Posted on 09/06/2017 1:32:58 PM PDT by EdnaMode
Billy Magnussen, a white actor, has been cast to play a prince in Disney’s upcoming “Aladdin” live action remake but many social media users criticized the move, accusing the studio giant of "whitewashing" the film's plot.
Magnussen, who played a prince in Disney’s “Into the Woods,” was slated to play Prince Anders, who was not a character in the 1992 animated version. The Telegraph reported that Magnussen’s character would be Aladdin’s rival to winning over Princess Jasmine’s heart.
Social media critics slammed the casting decision Tuesday and accused Disney of “whitewashing” the plot of the film.
One social media user tweeted: “Should #actor Billy Magnussen step down as ‘Prince Anders’ the newly created white character in #Aladdin?”
“Why did they add a white prince to #Aladdin? This is going to be a disaster,” another Twitter user wrote.
The film, which was set to be directed by Madonna’s former husband, Guy Ritchie, does not have a release date yet.
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Liberals didn’t raise a stink over the black Annie, Hamilton or The Wiz.
Rex Harrison was the King of Siam in 1946.
Elizabeth Taylor played Cleopatra. There was hardly a minority role back then that was played by anyone who wasn’t white.
No libs whined about The Rock playing Sheriff Buford Pusser in Walking Tall.
It’s a good thing that race doesn’t exist. Else whites might stand up for themselves.
That was a good episode.
I liked how Sakura got scammed at the end.
That is if I am thinking of the right episode.
Joel Grey played Chuin, a Korean martial arts instructor.
And the list goes on and on and on.
Barry was more white than anything else but he played a black POTUS. Michelle played a gorgeous classy woman.
Don’t tell them that a White guy, Donald O’Connor actually played the role of Aladdin in a 1961 movie and not a shit was given!
Both were abject failures.
Cleopatra was not what we would now call a minority.
Macedonians were typically light skinned and often blonde. Alexander The Great was blond. Cleopatra was descended from one of his generals.
editor-surveyor wrote:
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I’m sure they found some way to make it pornographic, so what’s the gripe?
I’m sure you meant homo-pornographic, right? Otherwise, that’s just homophobic.
Maybe it’ll be like the guy in Britain that got a sex change, then transferred to the women’s prison, and was making unwanted advances on the women in the prison with him? That’s inclusive enough, right?
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Nailed it!
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Loved that movie and that character. he was great.
It’s one of my favorite movies still.
“Prince Anders”
Yeah, that’s right out of the Arabian nights.
Far be it from me to ever, ever agree with the anti-white racists of the left, but I’d think they could find some Bollywood heart throb to play Alladin.
Full disclosure: did not read entire article.
I do believe you just dissed Khan Noonian Singh.
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