1420Elexismc
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If this isn't enough for people to see how important this is-I don't know what is
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Disney's Live Action The Little Mermaid
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If this isn't enough for people to see how important this is-I don't know what is
BuddyThomas
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Also, I wonder if AMC's new INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE series is also getting trolled because Louis, the character previously played by Brad Pitt, is now played by Jacob Anderson, an African American actor. I wonder if they think vampires are not allowed to be black, or if it is limited to mermaids.
Californian Elitist
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I actually had no clue an Interview with the
Vampire series was in development! How interesting, I will look into this. I love the movie.
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Californian Elitist
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@BuddyThomas THANK YOU for mentioning the upcoming Interview with the Vampire series! I just finished watching the trailer, it looks great. I didn’t realize it was debuting so soon. I will absolutely be watching.
BuddyThomas
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, but as previously stated, mermaids do not exist and can look like anything the filmmakers want them to look like. Also, I hate to break it to you, but there was already an Asian American Ariel in the Disney stage version. All the usual suspects had their panties in a bunch over that one too.
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CaptainAmerica
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That's exactly how my white daughters reacted to the trailer. Little girls love mermaids.
To reiterate, since I know not every person reads every post, I have no problem with this casting. But that doesn't mean it's "important." In fact, the argument up until this point has been the opposite, that it shouldn't matter what race or nationality she is, an argument that I agree with.
Position 1: "It's important that she's white." <--- Racist people say this.
Position 2: "It doesn't matter what race she is." <--- We were here. This is the consensus mainstream opinion.
Position 3: "It's important that she's Black." <--- But you moved the goalpasts to here. This is where you get backlash.
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The difference is these so-called “anti-woke” people seem to obsess over things they say they can’t stand…how many different ways can they say “ Rings of Power” is woke… if I don’t like something I say it is not for me and move on… I am more inclined to go on and on about something I loved.
itsy bitsy spider
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You're just like the "anti-woke" mob, but you're on the other side. So you saying this stuff is like "The Pot calling the Kettle black."
GimpYancIent
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Every live action remake Disney production generates has one thing in common with each other. The live action remakes do not do justice to the originals. The live action remakes provide employment for some actors and film people, Disney makes some quick money because people will go see it simply because it's a Disney production, no need for creativity / new music score / original screen play and give the appearance of some kind of social consciousness. It is insulting how Disney management arrogantly looks down on the viewing public, the fans, as gullible minions to be used for quick financial gains.
CaptainAmerica
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I thought Cinderella was quite good.
itsy bitsy spider
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The Diehard Disney apologists will not mention when people have a problem with certain other characters (Galadriel, Maleficent, Aladdin, Lumiere). It doesn't fit with their narrative they are going with to the grave.
Californian Elitist
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You didn’t get the joke, nor reference. But I’m not surprised lol.610,000
1.7 million
Californian Elitist
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It’s not important for YOU. But it is important for other people.
Your white daughters don’t necessarily matter here. They’re not growing up black.
Californian Elitist
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If it’s not about race, but you care about how she looks, is it Halle Bailey’s mole on her face that’s bothering you?
spacemt354
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610,000
1.7 million
Sigh. We've had this issue before on the imagineer forum.
These accounts all seem to come from the same source.
CaptainAmerica
Premium Member
So what's our goal here, societally? Do we want little black girls and little white girls to play with each other, love the same movies, sing the same songs, and not even notice that their skin is different from each other? Because that's what I thought our goal was, and that's what I teach my kids. It doesn't matter what you look like, or what your friends look like, or what your friends' parents look like, because God made all of us special and what matters is who we are as individuals, not what group we belong to. Don't we want our children to be thinking about what dress is the most sparkly, which songs they like to sing in the bathtub, and which animal sidekick is the cutest, rather than the race of the actress playing the fictional mermaid? It's such an awful burden to impose on kids to make them worry about the legacy of slavery or Jim Crow or colonialism, just let them be freaking kids.
You seem to be preaching this kind of neo-segregationism where black girls can only have black role models and black heroes, and it's such a poisonous mindset. "You white girls go over here, this isn't for you." "You black girls go over there, this isn't for you."
Read this back to yourself. You're proud of having written this sentence?
Brer Panther
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What is even going on in this thread?
Andrew C
You know what's funny?
My girls like the version with Brandy and Whitney Houston....and Jason Alexander
Br0ckford
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Lol. I was thinking the same thing.