Daryl Hannah's exposed bottom gets censored in Disney+ version of 'Splash'
Mermaids are scantily clad at the best of times, meaning that trying to censor mermaid movie Splash was always going to be a big ask.
Nonetheless, with the classic “fish out of water” romance now on Disney+, it appears that the Mouse House was eager to keep the film family-friendly.
As such, it's using an edited cut of the film, in which one scene has employed CGI to cover Daryl Hannah's bare bottom as she heads back into the sea. Sadly, the effect is more Cousin Itt than Avatar, thanks to an abundance of digital hair being used.
Disney+ didn't want butts on their platform so they edited Splash with digital fur technology pic.twitter.com/df8XE0G9om
— Allison Pregler 📼 (@AllisonPregler) April 13, 2020
The 1984 movie found Tom Hanks's fruit and veg wholesaler Allen Bauer falling in love with Hannah's mermaid, Madison.
A second scene, which shows Madison nude at the Statue of Liberty, has also been (rather clumsily) airbrushed too.
“This film has been modified from its original version,” a note for the comedy tells Disney+ viewers. “It has been edited for content.”
It's not the only content that Disney has reconsidered for release on its streaming platform.
The controversial “Jim Crow” scene in the original Dumbo has been removed, as has an off-color “casting couch” joke from Toy Story 2.
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