BertramDitore 115 points a year ago

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.

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ptz 70 points a year ago

so maybe that’s not the best example

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.

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Blue_Morpho 22 points a year ago

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.

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CidVicious 9 points a year ago

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.

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neidu3 2 points a year ago

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.

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Freshparsnip 2 points a year ago

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

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xigoi -5 points a year ago

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.

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