re: Chinese Fans ‘Whitewash’ “The Little Mermaid” – Transform Black Ariel into a White Charact

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Exactly, or West African mythological figures like Anansi and Papa Legba. They can make interesting movies out of that.

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Or just use them in roles that aren't already defined. It's been a long time since I read Without Remorse but his description, while white, wasn't a big part of the story and John Clark has been a minor character at best in movies. I don't recall a big uproar about Michael Johnson being chosen for that role. Now it was a complete abortion of a movie but that was on the writers, not the fact that a black guy played the main character. Luther was an outstanding vehicle for Idris Elba and he didn't play a "black cop", he played a cop who happened to be black. Just cast people as characters, not characters defined by their skin tone.