I’ll be Amsterdamned!
Revisionist history
Yeah! Blacks are notoriously excellent as swimmers...
Hans Christian Andersen, what are they going to change that name to? Mohammed X?
The actor playing Jesus was white; the actor playing the Apostle John was black. It didn't matter to me nor anyone in my party, and I didn't see anyone rioting in the parking lot.
Perhaps....people on the Believer/traditionalist side of the political spectrum are..more TOLERANT!?!
Oh no. The incels will never go see out now.
More diversity nonsense that will no doubt be used to attack anyone who dares criticizes Disney for being greedy, lazy, and safe with its films lately.
Why doe’s this come across as cultural appropriation?
This will only work if she is Gay or Transgender...
Ok to appropriate white cultural things, eh?
A high percentage of black midshipmen at Annapolis were/are classified as “aquarocks.” They had to learn to swim and pass all the yearly tests required for graduation. Even so, a high number selected/select the Marine Corps to stay away from the wet stuff after commissioning. Of the four black classmates in my company, two made it to graduation, and both became Marines.
Look, I was a adolescent when that movie came out, so the movie was lame “baby movie” even back then.
But the chick was a soulless ginger! THAT IS WHAT THE LITTLE KIDS BACK THEN KNEW HER AS!
And I do know that this movie is a major part of their nostalgia. So why the heck alter it like that for no reason at all?
Heck, there are young women that do the character in cosplay, and they nail the look and voice to the letter.
This is just sooooooooooooo stupid, Disney.
the Little Mermaid is a culturally Northern European story. Written by Danish author Hans Christian Anderson it is a story in the cannon of Northern Western Civ.
Therefore it is cultural appropriation to use anything but a northern Eurpoean in the story.
I would never want a white to replace a black in the pantheon of African stories, or to replace Dot-Indians in their ancient and revered pantheon. Nor ever replace an Eastern Asioan with a white in any of their legendary stories.
So it is more than wrong to replace the rightful northern European with an African descent or other race.
Isn't there an original idea in Hollywood anymore?
I heart black Danes. Hans Christian Anderson goes to Africa
Meh - she’s got the face for it.
So long as they don’t put her in bright red hair.
(In fact, is long flowing red hair an insult to the black race?)
Disney did their first animated black princess feature film (“The Princess and the Frog”). It bombed.
Jamie Fox started in an all black remake of “Annie”. It bombed.
Queen Latifa starred in all black remake of “Steel Magnolias. It bombed.
There’s a really good chance casting a black actress as the red-haired Ariel will result in another bomb. But Disney will be very proud of their virtue signaling.
Why is this “a giant deal”?
And the original Tiana wasn’t dark enough.
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