Polls: Entertainment & Arts

We have all seen this happen before where they take a main character in a story within a book, tv show or a movie then transform the ethnicity/ gender into something else.

Now I understand the importance of representation in media to attract people to identify with characters and be motivated by them. Such as movies such as Black Panther for African Americans, Atomic Blonde for women , Miles Morales in Spider man for Afro-Latinos, etc etc.

But they are original characters with their background woven neatly into the characters identity. Instead, we are seeing swapping the origins and changing the core of the art for virtue signaling which throws off the entire dynamic that the writer worked so hard to do.

It just feels weird and it cringes the shit out of me when it’s forced. What do you think? Is it important to force it at the expense of the original art or should we leave it alone?

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Which is your dominant side, left or right?

I am mostly Left handed, but I do prefer my right arm/hand for certain tasks, such as cycling one-handed.

There are other things for which I have no preference for either hand, and I play musical instruments the normal/right-handed way. I also prefer to shoot from my right shoulder.

Honestly I have no idea whether I should be classified as mixed-handed.

Where are my fellow lefties? #southpawsunite

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I just brought up this point in another post.

I said how the outrage from Disney's super-sh*tty-looking "'remake'" of The Little Mermaid comes from all the implications of "white people and Danish culture" being "problematic" and that "black people are superior to whites."

And the fact that they are calling this woke abortion "The Little Mermaid" even though it will not follow the same story and the lead character will not have a love interest or any positive feelings towards a man (cause women liking men, is also "problematic and sexist" and junk.)

My point is, they race-swapped a beloved Disney character, implied that white people are "bad," and are going to change the entire story around and not even have it be a love story anymore. Yet are calling it "The Little Mermaid."

IF THIS WAS A WHOLLY ORIGINAL STORY NOT LINKED TO THE DANISH FAIRY TALE AND WAS NAMED 'CIARA OF THE SEA,' DO YOU THINK PEOPLE WOULD STILL BE ANGRY AT THIS MOVIE?

I don't think they would. Which also means, it's not race that's the issue here.

What I originally said:
"You can't get 'acceptance and tolerance for other races' by destroying other races/culture in the process or implying other races are inferior and we need to 'fix the wrongs of the past' by blackwashing and race-swapping established beloved characters for no good reason.

It's not even the race-swap that's the issue. It's the fact this is another sh*tty remake of a Disney movie no one wanted, and this time, they're not even going to bother to properly remake it. If it's not even a remake, it completely defeats the purpose of even calling it 'The Little Mermaid.' If this was called 'Ciara of the Sea' or something, there would be no outrage at all. No one would go see it cause EVERYTHING from Disney sucks nowadays. But there'd be no outrage and you wouldn't have to knock down another character in order to prop up a black female one."

IDC about the mermaid being black or anything... AT ALL. make the mermaids Mexican for all i care lol.

i just hate how much of a cheap cash grab these friggin movies are. I still have not watched a single one. ill stick with the originals thank you. Thats in my opinion the bigger issues with these movies. there's no need for these to be made at all. its just for $$$$$$$.

who else agrees?