The Laughing Place is a traditional African American folktale, featuringBr'er Rabbit,Br'er Fox and Br'er Bear. It is famous for its inclusion amongJoel Chandler Harris'Uncle Remus stories.
FollowingBr'er Rabbit's capture, the hero leads his captors, wilyBr'er Fox and dim-wittedBr'er Bear, to his "laughin' place". Out of curiosity, they let him lead the way, only for Br'er Rabbit to walk them straight into a cavern ofbees. While the antagonists are stung, Br'er Rabbit escapes.
This story can be traced to Africantrickster tales, particularly thehare that figures prominently in the storytelling traditions inWestern Africa,Central Africa, andSouthern Africa. In theAkan traditions of West Africa, the trickster is usually the spider (seeAnansi), though the plots of tales of the spider are often identical with those of stories of Br'er Rabbit.[1][self-published source?]
The story was used in the 1946 filmSong of the South along with "The Tar Baby" and "The Briar Patch".[2] It is also referenced in a dark ride scene ofSplash Mountain, alog flume-style attraction based onSong of the South atTokyo Disneyland and formerly atDisneyland andMagic Kingdom.
The term "The Laughing Place" is also used in the Stephen King novelMisery and the second season of the seriesCastle Rock.
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