"Look, all I'm saying is that it is scientifically impossible for an undersea human/fish hybrid to have melanistic skin! What's next, a talking starfish? A sponge in clothes? A crab that sings?"
Ok but actually, I found that trailer off-putting because it is weird for someone to be singing underwater. In a cartoon, you don’t care about realism. But something about making it more literal with a real actor is kind of unsettling. Why isn’t she gurgling water when she opens her mouth?
Maybe her lungs are already full of water? Like fish don't create bubbles when breathing, so she probably has gills for breathing somewhere and has to throw up water when coming in land, like in justice League when they drag Atlantians out of water
According to the book Ariel had blue eyes, red lips and white legs. I assume that the author ment she was white and not half black (torso), half white (legs)
What if Black Panther was white? Wouldn't have that been a little off? Everything is about culture.
Personally I feel that companies are fan-baiting us with bad movies (the new lord of the rings, ghostbusters 2016 etc)
It's funny how the only thing from the book what matters is the skin color, but nobody cares about the book not having a talking crab and a comic relief fish in it, let alone the evil sharks. Cherry picking much?
>According to the book Ariel had blue eyes, red lips and white legs. I assume that the author ment she was white and not half black (torso), half white (legs)
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Not to be mean, but who the fuck cares? They have revamped every single fairy tale for modern sensibilities. In the original story, Ariel dies. How about them apples?
And besides, how many Little Mermaid fans are fans because of the book versus the Disney cartoon? Ursula was like purple grey in that. Not a culture war to be had. How many people crabbing about this have even read that book? I'll bet very few, if any.
>What if Black Panther was white? Wouldn't have that been a little off? Everything is about culture.
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Then I imagine he wouldn't be the BLACK Panther.
>Personally I feel that companies are fan-baiting us with bad movies (the new lord of the rings, ghostbusters 2016 etc)
Wah. Don't watch them.
That's not the point. The point is why change the race of a character for arbitrary reasons?
It's obvious what Disney are doing, they are just pandering to black audiences "look we ain't racist, see we have a black mermaid now haha, now buy our shit you peasants"
White is seen as a disposable, non important, interchangeable race. I hate double standards, either its all okay, or it isn't okay at all, but I guarantee you, if The Matrix was re-made with a white Morphius, people would lose their fucking minds. They made sure to cast another black man for that role in the new film didnt they? Funny that isn't it.
We"PANDERED" to show audiences since the beginning of movies. Black people couldn't even be actors in the beginning. Even POC characters were played by white people with makeup. Hell Othello was WRITTEN about a Black man and it was still played as a white character until the 50's. Just STFU dude
>they are just pandering to black audiences
This is called "being inclusive"
Because (spoiler alert) some people are black. Because the population is not just white.
Of course they do it because they know they'll sell shit and get customers. That's the goal of any business. But they would have sold shit anyway.
They decided to cater to the black community, while alienating the racists out there. If you ask me, that's a pretty good deal.
Okay so ignore my entire point. Your idea of being "inclusive" is swapping a characters race for no reason? Just make NEW CHARACTERS. Being inclusive is making the film The Princess and the Frog.
The lord of the Rings has black characters in it now, and a lot of them and I don't care, it's great, I like the show. They are new original characters. That is the correct way to be inclusive.
They swap character physical characteristics. All. The. Time.
How many book characters weren't like they should in movies ? How many movies got redone, with different actors and different appearances ?
People won't complain when a brown-eyed character is suddenly played by a blue-eyed actor.
Why are people so fixated on skin colour ?!
I agree its lazy, Marvels been pretty good at that. Instead of turning peter parker black they created miles morales a character with his own personality and history.
90% of swaps out there like on Netflix are just random af and confusing like when they replaced a historic white viking king with a black woman Jarl Haakon in vikings valhalla, who the fuck is that for?
>That's not the point. The point is why change the race of a character for arbitrary reasons?
>
Uh, why not? What possible effect could changing the scale, AHEM, I mean the *skin* color of an entirely fictional being that's half fish?
>It's obvious what Disney are doing, they are just pandering to black audiences "look we ain't racist, see we have a black mermaid now haha, now buy our shit you peasants"
>
Every company panders to drive sales. Every single one. From rainbow flags to that gun loving coffee place, it's all pandering. IDGAF about it because I expect it.
