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re: 'The Little Mermaid' Official Trailer | Disney
Posted on 3/13/23 at 4:14 pm to SlimTigerSlap
Posted on 3/13/23 at 4:14 pm to SlimTigerSlap
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The problem with that is established IPs are always a safer bet for studios.
Not my problem.
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Now I'm sure you can imagine the character makeup of most established IPs due to the historical makeup of this country.
Again, that it what it is. This feels like the first attempt at those mental gymnastic I was referring to. Let's see...
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Casting black Ariel doesn't erase white Ariel. You can show the latter to your kids if you feel compelled.
None of this addresses my point.
- Cast to the source material.
- If you think the source materials of the predominant stories are "too white" which is what you suggested, then write NEW materials or bring to the public other stories, fables, etc from other cultures and make them popular. This solves issue #1, AND allows for truly diverse entertainment, rather than tokenization of historically white characters and stories.
Why would nonwhite people want what amounts to white peoples' sloppy seconds of well known characters rather than new characters they could call their own? It kind of feels like it's mostly because it pisses off white people...
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Posted on 3/13/23 at 4:18 pm to GeauxTigerTM
@GeauzTigerTM
You're speaking from a bubble. These movies make money. Corporations exist to make money. You say, "not my problem." They don't give a shite. It's the shareholders problem. Laughable that you'd tell a studio what to do with its intellectual material. Your only course is to not watch.
I don't know, ask them. They seem to celebrate when it happens.
You're speaking from a bubble. These movies make money. Corporations exist to make money. You say, "not my problem." They don't give a shite. It's the shareholders problem. Laughable that you'd tell a studio what to do with its intellectual material. Your only course is to not watch.
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Why would nonwhite people want what amounts to white peoples' sloppy seconds of well known characters rather than new characters they could call their own?
I don't know, ask them. They seem to celebrate when it happens.
This post was edited on 3/13/23 at 4:22 pm
Posted on 3/13/23 at 4:22 pm to GeauxTigerTM
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- Cast to the source material.
The source material describes a family of mermaids with brown and dark curly hair. An Ariel that cuts out her tongue, attempts to kill the prince and his new wife after she is rejected by the prince, then commits suicide.
Why is your only concern about the source material the skin color of the mermaid that not once is central to any of the story? A story that is all but excised and barely recognizable outside of a mermaid wanting a Prince and to be human?
This is one of those times where this argument simply does not work. You cant claim adherence to a source material that is already a gross bastardization and then the only thing you care about in another bastardization of the source material is the mermaid staying white. At least not without thinking the obvious, which is that your issue isn't representing the source material, its that you simply don't want a black person cast in the lead
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Why would nonwhite people want what amounts to white peoples' sloppy seconds of well known characters rather than new characters they could call their own? It kind of feels like it's mostly because it pisses off white people...
Seems to mean a lot based on how many white people melt down when they are not the sole racial representation in all of these adaptions and remakes.
This post was edited on 3/13/23 at 4:26 pm
Posted on 3/13/23 at 5:09 pm to GeauxTigerTM
quote:Movies about Anansi or Native American folklore would be great. I would pay to see that on screen.
If you think the source materials of the predominant stories are "too white" which is what you suggested, then write NEW materials or bring to the public other stories, fables, etc from other cultures and make them popular.
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