▁arg uing ▁" What ▁do ▁k ids ▁learn ▁from ▁this ? ▁Nothing ▁over t . ▁Just ▁a ▁quiet , ▁un st ated ▁impression : ▁White ▁is ▁good ▁and ▁brave , ▁and ▁brown ▁is ▁sch em ing ▁and ▁negative . ▁Rein force ▁that ▁through ▁lots ▁of ▁cart o ons ▁( examples : ▁Al add in ▁and ▁The ▁Res cu ers ▁Down ▁Under ) ▁and ▁no ▁wonder ▁even ▁black ▁children ▁choose ▁white ▁doll s ▁in ▁some ▁psych ological ▁experiments ". ▁Des er et ▁News ▁said , ▁" the ▁songs ▁are ▁forget table , ▁the ▁story ▁one - note ▁and ▁the ▁character izations ▁quite ▁weak ". ▁The ▁Austin ▁Chron icle ▁said ▁the ▁film ▁" lack s ▁dram atic ▁structure ▁and ▁narr ative ▁drive : ▁Songs ▁and ▁animated ▁action ▁pieces ▁are ▁narr atively ▁connected ▁but ▁the ▁film ▁doesn ' t ▁feel ▁as ▁though ▁it ▁is ▁an ▁organ ic ▁whole . ▁All ▁the ▁elements ▁are ▁here , ▁they ▁just ▁don ' t ▁come ▁together ". ▁Time ▁Out ▁said ▁" The ▁character is ations ▁are ▁weak ▁and ▁un ende aring . ▁Wor se , ▁the ▁big ▁' action ' ▁sequences ▁turn ▁up ▁with ▁the ▁p acing ▁and ▁predict ability ▁of ▁clock ▁ch imes . ▁And , ▁in ▁what ▁is ▁perhaps ▁the ▁last ▁great ▁medium ▁for ▁musical s , ▁the ▁per fun ctor iness ▁of ▁Barry ▁Man il ow ' s ▁songs ▁and ▁arrang ements ▁seem ▁guaranteed ▁to ▁put ▁off ▁yet ▁another ▁generation ". ▁The ▁New ▁York ▁Times ▁wrote ▁that ▁ 4 ▁would ▁be ▁" the ▁optim um ▁age ▁for