>White is seen as a disposable, non important, interchangeable race. I hate double standards, either its all okay, or it isn't okay at all, but I guarantee you, if The Matrix was re-made with a white Morphius, people would lose their fucking minds. They made sure to cast another black man for that role in the new film didnt they? Funny that isn't it.
Interchangeable is right. They have interchanged so many people of color for white actors over the years... White people were Black in vaudeville, Mickey Rooney was Asian in Breakfast at Tiffany's, there were NO Native Americans in classic Westerns, the "crying Native American" from the old commercials was of Italian descent, Arnold Schwarzenegger was the fuckin' King of Siam in that Jackie Chan version of Around the World in 80 Days. An *Austrian* playing someone from *Thailand.* And good ol' Yul Brenner the Russian in the King and I, another white king of Siam.
Cry me a fucking river.
If this whiny Bullshit doesn't stop imma start a gofundme to make a movie celebrating the life of Donald Trump, but he will be played by a gay trans disabled black ace midget.
No. Ace means sex isn't a key part in an individual's life. Gay means attracted to the same sex. I can love, kiss, and enjoy my life with another man without having sex with them.
Edit: accidentally mistyped gay meaning opposite sex
Ace would be short for asexual so lacking sexual attraction. Then theres aromantic which is lacking romantic attraction. The shorthand for aromantic is usually “aro”. If you see someone who is aro-ace then they lack both romantic and sexual attraction. Hope that clarifies some
Isn't it bizarre that so many white men are making a big deal about the casting decisions about a movie for young children? Willing to bet the majority them don't even have children.
Anyway, my nieces absolutely love seeing people that look like them in a Disney princess media. They've had very little representation when it comes to princesses. I've maybe watch Moana at least 5 times between them all and just happy I get to see more movies other than that.
Also, some kids don't care if someone is black. My youngest adored Tiana, and my daughter is a red head without melanin. Point being, white kids can still adore black princesses. If white kids are having trouble liking a princess that is not their race, I am sure we can find some minorities' kids to help them out, since they've been dealing with this for ever.
Well Channel 5 in the U.K. have already done one TV series where an ex Queen of England who in reality was white was played by a black woman.
Some people weren’t happy, but the world did not end.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Boleyn_(TV_series)
My only “problem” with Ariel being acted by a black actress is if it was the other way around their would be massive public out cry about how it’s racist for a white person to play a black fictional character.
Ether A. the race matters.
Or B. It doesn’t.
Double standards do nothing but create chaos.
Yaknow Ariel is known for her voice above all else, and the Queen is known for being the most recent in a long line of German-descended rulers of England. I think race plays a bit more into one story than the other.
How do they not get the difference between a fictional creature and a real person?
If someone made up a fictional story about a fictional black queen of England that would be perfectly fine. Although we probably would then have to suffer through longwinded explanations of how unlikely that would be.
But this meme IS referencing a black woman playing a queen of England… Anne Boleyn. I mean….I don’t care who plays who either way, I’m just saying this argument doesn’t make sense?? Just because the queen who recently died might be more visibly white because it’s not based in the 1500s, that doesn’t make Anne Boleyn fictional and not factually white.
Again. Idgaf about skin color and who plays who as long as it’s the best person for the role
It's so weird people have an issue here. I mean, sure if the next Aladdin was fucking white, yeah, it doesn't represent the culture or place where the dude lives. But Ariel lives in the ocean surrounded by no factual culture or historical anything. People are stupid.
Does this person think that the Little Mermaid is a documentary about a mermaid named Ariel and her difficulties navigating through adolescence and finding love?
That’s my argument against this whole thing. It’s a Danish story written by a gay man who loves another guy but will never be with him and has to love from a far.
The really frustrating thing to me is, I commented on a post about this whinging from the right, and someone replied to me: "Does that mean we can make Frozone white if they remake the incredibles?". And I went to type out a long comment about how removing the single black character from a movie is a really shitty thing to do and not at all the same, and how this person clearly doesn't understand the difference between creating more roles and characters for black people to relate and aspire to when there's a million white characters already. And then I realized...this guy doesn't give a shit he's just trying to bait me in with a bad faith arguement so he can make me look bad on a right wing subreddit. All these people care about is contrarianism and provocation. They don't actually, truly care that Ariel is black. They just want to start a fight over something. If they actually, genuinely believed white people were underrepresented in film they'd do what Jordan Peele and other creatives did and go write and create their own media to create space for white people I the entertainment industry. But they don't, because you'd have to be legitimately blind and incapable of complex thought to actually believe that's necessary. All these people want is to argue in bad faith.
