Current Events > Disney is changing Ariel in the new live action Little Mermaid

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They didnt choose a black girl, they chose a girl which doesnt look like the original cartoon character. Thats what people got mad about.
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*black actors/actresses are shut out of a major motion picture*

"Stop crying! It should just be about how is best for the role! Hollywood is about making money!"

*black girl is cast as a cartoon mermaid*

"THIS IS OUTRAGEOUS! WHITE MERMAIDS ONLY"

...lmao the unwashed legs are MAD
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troll_swag posted...

Bass_X0 posted...

Error1355 posted...

Bass_X0 posted...

Imagine if Harry Potter, Superman or Luke Skywalker was player by a black actor?

If they acted well and didn't outright change the story to specifically make their race the focal point of the story, who the fuck cares.

People would care.

Only racist people

Did you miss the drama over Dante's hair color in DmC? Or Tifa's cleavage? It's stupid to get riled up over superficial changes but it happens from time to time because nerds/gamers tend to be uncomfortable with change, especially to characters that they grew up with. Skin color would not be a superficial change since it is very prominent, but it also affects accent and speech pattern.

And Harry Potter, Superman and Luke Skywalker are far more popular, more entrenched into pop culture and more iconic, by several orders of magnitude than Dante and Tifa.

Thinking only racists would care if characters they grew up with (and are role models to them) are changed just tells me your views are so tinted by identity politics, or you are so eager to win a argument, that you give up on trying to infer the thoughts of others, of trying to understand them.

I don't give a crap about Ariel, mainly because I don't care about watching a remake of a Disney cartoon, but I won't pretend that this isn't important to others in a way that has nothing to do with bigotry.

stop catering to the mentally unhinged, and we'll be alright. everybody else just want the events in the story to match the way they remember.

the biggest thing I find hilarious are the males that wouldn't care to see it either way are currently the loudest voice on the internet, lolololol

crocodile tears from the miserable attention seekers never dry.
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RickyTheBAWSE posted...

stop catering to the mentally unhinged, and we'll be alright. everybody else just want the events in the story to match the way they remember.

the biggest thing I find hilarious are the males that wouldn't care to see it either way are currently the loudest voice on the internet, lolololol

crocodile tears from the miserable attention seekers never dry.

Loudest when this is my 3rd post on this topic across all boards? Also, why does it seem like you are laughing and choking with anger at the same time? Yeah, I'm sure your numerous posts on this topic are the epitome of reasonable calm.

https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/RaceLift
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Torrific posted...

RickyTheBAWSE posted...

stop catering to the mentally unhinged, and we'll be alright. everybody else just want the events in the story to match the way they remember.

the biggest thing I find hilarious are the males that wouldn't care to see it either way are currently the loudest voice on the internet, lolololol

crocodile tears from the miserable attention seekers never dry.

Loudest when this is my 3rd post on this topic across all boards? Also, why does it seem like you are laughing and choking with anger at the same time? Yeah, I'm sure your numerous posts on this topic are the epitome of reasonable calm.

I never quoted you and don't even remember your post, but it seems like you felt a connection to mine, and bolded the parts that hit home, lolololol.

if the shoe fits, wear it. and stop projecting at Ricky.
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Every ugly pale person getting mad because Halle Bailey is the new Ariel.

Black Jesus is at work
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How is her name pronounced?

just to make people mad, I can't wait until they remake Ace Ventura with Jay Pharoah
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