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re: Disney’s live-action Little Mermaid will star a black Ariel

Posted on 7/7/19 at 1:08 pm to
Posted by jmarto1
Houma, LA/ Las Vegas, NV
Member since Mar 2008
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Posted on 7/7/19 at 1:08 pm to
I would wreck halle berry
Posted by gadknot
Reality
Member since Jul 2005
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Posted on 7/7/19 at 1:08 pm to
You do know that Ariel isn't a real person right?
Posted by MF Doom
I'm only Joshin'
Member since Oct 2008
11736 posts
Posted on 7/7/19 at 1:09 pm to
I just wish she was hot.
Posted by MightyYat
StB Garden District
Member since Jan 2009
25029 posts
Posted on 7/7/19 at 1:09 pm to
It’ll be interesting to see how this is received. Disney introduced Princess Tianna years ago and it was mostly a flop because little white girls and their moms move the needle. My guess is this movie will be out of the theaters quickly.
Posted by OweO
Plaquemine, La
Member since Sep 2009
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Posted on 7/7/19 at 1:14 pm to
Are people really upset that a white girl is not playing a mermaid? Are all mermaids supposed to be white?

There are a lot of things people could mad about, but who plays a fricking mermaid shouldnt be one.
Posted by LordSaintly
Member since Dec 2005
41931 posts
Posted on 7/7/19 at 1:14 pm to
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Disney introduced Princess Tianna years ago and it was mostly a flop because little white girls and their moms move the needle


I don’t know if I buy this. Mulan and Pocahontas were successful movies that didn’t feature a white princess.
Posted by LouisianaLonghorn
Austin, Texas
Member since Jan 2006
15642 posts
Posted on 7/7/19 at 1:18 pm to
Maybe kids won’t care. The Little Mermaid is my 7-year old niece’s absolute favorite Disney movie. She has just about every Ariel doll or toy there is. She even has an Ariel costume and red wig. I showed her the photo of the actress as Ariel. She didn’t say anything about her being black. However, she was upset that Ariel’s hair isn’t red. When I said they might have her wear a wig, she seemed cool with it.
Posted by soccerfüt
Location: A Series of Tubes
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Posted on 7/7/19 at 1:19 pm to
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I would wreck halle berry
I’d share her with you brah.

No homo, just props.
Posted by MightyYat
StB Garden District
Member since Jan 2009
25029 posts
Posted on 7/7/19 at 1:20 pm to
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I don’t know if I buy this. Mulan and Pocahontas were successful movies that didn’t feature a white princess.


It’ll make money, there’s no disputing that. The rewatch factor and merchandising pay day will be very low though. Go to Disney today and most of little girls dress up like Snow White, Cinderella, Belle, Ariel and Anna/Elsa with a few Merida and Rapunzels thrown in there. Not many Mulans or Pochohantas’ running around.
Posted by fr33manator
Baton Rouge
Member since Oct 2010
133032 posts
Posted on 7/7/19 at 1:21 pm to
And why do people keep calling Ariel a fish. She has breasts, which denotes milk feeding, which indicates live birth, which makes her a goddamn mammal
This post was edited on 7/7/19 at 1:21 pm
Posted by fr33manator
Baton Rouge
Member since Oct 2010
133032 posts
Posted on 7/7/19 at 1:23 pm to
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Not many Mulans or Pochohantas’ running around.



That’s because the social justice warriors will scream cultural appropriation if they dress up like those two.



You think a little girl is going to do black face Ariel Now?
Posted by MightyYat
StB Garden District
Member since Jan 2009
25029 posts
Posted on 7/7/19 at 1:29 pm to
No but that would be awesome.

My hunch is little white girls are going to continue to dress like white Ariel.
Posted by chRxis
None of your fricking business
Member since Feb 2008
26689 posts
Posted on 7/7/19 at 1:30 pm to
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I just wish she was hot.

she sure as shite ain't ugly...

Posted by Boo Krewe
Member since Apr 2015
9810 posts
Posted on 7/7/19 at 1:33 pm to
it should be joanna garcia !!!!
Posted by Cowboyfan89
Member since Sep 2015
12950 posts
Posted on 7/7/19 at 1:33 pm to
I mean, hey, it is what it is. But if Flounder is played by a clownfish, we riot!!
Posted by drexyl
Mingovia
Member since Sep 2005
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Posted on 7/7/19 at 1:34 pm to
Posted by East Coast Band
Member since Nov 2010
66909 posts
Posted on 7/7/19 at 1:38 pm to
No one ever complained when Morgan Freeman was cast as "Red" in The Shawshank Redemption In Steven King's book, Red is a redhead from Ireland. Hence the little smirk by Freeman in the movie about when "Red" says "Maybe, it's because I'm Irish"
Posted by OweO
Plaquemine, La
Member since Sep 2009
119944 posts
Posted on 7/7/19 at 1:39 pm to
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And why do people keep calling Ariel a fish. She has breasts, which denotes milk feeding, which indicates live birth, which makes her a goddamn mammal




Not to mention, like dolphins and whales she has to come up for air right? But how do they reproduce?
Posted by GRTiger
On a roof eating alligator pie
Member since Dec 2008
68869 posts
Posted on 7/7/19 at 1:49 pm to
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Are people really upset that a white girl is not playing a mermaid? Are all mermaids supposed to be white?



All I've seen are heroes virtue signaling about how only terrible people are mad about it. I've never actually seen, read or heard anyone who is mad about it.

Posted by cwil177
Baton Rouge
Member since Jun 2011
29548 posts
Posted on 7/7/19 at 1:50 pm to
Can’t wait for the princess and the frog remake with a white girl
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