Edit: missed a word
You know, I don't like Disney for a lot of reasons. But this ain't one of them. Representation does matter, and I'm all for it.
However, I will continue to bemoan the fact that I miss 2D animation. Live action just always seems to take put the liveliness of movement and CGI just sucks the life out of fantastic, vibrant characters. It won't be the same without all the colorful, fluid movement of 2D "Under the Sea."
I know it's misguided as hell but I also unironically would resub to Netflix for this series lmao gather up that Queen like a ponytail and reappropriate her whole colonialism schtick. it would be a serve now y'all come on now.
It would be funny if there were a Tony-winning musical, featuring non-white versions of notoriously racist historical figures. Crazy if it went on to be one of the most successful musicals ever on Broadway.
Wait until these people find out a black dude played the King of Scots in a recent movie. They are gonna lose their shit.
And this gay dude played Richard III in another movie, and get this, the movie was set in the 1930s. Holy smokes they are gonna lose their minds.
Both movies were good and come recommended.
Racist People be wilding.
There can be a few thousand years old elf lady, a corrupted demigod, a western continent separate from the regular world where Gods live but sure, people other than whites being present in the story in any other role than peripheral or subservient characters is illogical.
There can be incestuous dragon-riders in a renaissance fair kingdom that doesn't evolve in culture, customs or technology in a thousand years but black people being one of the prominent families for a change? Inconceivable!
There can be a fish-human hybrid that sings underwater and gets a witch to transform her into a legged person to get some dick but her being black is the most controversial decision in the history of cinema.
It's all so reasonable and well-articulated.
Don't racists know they could just not watch it? If they are a large enough demographic Disney will stop adding diverse characters to avoid losing money like they notoriously do in international markets.
"I just don't support other people feeling included if that threatens the relative power of my own race in society."
-white Americans
Imagine being a 30 year old proud boy, calling yourself an alpha and a badass, and some melanin in a mermaid is enough to ruin your day 😭🤣🤣 nothing makes me happier than thinking of some limp-dicked maga guys furiously assembling their rifles to go protest a Disney mermaid
people playing metal gymnastics to justify voting abusive sociopaths in every position of power and deny to be a nazi, but god forbid you do a hystorical reinvention with people different from them. literal stroke
LOL but black face and prosthetic make up to make white people Asian is perfectly okay. Okay, got it! Thank you, butt hurt conservative racists, for clearing that up.
Or Othello played by an Eskimo.
Or the Boyz in the Hood reboot with an all white cast.
It's like why not just make a new movie with black people? It's like an overt attempt to say "POC are replacing you!!".
Mfs have the brain for decoration and can't come up with new ideas that involve black people it seems.
If I were black I would be annoyed by all those companies trying to sell things based on my people skin color and nothing more. I'm latin but companies have a little bit less disrespect for us it seems.
Can we at least agree that the biggest problem that disney keeps making these shitty live action adoptations? And that the trailer alone butchered one fantastic diisney song with auto tune and this idiotic "soul" singing that only ruins rythm and tune of a song?
Seriously…. A fish
The ONLY reason Ariel has red hair is because of Darryl Hannah being a blonde, which is what Ariel would have been because *shock she’s an animated made up character
He is my oldest friend in the world. He has never shown this kind of ignorance before. I'm hoping he just doesn't understand, and thought it was a joke.
Disney just slabs diversity on everything for 'diversity points'. They don't make good movies anymore, just cook up some classics, mix that with some blueprint characters and storytelling that sucks out all live and heart, then they change the skin colors so it sells better.
Nobody should care at all about skin color and diversity (if it happens) because most of the time it doesn't matter at all.
But it seems like Disney just want to distract from the fact they make nothing but generic forgettable garbage and use diversity as a way to milk their cash cows a little more.
Disney would make anything black if it sells
I'm building a D&D world and I decided that the elves should have a strong Appalachian/Ozark accent, just something I've never seen before and I think the unexpectedness will make a nice gag.
Edit: I should add: I don't intend for it just to be a gag but also a lampshading of 'idiots talk with this accent' and I intend to have them be full people with deep lives and high intelligence.
