It’s not a big deal, it’s a fictional character and she just happens to be black. People getting pressed over this need to find better stuff to get mad about. Us black girls rarely get to see power black female protagonist and now that we finally can it makes me sad that so many people dislike her only because she's black?
I personally don’t think anything can justify that, it’s a fictional character and changing Ariel in the live action the be black doesn’t “take away” from anyone’s culture since Ariel is a fictional character made by Disney.
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It's stupid!! It's the same as having a black Santa Claus or a black Jesus or a black female JAMES Bond!!!
When are they gonna do the Hindi or Jewish remakes of all this shit? Don't those people count, too? Mustn't offend them!!!
How about, from now on, every movie or t. v. show we make, the characters change ethnicity and gender and even species in every scene? That'll include everybody across the board and NOBODY will be offended except the people watching the shit that can't keep track of who's who from one second to the next!
Cut 1: Camera is behind the Chinese James Bond who is about to shoot the black Dr. No.
Cut 2: The camera is behind the now Hawaiian female Dr. No as she speaks her lines to James Bond, who is now a dog with a gun in it's mouth!!
Cut 3: The camera is again, behind Bond, who is now a sexy feminist redhead and takes aim at Dr. No who is now a dolphin!!
People need to get a fucking grip, already!!!
I said it on Facebook last year: That girl is absolutely HIDEOUS (not to be mean, but she just is; she's very very ugly), was only cast because she's Beyonce's niece or some crap, and Hollywood likes to commit Gingercide for some unknown reason to us. (Maybe redheads are their weakness and the thing Hollywood pedos and scumbags fear most?) Just want to say, as a black person, we don't support this crap, either. You should know Hollywood woketivists don't speak for most people in general.
But yeah, it's bad.
I think people need to learn to stop touching tradition. Let the little mermaid be white. Let Princess Jasmine be Indian. Let the princess and the frog be black.
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1st off I want to say everyone is entited to their own opinion. I disagree with the choice. And it's definitely NOT because I am a racist. Which I most certainly am NOT! I do NOT hate anyone because of their skin color. I was just surprised they did not match the description of what we have grew up knowing Ariel to be. Let red heads have their moment. On that note I also disagree with the choice of emma Watson playing Belle in the live action Beauty and the beast. She ruined one of my all time favorite movies. It just wasn't who i pictured playing belle. I think people are forgetting they also came out with a Cindrella movie (which I loved as a kid by the way) who was also black. You can watch it on Disney plus. Also there is Tiana. Mulan, and even the movie life size with Tyra Banks as barbie, jasmine. I loved all those movies and they are All woman of color. Why is this movie just so special? I feel like if you don't agree you get called racist. And that's just not fair
It's woke bullshit. Nobody wants to see a nostalgic character from their childhood (who happens to be a red head --where's the ginger's representation?), race swapped because Hollywood is looking to fill some race quota but engaging in reverse racism. I've said this before and I'm going to continue to say it... the more you bring attention to race, whether or not it's perceived as "positive" attention, the more you helping to worsen race relations and point out people's external differences.
Your logic doesn't hold up. Water in the tropical is warm enough so they don't need to go up. The sun is unlikely to be a problem if you spend most of the time in water so you would most likely be of lighter tones. Especially if they dive deep. You would most likely have colors like dolphins.
Lol, stop trying to scientifically justify it. They're damn mermaids.
I'm just peeved for the reason that they're not staying true to the original animated version. Why don't they change her name and gender while they're at it?
And if they're doing this for the sake of their forced diversity... why not just make new stories with black characters instead of blackwashing old ones? Oh, that's right, Hollywood has run out of creativity.Aren’t Disney’s remakes all about recreating the feel of the classic movies? Not trying to be more like the book it was based on or being more scientifically accurate? Isn’t Ariel’s red hair just about as iconic as her tail?
I have bigger issues with disney as it's today than this.
Sometimes it makes sense to not have an actress or actor that resembles the original character becuase they can really deliver in acting.
But without such inconsistencies, I can't ever believe disney nowdays will ever hire the best for the job.I think that as long as she can play a good ariel it doesn't really matter.
At first I was all for it. Because respresnetauon matter to me when I was kid. And I remember don't having nobody to relate to.
BUT now that I see the world for what it is. I don't want apart of any of itEgyptians played by whites in live action remake…of older white actors from the 50s.
https://www.youtube.com/embed/t-8YsulfxVIIt the original owner was alive, he'd be upset. Carlo Collodi was upset about how Disney handled Pinocchio. I'd be upset too and this coming from a black guy
I think the original Ariel is more of my type, and she is animated.
One question, would Hans Christian Andersen approve?
I don't care tbh
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