Siamese Cat Song In New Lady And The Tramp

The siamese cat song from the original lady and the tramp has been cut from the live action remake.

Siamese cat song in new lady and the tramp. The siamese cats from the original 1955 film are to be dropped from disney s lady and the tramp remake. The 2019 remake tackles the issue head on with a new song from janelle monae s collaborators. On top of that peggy lee s vocals make matters worse. Why the siamese cat song was removed from lady and the tramp.

To produce two new songs for the film s soundtrack as well as take a voice role. In the 1955 film lady encounters two siamese cats si and am who sing we are siamese if you please. They are voiced by peggy lee who recorded her voice twice to get the effect of both of them singing in this. The original lady and the tramp featured two slinky villainous.

While she will simply cover lee s other song he s a tramp a completely new song will replace the siamese cat song. Singer peggy lee the song sees the white singer put on a stereotypical asian accent. The original lady and the tramp premiered in 1955 and it followed a pampered cocker spaniel lady whose. The new live action version of lady and the tramp on disney has a few changes from the 1955 animated original.

And during it they cause much destruction in the house which ends up on her head. Most notably is the exclusion of the racially offensive siamese cat song from. Whereas the lyrics are relatively innocent the cat s appearances are associated with racist stereotypes of asian americans.