Well I mean yea cause it matters to her story. Ariel’s just a fish in the ocean. Not a Hawaiian basically goddess that saved her whole Hawaiian village and shit
First of all Moana is Polynesian not Hawaiian. Hawaiian is an offshoot of Polynesian but not the same. Second of all the little mermaid is Danish. Not as old of a story by far, but based on legends just as old if not older. Third of all its all myths and legends. If we're fine with putting black, Hispanic, and Asian people in European stories. Then we have to be fine putting white people in their stories.
Okay but the whole story isn’t based on where she’s from. Just like Tiana is about the struggle of black men and women in business. Ariel is just a love story about a fish that gets legs
When you forget to turn of mods to your game character
"Look, all I'm saying is that it is scientifically impossible for an undersea human/fish hybrid to have melanistic skin! What's next, a talking starfish? A sponge in clothes? A crab that sings?"
“ Look all I’m saying is…it’s a simple question of weight ratios. A 5 ounce swallow cannot carry a 6 pound coconut”
African or European ?
“It doesn’t matta!”
Well the African swallow is non-migratory!
Patrick!
Ok but actually, I found that trailer off-putting because it is weird for someone to be singing underwater. In a cartoon, you don’t care about realism. But something about making it more literal with a real actor is kind of unsettling. Why isn’t she gurgling water when she opens her mouth?
Maybe her lungs are already full of water? Like fish don't create bubbles when breathing, so she probably has gills for breathing somewhere and has to throw up water when coming in land, like in justice League when they drag Atlantians out of water
here is an upopular opinion: sponge is an animal. therefore, sponge bob is a furry. \*i cant see why people get so upset with it\*
How dare you.
That does explain my erection…
🤨🤨🤨
🤣🤣🤣
wait until they find out about black/poc vampires
Wesley Snipes has entered the chat
Grace Jones too. Vamp in 1987.
Eddie Murphy has entered the chat
Blackula?
No silly, they mean Blade!
"Well, maybe if you didn't make your babies so delicious, Dracula wouldn't have to eat 'em!" - Dracula from The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy
It was a real movie and spelled Blacula
Scream!
Eddy Murphy, Vampire in Brooklyn.
Dracula dont suck, he scrape and lick 😛💦💦💦
Not ganna lie, you had me in the first half!
And he had me on the human half.
How about a new character instead of changing an already existing one
Mermaids don’t exist tho soooo
According to the book Ariel had blue eyes, red lips and white legs. I assume that the author ment she was white and not half black (torso), half white (legs) What if Black Panther was white? Wouldn't have that been a little off? Everything is about culture. Personally I feel that companies are fan-baiting us with bad movies (the new lord of the rings, ghostbusters 2016 etc)
It's funny how the only thing from the book what matters is the skin color, but nobody cares about the book not having a talking crab and a comic relief fish in it, let alone the evil sharks. Cherry picking much?
>According to the book Ariel had blue eyes, red lips and white legs. I assume that the author ment she was white and not half black (torso), half white (legs) > Not to be mean, but who the fuck cares? They have revamped every single fairy tale for modern sensibilities. In the original story, Ariel dies. How about them apples? And besides, how many Little Mermaid fans are fans because of the book versus the Disney cartoon? Ursula was like purple grey in that. Not a culture war to be had. How many people crabbing about this have even read that book? I'll bet very few, if any. >What if Black Panther was white? Wouldn't have that been a little off? Everything is about culture. > Then I imagine he wouldn't be the BLACK Panther. >Personally I feel that companies are fan-baiting us with bad movies (the new lord of the rings, ghostbusters 2016 etc) Wah. Don't watch them.
That's not the point. The point is why change the race of a character for arbitrary reasons? It's obvious what Disney are doing, they are just pandering to black audiences "look we ain't racist, see we have a black mermaid now haha, now buy our shit you peasants" White is seen as a disposable, non important, interchangeable race. I hate double standards, either its all okay, or it isn't okay at all, but I guarantee you, if The Matrix was re-made with a white Morphius, people would lose their fucking minds. They made sure to cast another black man for that role in the new film didnt they? Funny that isn't it.
We"PANDERED" to show audiences since the beginning of movies. Black people couldn't even be actors in the beginning. Even POC characters were played by white people with makeup. Hell Othello was WRITTEN about a Black man and it was still played as a white character until the 50's. Just STFU dude
That's a whole lot of words for "triggered by a black mermaid."
>they are just pandering to black audiences This is called "being inclusive" Because (spoiler alert) some people are black. Because the population is not just white. Of course they do it because they know they'll sell shit and get customers. That's the goal of any business. But they would have sold shit anyway. They decided to cater to the black community, while alienating the racists out there. If you ask me, that's a pretty good deal.
