Reply to Halle Baily being the new Little Mermaid

Forum Index » Entertainment and Pop Culture

Reply to "Halle Baily being the new Little Mermaid"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm black. I'm conflicted. I liked Hamilton because of the juxtaposition of historical figures who were clearly white being represented by minorities through the medium of rap, which originated from black culture. I loved that Black Panther was a movie that provided representation in just about every aspect.

What I don't like is this feeling of shoehorning in diversity. The Little Mermaid isn't real, but Ariel is an intellectual property of Disney who is instantly recognized as a white character with red hair. I could understand if The Little Mermaid was a dead property that no one really remembered, but that's not the case. Unless they're going to go the route of The Wiz and make everyone black, I don't see the point. Make something new. [/quote]

I see your point but Disney (and the other major producers) are so focused on re-makes its silly. There's been three movies with Spiderman in this year alone and 3 different (white/male/cis) actors cast as Spiderman in the last two decades. They all look the same. If they just plan on regurgitating old story lines, why not let them use diverse characters for it?

[img]https://i.imgur.com/5fTUiMN.jpg[/img][/quote]

So you missed the (Oscar-winning) "Spider-Man: Into the Spider-verse" this past year? With a Spider-Man whose dad is black and whose mom is Latina? I guess you'd say that since it's animated it doesn't count as representation but...it was a huge hit, a great movie, and many kids saw a hero who definitely isn't white. And if you want to dismiss it as  a "kid's movie" I wonder if you actually saw it....

Did you also miss that in the two most recent live action versions, Peter Parker goes to possibly the most diverse school ever, is in love with a girl played by Zendaya, has a best friend (actually an important character too) who's not white....I suspect you'll come back to say none of that counts if Spider-man himself is white. But...why wouldn't all that be a good thing? Especially at the same time we have another Spider-Man storyline with a black and Latino Spidey? Isn't all that together going in the right direction?[/quote]

All of that IS a good thing. Just like the black character being the LEAD in a live-action role is a great thing.[/quote]

Wakanda forever [/quote]

[img]https://media2.giphy.com/media/o6FWop1Gbuyly/giphy.gif[/img][/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics