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Aren't there people who think 'I wanna be like you' is racist?


Like some crap about the actor voicing King Louie being black and the actor voicing mowgli being white made people think it was about a black person wanting to be white, when it's clearly and obviously an ape wanting to be human?

I thought I read something like that somewhere.

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I see Louis Prima's segment as King Louis as pure joyful entertainment. Even Phil Harris was funny and so charming in this. Louis Prima and his band did an awesome job on this song. Rascist? Hell no.

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