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Janelle Monae Is ’Reinventing’ Racist Song For ’Lady And The Tramp’

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From the moment Disney announced that a live-action remake of Lady and the Tramp would be coming to its streaming service, people (me) wondered: what about “The Siamese Cat Song”? There’s no way that tune, the one that goes “we are Siamese if you please / We are Siamese if you don’t please” (as sung by Peggy Lee, who looks like this), could possibly be in the film, right? Well…
Janelle Monae’s artist collective Wondaland is “reinventing” the Siamese cat’s song to (presumably) be less problematic.

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