Posted on 06/03/2023 5:54:13 AM PDT by C19fan
Ariel the Little Mermaid is part of your…historically inaccurate…world.
“The Little Mermaid” is being criticized by a prominent diversity advocate for its erasure of slavery in the Caribbean.
Marcus Ryder, an influential British campaigner and chair of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, applauded the casting of Halle Bailey as Ariel — but took issue with how the movie showcased racial harmony.
(Excerpt) Read more at msn.com ...
Ryder proposed that Disney could have instead set the live-action film in Haiti after slavery was overthrown, with Ariel meeting Prince Eric in the wake of real racial harmony and not sacrificing historical accuracy.
Does Mr. Ryder mean the Haiti of 1805? I suppose one can say there was "real racial harmony" because all the Europeans and mulattos were murdered by the blacks in 1804 leaving one race in the new nation. How ironic Ryder complains about slavery being erased yet sees to suffer historical amnesia citing a so called real historical example.
‘erasing’ slavery
In the USA we tore down statues of Democrats to erase who was for slavery.
Why bother to pander to those woke kooks? No matter how much you pander to them it is never enough. Invite them to take a flying leap at a rolling dounut!
The only thing “Little Mermaid” is erasing is Disney’s profit margin.
CC
Gee. I was impressed that they showed her being able to swim.
...never satisfied, never enough.
Black mermaid? Everyone knows black people can’t swim./sarc
I wish I had a dollar for everyone who walked up to me in 2020 and flatly told me, "George Floyd ain't my hero".
Yes. I would like to see a movie made about the 1804 Haitian Genocide. I bet this guy would complain about it too saying we need to forget about some things.
Don’t forget to include a movie about the immense number of white Irish slaves
Saint George of Fentanyl! Patron saint of BLM and felons! Peace Be Upon him even though he still can't breath!
But they didn't.
And now everybody hates them.
It could also take place in the 21st century, during a time of African chattel slavery — yet the islanders depicted in the film seem to live in a world free of this inhumanity.
Just can’t seem to make people happy. When the characters of a movie in a remake is changed to appease racial problems which is nothing more than appearance in an animated fantasy, and it doesn’t meet someone’s reality, then we are truly misidentifying our purpose.
I can’t remember the appearance of a mermaid, talking sea creatures, and evil magic done in the world, even separately, that it warrants anything other than imagination and not a comparison to the reality badly created by man. It’s fantasy folks, not reality. So don’t try to make it reality. You’ll only ruin the escape of the fantasy from the horrors of reality.
wy69
Halle Berry is old. She must be in her 60’s.
“That wasn’t in my history books” - Mr Ryder is quoted as allegedly saying…
It’s ok when they do it.
It’s a kid’s story, for Pete’s sake!
The entire story has been changed and bastardized.
Here is about the best review of the entire mess.
“From the creative vacuum that is modern Disney, the live-action remake of The Little Mermaid sacrifices all of the charm and fun of the original in the name of personal politics and photo-realistic fish. It boasts wooden and flat performances, glacial pacing, forced and unnatural dialogue, and questionable CGI.”
https://worthitorwoke.com/2023/05/the-little-mermaid-2023/
in her 50s, but this is halle bailey
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