Polygon: All Posts by Scout Tafoyahttps://cdn.vox-cdn.com/community_logos/42931/favicon.ico2023-03-22T10:31:00-04:00/authors/scout-tafoya/rss2023-03-22T10:31:00-04:002023-03-22T10:31:00-04:00Disney may never live down Song of the South — or its attempted do-over
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<img alt="Detail from a 1946 poster for Disney’s movie Song Of The South, featuring a painted image of Black field hand Uncle Remus (James Baskett) telling stories to two white children, as cartoon versions of Brer Fox, Brer Rabbit, and Brer Bear hover overhead" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/vMMyTF4Y0_76UhTa6-t0SafNc4U=/132x411:3158x2113/640x360/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/72102048/1289261727.0.jpg" />
<figcaption>Image: John Kisch Archive/Getty Images</figcaption>
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<p>Splash Mountain’s closure is just the most recent attempt to rewrite Disney history</p>
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<a href="/century-of-disney/23649353/song-south-disney-splash-mountain-racist-controversy">Continue reading…</a>
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/century-of-disney/23649353/song-south-disney-splash-mountain-racist-controversyScout Tafoya2022-10-17T11:35:00-04:002022-10-17T11:35:00-04:00Which Halloween movies actually work?
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<img alt="Michael Myers holds a knife menacingly in his white mask in 2018’s Halloween." src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/j_aNcovxSNiTwdh_PwZbA7vQVXg=/0x0:3000x1688/640x360/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/71506470/AA68_D023_01113_R.0.jpg" />
<figcaption>Image: Universal Pictures</figcaption>
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<p>A journey through the Michael Myers horror franchise</p>
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<a href="/23333343/best-halloween-movies-series-watch-michael-myers-john-carpenter">Continue reading…</a>
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/23333343/best-halloween-movies-series-watch-michael-myers-john-carpenterScout Tafoya2022-09-06T09:35:00-04:002022-09-06T09:35:00-04:00Stephen King movies are practically impossible to get right and always will be
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<img alt="Bill Skarsg?rd as Pennywise the clown leers evilly through a dark red light in the movie It" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/6n4sOFEcvsox0NaUsbzX-eUJFHQ=/0x189:2000x1314/640x360/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/71329170/Pennywise_IT.0.jpeg" />
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<p>The definitive history of King adaptations, and why they might never be as popular as his books</p>
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<a href="/23329162/stephen-king-movies-shows-based-on-books-challenge">Continue reading…</a>
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/23329162/stephen-king-movies-shows-based-on-books-challengeScout Tafoya