I get what you’re saying and am skeptical of his intentions as well, but the most charitable read would be that Amendola is honoring the flag/anthem because to him it represents the freedom to protest that Kaepernick and Bennett and others are expressing, or something like that. I guess we’d need a quote from Amendola…

But what about the TaleSpin adaptation where there’s no Mowgli and the bears are lovable couriers and the tigers are corporate businessmen and other animals do other things that I can’t remember? Were there problematic things there or just a cartoon that took inspiration from the characters and setting without…