersey Clemons, Thomas Mann and Yvette Nicole Brown. Monáe even used her famous singing chops to re-record Peg’s original song, “He’s a Tramp,” for the new movie, as well as recorded two new songs.
Lady and the Trampis available to stream now on Disney+.
source: people.com