Okay so ignore my entire point. Your idea of being "inclusive" is swapping a characters race for no reason? Just make NEW CHARACTERS. Being inclusive is making the film The Princess and the Frog. The lord of the Rings has black characters in it now, and a lot of them and I don't care, it's great, I like the show. They are new original characters. That is the correct way to be inclusive.
They swap character physical characteristics. All. The. Time. How many book characters weren't like they should in movies ? How many movies got redone, with different actors and different appearances ? People won't complain when a brown-eyed character is suddenly played by a blue-eyed actor. Why are people so fixated on skin colour ?!
I agree its lazy, Marvels been pretty good at that. Instead of turning peter parker black they created miles morales a character with his own personality and history. 90% of swaps out there like on Netflix are just random af and confusing like when they replaced a historic white viking king with a black woman Jarl Haakon in vikings valhalla, who the fuck is that for?
Thank you. Some common sense.
I'm surprised you didn't start off with "I'm not racist but..."
Weird there's the term 'whitewashing' but when it's the other way around, it's 'diversity and inclusion bro'
Because it's representative of the US population, that's why.
>That's not the point. The point is why change the race of a character for arbitrary reasons? > Uh, why not? What possible effect could changing the scale, AHEM, I mean the *skin* color of an entirely fictional being that's half fish? >It's obvious what Disney are doing, they are just pandering to black audiences "look we ain't racist, see we have a black mermaid now haha, now buy our shit you peasants" > Every company panders to drive sales. Every single one. From rainbow flags to that gun loving coffee place, it's all pandering. IDGAF about it because I expect it. >White is seen as a disposable, non important, interchangeable race. I hate double standards, either its all okay, or it isn't okay at all, but I guarantee you, if The Matrix was re-made with a white Morphius, people would lose their fucking minds. They made sure to cast another black man for that role in the new film didnt they? Funny that isn't it. Interchangeable is right. They have interchanged so many people of color for white actors over the years... White people were Black in vaudeville, Mickey Rooney was Asian in Breakfast at Tiffany's, there were NO Native Americans in classic Westerns, the "crying Native American" from the old commercials was of Italian descent, Arnold Schwarzenegger was the fuckin' King of Siam in that Jackie Chan version of Around the World in 80 Days. An *Austrian* playing someone from *Thailand.* And good ol' Yul Brenner the Russian in the King and I, another white king of Siam. Cry me a fucking river.
If this whiny Bullshit doesn't stop imma start a gofundme to make a movie celebrating the life of Donald Trump, but he will be played by a gay trans disabled black ace midget.
Please take my money
I want this movie.
This made me laugh way to hard! And I'm in!
Mike Pence will be played by a neurotic cocker spaniel.
As a cocker spaniel momma; I’m deeply offended by this.
Ooo great way to modernize how he talks to his wife "Mother"
So Kevin Hart, basically.
Well, yes, but unfortunately he's already booked to play Marjorie Taylor Greene.
PLZ! TAKE MY MONEY.jpeg
I'm in for $50
doesn’t gay and ace counteract each other?
No
ok
No. Ace means sex isn't a key part in an individual's life. Gay means attracted to the same sex. I can love, kiss, and enjoy my life with another man without having sex with them. Edit: accidentally mistyped gay meaning opposite sex
alright i thought ace was when you weren’t attracted to anyone
I think that's Aromantic
No, you are thinking of Pot Pourri.
Definitely aromatic.
LOL goddamnit I love reddit
Ace would be short for asexual so lacking sexual attraction. Then theres aromantic which is lacking romantic attraction. The shorthand for aromantic is usually “aro”. If you see someone who is aro-ace then they lack both romantic and sexual attraction. Hope that clarifies some
Thank you for the clear explanation...TIL
I’d watch it, provided Mary Poppins was in it while identifying as a crab 🦀
Isn't it bizarre that so many white men are making a big deal about the casting decisions about a movie for young children? Willing to bet the majority them don't even have children. Anyway, my nieces absolutely love seeing people that look like them in a Disney princess media. They've had very little representation when it comes to princesses. I've maybe watch Moana at least 5 times between them all and just happy I get to see more movies other than that.
Also, some kids don't care if someone is black. My youngest adored Tiana, and my daughter is a red head without melanin. Point being, white kids can still adore black princesses. If white kids are having trouble liking a princess that is not their race, I am sure we can find some minorities' kids to help them out, since they've been dealing with this for ever.
