[FlingWingFlyer]

Somebody needs to throw the mermaid in a briar patch.

[dfwgator]

A lot of ink and pixels have testified to the value of Black children and their moms being able to see themselves in a Disney heroine, and that’s a powerfully admirable goal – as well as a long-overdue one, given the brand’s still overwhelmingly White majority of characters.

Didn't they go see "The Princess and the Frog"?

[Apparatchik]

Does anyone else see the irony in remaking TLM with a black actress when 95% of black Americans can’t or won’t swim?

[Magic Fingers]

“Black children and their moms being able to see themselves in a Disney heroine, and that’s a powerfully admirable goal – as well as a long-overdue one...”

Right, cuz you NEVER see blacks in any roles on TV or in the movies /s

[TalBlack]

“A lot of ink and pixels have testified to the value of Black children and their moms being able to see themselves in a Disney heroine, and that’s a powerfully admirable goal –“

So come up with one . What’s so hard about it? You’ve got the template of every Disney movie ever made. Don’t appropriate White mythology. What happens next a White male English king being played by one hell of a nasty looking black woman….? Oh….wait…

[martin_fierro]

Then there was this woke turkey.

The characters don’t even look like Disney.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

ALL Disney movies turned to drek when they stopped using animators to hand-draw painted cels.

[caww]

Aaaaah .....no.....

[Nifster]

I liked the cartoon movie. See no reason to remake it

[whitney69]

“Some people apparently couldn’t handle the audacity of reinventing a cartoon character...”

I dislike it, also. The characters invented in the past were in most cases consistent with the surroundings of their stories, and were developed with an individual personality and appearance. So why reinvent it and change it for a political purpose. It’s artificial.

“Black children and their moms being able to see themselves in a Disney heroine...”

There are heroines of color in many Disney features. Of course the Princess and the Frog, Wish, Little Mermaid TV series Gabriella, X-Men Ororo Munroe, Aida on Broadway, Queen La of Opar From Legend of Tarzan, Shuri from Black Panther, and Sade.

We put too much weight on color. I’m Irish, basically, and I don’t have but one female character to root for and that was from Darby O’Gill and played by Janet Monroe, Katie O’Gill. (And Monroe is British in reality)

Why do we have to place politics in fantasy? It’s far from the truth to begin with. What color was Dumbo? Does it matter?

wy69

[Bratch]

Modern Disney films aren't made to entertain children.

Modern Disney films are made to exploit children.

[Billthedrill]

Poor Sara. I get the impression that this miserable excrescence suffers purely from not being woke enough to suit her. Oh, and being boring. That too.

That in a nutshell is the entire problem with trying to please the Woke. Can't be done. And all it does is piss normal people off.

[KC_Conspirator]

I have seen the reviews. Its way too long, dreary and drab, and too boss girl, which is the real problem.

[cymbeline]

“Black children and their moms being able to see themselves in a Disney....’

Even better if theyvcould see their daddy.

[Brooklyn Attitude]

Every review I’ve seen of this movie says it is a disaster, yet it has grossed approximately $120 million at the box office which translates to a hit. Someone must like it.

[Captain Peter Blood]

If you’re going to play the race card and play two larger audiences then it would’ve made more sense for Ariel to have been either an Asian or a Latino.

[dennisw]

The Little Mermaid - Absolute Bilge
By The Critical Drinker (Hilarious!)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhShXCslwow