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Disney Finds 'Little Mermaid' Star in Singer Halle Bailey (THR)
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That's how Twitter works, that's how every thing gets to trend.
I just can't believe that there are a lot of people upset at this.
Define "a lot". It's a vocal minority, like most things on Twitter. Again, part of why I think Twitter is toxic as hell: it gives fringe view points a lot of attention and eyes.
Because you can look up the history of it extremely easily?
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I'm not trying to have a debate about what "a lot" means but 31k people is a lot of people. But 31k people in the grand scheme of things won't have an impact on this movies box office.
It's actually weird cos like I've seen a few p liberal friends of mine complain about this openly, and none of the usual suspects have complained. Is Little Mermaid some sort of progressive paradox
If Disney keeps insisting on realistic looking animal sidekicks, Sebastian and Flounder are going to be super weird
she has a fantastic voice (unlike say, emma watson), so expect the music to be fine.
I honestly think most people just don't give a shit, even on the right.
Most people recognize that this type of film can succeed regardless of the race of the main cast. If she can sing and act, who fucking cares? That should be the thought process. There's nothing weird about it.
There shouldn't be any outrage beyond disney purists. The people "expecting meltdowns" seem to be the only ones with an agenda here.
It only takes five seconds to check the replies on any tweet announcing the decision (or any comment section in an article related to it) to see that this is not the case and it's weird to downplay it like this.
It's a real problem whether you've personally seen it or not.
No not really. There are a bunch of shitty people out there, yes, but the replies to any tweet are by far more heavily weighted towards mocking the potential outcry as opposed to genuinely bitching about it.
Keeping Prince Eric, White, is the safer move actually. Any racist will be sedated and content then.
It would be cool if he was cast as Black or Asian though because the prince role is one you typically don't see either race play.
I'm more frustrated that they keep giving Rob Marshall work. He makes me skeptical about the final product. I mean just about the majority of the guys output is mediocrity.
Someone's forgetting the reaction to Star Wars: The Force Awakens/The Last Jedi, Ghost Busters (2016), Black Panther and Captain Marvel. Racist Disney fans, and racist in general, will flip out at this casting.
Doesn't make sense anyway. Due the limited amount of light and the predators and prey that roam the deeper parts of the sea being darker and reflecting less light would have probably been beneficial in the evolution of mermaids.
Why the fuck am I even taking this shit seriously.
Beautiful lungs on this girl, my goodness. That and her acting ability is what will be most important.
The only single reason the race thing would bother me is if there was an objectively better singer/actor who got shafted in order to cast a black lead. I can't imagine this is the case though.
The only single reason the race thing would bother me is if there was an objectively better singer/actor who got shafted in order to cast a black lead. I can't imagine this is the case though.
I was hoping this would have been fan casting gone right.
It looks like they found the right person for the job.
Wolverine is Canadian
Him helping with the underground railroad on the Canadian side would be cool though
Hopefully they change the story somewhat, but really virtually all of it is problematic.
I hope they're not gonna change it based on what's gonna play well or not, in the original her tongue got cut off and she dies in the end. And that's not the only part of it, she also was fascinated by humans and wanted to be one badly. They're probably gonna tone down her crush on Eric a bit, but it wouldn't fit to remove him.
I am half hoping for this one it isn't a carbon copy and they do a modern retelling with just similarities to the original. (animation not story)
They made good changes to Jasmines character in Aladdin I am expecting something similar.
i think lin manuel miranda's involvement means it will be more thoughtful and aware.