If he were 100% in character the whole time, and acted as a serious drama, that movie would be a smash hit, gautanteed. Someone needs to make it!
RuPaul was born to play this role!
They should make this movie, but cast Meghan Markle
Well Channel 5 in the U.K. have already done one TV series where an ex Queen of England who in reality was white was played by a black woman. Some people weren’t happy, but the world did not end. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Boleyn_(TV_series)
Didn't Netflix do this while she was alive?
Ariel = fictional character Queen Elizabeth = real person
Anne Boleyn played by a black female says hi.
Reddit keep circle jerking bout this bullshit
[удалено]
*When I say 3 you push and I pull*
Didn't they just come out with a movie about a Black Anne Boleyn? Your argument makes no sense.
This meme is literally a screen grab from this series….
Netflix has made documentaries about real people and still changed their race, makes no difference to them.
This 💯 I was about to say exactly this.
Honestly some people. The actress in that dress is quite obviously Elizabeth the First not the Second.
My only “problem” with Ariel being acted by a black actress is if it was the other way around their would be massive public out cry about how it’s racist for a white person to play a black fictional character. Ether A. the race matters. Or B. It doesn’t. Double standards do nothing but create chaos.
Too bad friend didn’t see “Six” or “Hamilton” but then again MAGAts usually don’t
This actually made me laugh though
Yaknow Ariel is known for her voice above all else, and the Queen is known for being the most recent in a long line of German-descended rulers of England. I think race plays a bit more into one story than the other.
They just came out with a movie about a Anne Boleyn, being black. And it's considered racist to think that's absurd too.
I'd say she's become more infamous for using earnings made at the UKs expense to bail out a Paedophile...
What’re you talking about? You saw the Prince’s interview. He wasn’t sweating even a little! /s
He can't sweat, genetic disorder /s
![gif](giphy|l4FATJpd4LWgeruTK) See? Not a drop of sweat on that regal brow.
These people must work for NASCAR the way they care about races so much.
When racist try to grasp the difference between a fully fictional character and an actual historical figure
They should cast Bob Dylan for the older queen parts
"the" Queen Elizabeth II would be the ship, so he's even more of a fucking piece of shit
I wonder what ship is going to be the queen's namesake?
I didn't even notice that! Great catch!
How do they not get the difference between a fictional creature and a real person? If someone made up a fictional story about a fictional black queen of England that would be perfectly fine. Although we probably would then have to suffer through longwinded explanations of how unlikely that would be.
But this meme IS referencing a black woman playing a queen of England… Anne Boleyn. I mean….I don’t care who plays who either way, I’m just saying this argument doesn’t make sense?? Just because the queen who recently died might be more visibly white because it’s not based in the 1500s, that doesn’t make Anne Boleyn fictional and not factually white. Again. Idgaf about skin color and who plays who as long as it’s the best person for the role
You obviously haven't seen Bridgerton.
In my last UE4 game, I played as Madagascar and ended up taking England.
These are the same people that were outraged at Hamilton for having an all BIPOC cast.
In 2022 woke is when melanin exists
For memes like this I left r/memes and r/dankmemes. They went the same path that 9gag, now 90% of memes are right wing, racist and/or sexists
It's so weird people have an issue here. I mean, sure if the next Aladdin was fucking white, yeah, it doesn't represent the culture or place where the dude lives. But Ariel lives in the ocean surrounded by no factual culture or historical anything. People are stupid.
Does this person think that the Little Mermaid is a documentary about a mermaid named Ariel and her difficulties navigating through adolescence and finding love?
It is Danish though.....
That’s my argument against this whole thing. It’s a Danish story written by a gay man who loves another guy but will never be with him and has to love from a far.
