Is this really a pattern or am I just paranoid?
I was watching the trailer for the upcoming movie “Sinners” and some right-wing comments are saying that the movie is DEI. The movie is new with new and original characters. Isn’t that what they said to do?
You’re not paranoid, it’s a real pattern, and that pattern is racism. Some white people, in their wildest dreams, can’t imagine how a person of color might get a role instead of a white person. It’s not about skill, it’s not about creativity, it’s not about the quality of the film. It’s just blatant racism.
Remember how the little mermaid live action movie started getting shit before it was even released? That was because the lead actor was black, and peoples’ imaginations are so underdeveloped that they couldn’t see that she is legitimately an amazing talent who played the role just as well if not better than any white lady could have. Now, live action Disney remakes are stupid, so maybe that’s not the best example, but it’s all just racism.
The funniest part is people said the actress playing Vanessa had a nicer voice. The voice she used in the film was Hallie Bailey’s voice. Their racist minds heard the same voice come out of a white person and a black person and thought it sounded better from a white person
I’m sure you wouldn’t get outraged if someone made a movie based on a traditional African tale and the main character was white.
No, that’s actually a pretty great example. Mermaids are fictional creatures and do not exist, but in the mind of a racist, if they have a human face it had better be white.
My only complaint was that Ariel doesn’t have the firery red hair she had when I was a kid. But then again, I’m not exactly the target audience anymore, so I don’t really care. Nor have I seen the new movie for that matter. I hear she did a great acting job, though. I just hope she’ll be able to star in something that isn’t the target of the culture war.
Maybe I’m just an oddball, but I’ve stopped caring (too much) about adaptational changes when something goes from book to film. I enjoy them separately as long as they’re both good in their own rights.
Yeah, same. Take Foundation, for example. I absolutely love the books. And I think the TV adaption is pretty good too. Sure, they’re wildly different, but I’m fairly sure being true to the books simply wouldn’t work on the screen as there would be way too many characters and each syb-plor would be way too short. Adaptational changes are needed for a story to translate between formats.
While mermaids are fictional, The Little Mermaid is a story by Hans Christian Andersen where he describes the Little Mermaid with white skin and blue eyes.
I was annoyed where in Avengers, the ancient one was cast as a white woman when the original character was Asian. I would have been extremely pissed if Black Panther was cast with a white actor despite Black Panther being a fictional character.
I mean, those are portrayals of humans with backgrounds that have some relevance to their character. A mermaid is just a fish lady who cares what they look like the important part is they are part fish
Yeah but he also described her as blonde didn’t he? At least she’s blonde in most non-disney adaptations. Why was it okay for Disney to make changes to the character and story in 1989 but not now?
Well that and they view race as so fundamental to someone’s identity that if they’re portrayed with another skin color it fundamentally changes the character.