The Little Mermaid (2023)
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Aldarion
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I have been reading about anti redhead prejudice throughout history. Interesting to note that in the middle ages Jews were often portrayed with red hair, as a common device for indicating "this is a jew". Not sure what this says about the "jews control hollywood" meme. Not sure if it has anything to do with the obvious ongoing campaign to replace all redheads with blacks in film. But a funny piece of trivia.
TJT
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Did you ever read the Scarlet Pimpernel? It was also a play. Anyway the guy's whole scheme to avoid detection from Le Terror was to pretend to be a Jew. Thus having the Frogs find him so repulsive they would actively avoid having to speak or be near him.
Doing this he was able to continue his noble effort in saving aristocrats and underground railroading them to Britain.
I wonder if they'd make a film of that today!
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Chris
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That's why I'm not watching these woke films, they don't represent me as a white man.
White people shouldn't watch this film if representation matters.
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A person with mental illness and a distorted view of reality claiming other people have a fucked up grip on reality. Nice.
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Aldarion
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I note that several pages into the thread, you're still the only one whos said anything sexual about Ariel.
When we objected to the ridiculous changing of Kid Flash and the Gunslinger into black dudes, did you also interpret that as evidence of boners over the characters?
OU Ariakas
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My two older sisters watched this movie constantly when they were young. One has a daughter and is around the target demo for this movie. My sister just asked why she would take her daughter to this movie instead of just watching the original if they are going to stray this far from a character she loved. I guarantee you the majority of girls that were preteen and younger that now have daughters feel the same way. Super good marketing by Disney though, alienating your built in audience in favor of a new one that you have no hard data on.
Gravel
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On its own, you're right. It's not a big deal.
But it's part of a trend. Ghostbusters, the Oceans movie, BBC casting tons of blacks as nobles in period pieces, or making Greeks and Romans black.
I always point back to how blacks are 13% of the population but seem to have an outsized representation in media. The ironic part of that Oscars bullshit years ago was that blacks were already overrepresented, but they wanted more.
Same thing with having gay characters. 4% of the population, but name me a show without one token gay.
I'm not saying that any one instance is a travesty, but as a whole, casting Ariel with a black actress is a trend that appears to only be for virtue signal points.
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Singh'sSpot
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Oh please, you wished dudes wuld have their boners on you but sadly that's not the case.
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zzeris
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The complaint 50 years ago was somewhat valid. Surprising things Hollywood found attractive 50 years ago . You are comparing an era where they changed the stories and the definition of the protagonist with telling the exact same story but just changing the color of the actor. Oh, the irony of you defending today's low quality and standards...such irony.
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This is my feelings about it too. I don't give a fuck about the little mermaid, and never did, but it's another white character being replaced by a minority for no reason other than woke points. Make new characters.
Siliconemelons
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They did, they made the princess and the frog...
It was the worst of any recent main Disney princess movie.
Still better than the recent real life adaptations.
It was the worst of any recent main Disney princess movie.
Still better than the recent real life adaptations.
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Nola
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Sounds like a brilliant marketing scheme if you ask me. All the white people will continue to buy white Ariel merchandise and some may support the new movie. While the blacks definetly and maybe other minorities will spend their money on a black Ariel and watch the movie. It's a win win situation for Disney.
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Chukzombi
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they need an established classic IP to bolster their virtue signal. nobody wants to see princess kangz
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ZyyzYzzy
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