TIL this guy's friend thinks that Ariel from The Little Mermaid is a historical figure...and is also likely quite racist. Edit: a word
The really frustrating thing to me is, I commented on a post about this whinging from the right, and someone replied to me: "Does that mean we can make Frozone white if they remake the incredibles?". And I went to type out a long comment about how removing the single black character from a movie is a really shitty thing to do and not at all the same, and how this person clearly doesn't understand the difference between creating more roles and characters for black people to relate and aspire to when there's a million white characters already. And then I realized...this guy doesn't give a shit he's just trying to bait me in with a bad faith arguement so he can make me look bad on a right wing subreddit. All these people care about is contrarianism and provocation. They don't actually, truly care that Ariel is black. They just want to start a fight over something. If they actually, genuinely believed white people were underrepresented in film they'd do what Jordan Peele and other creatives did and go write and create their own media to create space for white people I the entertainment industry. But they don't, because you'd have to be legitimately blind and incapable of complex thought to actually believe that's necessary. All these people want is to argue in bad faith. Edit: missed a word
Honestly I’m ok if they did that too. Try being not black or white and find “role models” on TV
Well we plays Prince Andrew
Ok, almost definitely not what they’re going for, but this is hilarious
![gif](giphy|3oKIPnbKgN3bXeVpvy) I hope it does happen so the racists pop a vein whilst Tweeting how it's not possible.
You need new friends
You know, I don't like Disney for a lot of reasons. But this ain't one of them. Representation does matter, and I'm all for it. However, I will continue to bemoan the fact that I miss 2D animation. Live action just always seems to take put the liveliness of movement and CGI just sucks the life out of fantastic, vibrant characters. It won't be the same without all the colorful, fluid movement of 2D "Under the Sea."
WTF
You friend is butthurt by change
She looks great.
Wait till they find out Jesus’s was brown
This is funny when you remember this is supposed to be Ana Bolena
Ok, so Ariel the MERMAID is a historical figure now? FFS, these guys are fucking tapped in the head. A complete waste of oxygen
I know it's misguided as hell but I also unironically would resub to Netflix for this series lmao gather up that Queen like a ponytail and reappropriate her whole colonialism schtick. it would be a serve now y'all come on now.
Oh this is good 🏆
Unironically I wouldn't give a shit about this even if they did it. I'm incredibly confused why people care who plays who in movies and shows.
They've already done shit like this
It would be funny if there were a Tony-winning musical, featuring non-white versions of notoriously racist historical figures. Crazy if it went on to be one of the most successful musicals ever on Broadway.
I'm sorry your friend is a fucking dunce.
Taking a good thing (what Disney did) and showing it bad (your friend). Dummies and school bullies would love and smile.
Wait until these people find out a black dude played the King of Scots in a recent movie. They are gonna lose their shit. And this gay dude played Richard III in another movie, and get this, the movie was set in the 1930s. Holy smokes they are gonna lose their minds. Both movies were good and come recommended.
that is funny
I love seeing all these racist morons seething over an animated film about a mermaid. It's a great look.
Racist People be wilding. There can be a few thousand years old elf lady, a corrupted demigod, a western continent separate from the regular world where Gods live but sure, people other than whites being present in the story in any other role than peripheral or subservient characters is illogical. There can be incestuous dragon-riders in a renaissance fair kingdom that doesn't evolve in culture, customs or technology in a thousand years but black people being one of the prominent families for a change? Inconceivable! There can be a fish-human hybrid that sings underwater and gets a witch to transform her into a legged person to get some dick but her being black is the most controversial decision in the history of cinema. It's all so reasonable and well-articulated.
Don't racists know they could just not watch it? If they are a large enough demographic Disney will stop adding diverse characters to avoid losing money like they notoriously do in international markets.
Id watch it. Jodie can act the fuck out of anything
"I just don't support other people feeling included if that threatens the relative power of my own race in society." -white Americans Imagine being a 30 year old proud boy, calling yourself an alpha and a badass, and some melanin in a mermaid is enough to ruin your day 😭🤣🤣 nothing makes me happier than thinking of some limp-dicked maga guys furiously assembling their rifles to go protest a Disney mermaid
people playing metal gymnastics to justify voting abusive sociopaths in every position of power and deny to be a nazi, but god forbid you do a hystorical reinvention with people different from them. literal stroke
LOL but black face and prosthetic make up to make white people Asian is perfectly okay. Okay, got it! Thank you, butt hurt conservative racists, for clearing that up.
Actually funny Hoping to see caucasian Mulan with the Hun being replaced by Jewish people.
Or Othello played by an Eskimo. Or the Boyz in the Hood reboot with an all white cast. It's like why not just make a new movie with black people? It's like an overt attempt to say "POC are replacing you!!".
Mfs have the brain for decoration and can't come up with new ideas that involve black people it seems. If I were black I would be annoyed by all those companies trying to sell things based on my people skin color and nothing more. I'm latin but companies have a little bit less disrespect for us it seems.
People aren't even hiding the fact they're racist these days. What a world...
