One clueless Disney exec calls this a return to the Disney tradition of making nature films. Not very likely. As one who grew up watching Rex Allen narrate nature films on Disney’s Sunday night “Wonderful World of Disney” on our old black-and-white TV, I can tell you that I never heard any Al Gore-like environmental preaching from those.
If you’ve never heard Rex Allen’s inimitable speaking voice, give a listen to his tribute to John Wayne below. If you’re of a certain age, his voice will transport you to a Sunday night watching some raccoon ransack a mountain cabin on the Disney show while Rex tells you what that ol’ raccoon is up to:
