Disney Plus Digitally Removed the Butts From This Tom Hanks Classic

Disney+ is aimed at family-friendly audiences so the streaming service is censoring and editing content that falls outside of those parameters (sometimes in... creative ways), even if the film was originally distributed by a Disney label and with a "PG" rating. Case in point, Tom Hanks' mermaid romantic comedy Splash, which was released in 1984 by Disney's Touchstone Pictures -- and featured shots of actress Daryl Hannah's naked bottom in her role as the mermaid Madison. Despite featuring brief nudity and some strong language, Splash still only received a "PG" rating at the time. (Casual nudity was pretty widespread in '80s movies.) It's been 36 years since Splash was released, but Disney+ is here to finally cover up Hannah's heinie. As pointed out by Twitter user Allison Pregler (via AV Club), the version of Splash available on Disney+ has digitally altered the offending region: As you can tell from the gif above, Hannah's hair has been either digitally augmented to cover her rear end or maybe Disney digitally added a bikini bottom. It's tough to tell. Suffice to say that is not how she appeared in the original film. IGN has reached out to Disney+ for comment on this alteration but had not heard back as of time of publish. The now-defunct Touchstone was Disney's label for more mature-themed films. Splash was Touchstone's first release and was a huge hit for the time, earning $68 million domestically. Other notable Touchstone releases included Down and Out in Beverly Hills, The Color of Money, Adventures in Babysitting, Three Men and a Baby, Good Morning, Vietnam, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Dick Tracy, Pretty Woman, The Rocketeer, Sister Act, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Ed Wood, Con Air, Face/Off, Rushmore, Unbreakable, Bruce Almighty, and Lincoln to name a few. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=disney-plus-spotlight-april-2020&captions=true"][poilib element="accentDivider"] Splash isn't the first older Disney release to have its content addressed by Disney+. The streaming service previously added “outdated cultural depictions” warnings to several of their classic films, including Dumbo, The Aristocats, Jungle Book, and Lady and the Tramp. For more of Hollywood's digital ass-covering, discover the hole truth about Cats' butthole cut.

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