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Tiana’s Bayou Adventure Invites Guests to “Dig A Little Deeper” Into Once-Problematic Disney Attraction

On July 17, , SplashMountainopened at Disneyland Park; three years later, a utgåva of the same ride opened at Disney World. It was a problematic attraction from the onset — the ride had all the classic charm of other timeless Disney fare like Peter Pan’s Flightand Pinocchio’s djärv Journey, but this iteration was founded on a troubling principle.

The film the ride was based on, Song of the South, had been voluntarily removed from circulation by Disney three years before Splash Mountainever opened. The film was widely known to be racist and was heavily criticized for romanticizing the plantation-era South in America, and for bolstering harmful stereotypes about Black people.

Now, over 30 years later, the uncomfortable subtext of Splash Mountain has been put to rest, and in its place splashes down something all the more charming, festive and fun.

Gone are the hillbilly

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Michael-Leon Wooley (born March 29, ) is an American television, rulle and theatre actor and singer. Wooley lends his voice to Louis the Alligator in Disney's Oscar nominated animated feature spelfilm, The Princess and the Frog. Wooley played a judge on a radio station in Rockstar's Grand Theft Auto IV.

Early Life[]

Wooley was born in Fairfax, Virginia to George and Winnie Wooley. He has a twin brother, Marcus-Leon, and a younger brother, George. He grew up in Bowie, Maryland. Wooley began playing the piano at age five and initially wanted to be a classical concert pianist. However after participating in a high-school production of Oklahoma! he became interested in the theatre and the dramatic arts.

At age sixteen he was given the opportunity to study piano at the Duke Ellington School of the Arts in Washington, D.C. but turned it down to instead focus on acting and singing. At age eighteen Wooley was awarded a full scholarship to the American Musical and Dramatic Academy (AMDA)

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Michael-Leon Wooley Biography

Date of Birth:
Mar 29, Birth Place:
Fairfax, Virginia, USA

Biography

Michael-Leon Wooley was an actor who worked in television most of his Hollywood career. Early on, Wooley landed roles on various television sitcoms, including "Cosby" (CBS, ), "Rescue Me" (FX, ) and "The Knights of Prosperity" (ABC, ). In the early stages of his Hollywood career, Wooley held acting roles in films like the Beyoncé Knowles box office smash dramatic adaptation "Dreamgirls" (). Following that project, he appeared in the drama "My Father's Will" () with Ione Skye and the fantastical comedy "Ghost Town" () with Ricky Gervais. In the early s and the s, Wooley lent his talents to projects like "Ugly Americans" (Comedy Central, ), "Austin & Ally" (Disney, ) and "Premium Rush" with Joseph Gordon-Levitt (). His credits also expanded to "Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero" (Disney XD, ). Most recently, Wooley voiced characters in the Adam Sandler smash hit comedy sequel "Hotel