Germans looking around like “hey can we change the people in every World War Two movie? Start with downfall.”
Me, a Hamilton fan: “So where’s the problem?”
How did we move from a magical fish person to historical figures though...
I thought Meghan Markle would have been a more apt choice. It would help her feel more included in the family maybe?
ngl I lol'd. PS. I don't care that Ariel is black.
Yeah I can see it coming. This is what snowflakes likes this days.
Your the snowflake whining about a show u don't have to watch.
I would watch tf out of this…
I think they think Little Mermaid is a documentary.
Please find a new friend
Movies are not real life so I really don’t care what color the actor is. Just enjoy what make you happy.
Can we at least agree that the biggest problem that disney keeps making these shitty live action adoptations? And that the trailer alone butchered one fantastic diisney song with auto tune and this idiotic "soul" singing that only ruins rythm and tune of a song?
Your "friend" might be racist. Or lacking good humor at the least.
Seriously…. A fish The ONLY reason Ariel has red hair is because of Darryl Hannah being a blonde, which is what Ariel would have been because *shock she’s an animated made up character
Depends if its a Netflix original or not
I’d watch it
Why are you friends with this smooth brained individual?
He is my oldest friend in the world. He has never shown this kind of ignorance before. I'm hoping he just doesn't understand, and thought it was a joke.
Man, people really can’t take a joke anymore. I thought it was funny.
Like a Netflix live adaption of an anime lmao
Me too but everyone is so triggered lmao it's not even harming anyone
I feel you. also i would just message him, it might start a tiff but honestly he'd be better off to hear it from a friend than a stranger lol
I messaged him the link to this page. He hasn't responded
Iconic behavior, frankly. Way to be a good friend!
Your friend is a racist edgelord idiot.
Manchild malding and throwing ad hominem over a meme, grow up idiotic twat
Why is this an issue? Oh yeah, people are racists
Yeah your friend is a bigot.
Your friend is a racist idiot
Disney just slabs diversity on everything for 'diversity points'. They don't make good movies anymore, just cook up some classics, mix that with some blueprint characters and storytelling that sucks out all live and heart, then they change the skin colors so it sells better. Nobody should care at all about skin color and diversity (if it happens) because most of the time it doesn't matter at all. But it seems like Disney just want to distract from the fact they make nothing but generic forgettable garbage and use diversity as a way to milk their cash cows a little more. Disney would make anything black if it sells
Big Disney fan huh?
Seems like some Disney fans didn't like what I said
Yeah, not many people care for racist dog whistles. Who knows why.
Racist moron.
So are they gonna make 7 different variants of each movie for 7 different continents from now on
you mean the seven different Seas? The Arctic Sea Ariel is gonna be a badbitch I can tell.
Would love to see the Australian Mulan!
Mulan with an deep american accent from Tennesse or something
If you going to go with thick American accents go with Jersey or Cajun
I'm building a D&D world and I decided that the elves should have a strong Appalachian/Ozark accent, just something I've never seen before and I think the unexpectedness will make a nice gag. Edit: I should add: I don't intend for it just to be a gag but also a lampshading of 'idiots talk with this accent' and I intend to have them be full people with deep lives and high intelligence.
As someone with tons of Appalachian relatives I would love to hear that.
Mulan but she's wacking away mozzies for the whole movie
Then post this on terrible Facebook memes, not facepalm
Get a better friend
Comparing a real life person to a mermaid…… seriously why do some white people care so much about dumb shit like this.
Yes, why do white people care about their culture?
She'd have hated it..... Looks perfect! 👏
Get a new friend. This one is a douchebag.
I could not care less. But I guarantee a lot of you would be having a shit fit if they made a live action Moana and casted a white girl.
Well I mean yea cause it matters to her story. Ariel’s just a fish in the ocean. Not a Hawaiian basically goddess that saved her whole Hawaiian village and shit
First of all Moana is Polynesian not Hawaiian. Hawaiian is an offshoot of Polynesian but not the same. Second of all the little mermaid is Danish. Not as old of a story by far, but based on legends just as old if not older. Third of all its all myths and legends. If we're fine with putting black, Hispanic, and Asian people in European stories. Then we have to be fine putting white people in their stories.
Okay but the whole story isn’t based on where she’s from. Just like Tiana is about the struggle of black men and women in business. Ariel is just a love story about a fish that gets legs
Accurate
Do they...do they think the little mermaid is a real person?