Disney making live-action remake of 'The Little Mermaid'

*Andrew NDB* · 10-02-2022, 05:32 AM

Yes, of course. Of course. If the "movement" is such that "we need to co-opt existing stuff to make the lead gay/black/Asian/Hispanic so that it is most likely to sell" then you're already shooting the very cause you're trying to push forward in the foot. As in, saying such a thing has no merit on its own unless you piggyback or replace a pre-existing thing with that. Plus, how f***ed up is that? To look at one example, black people. The message is basically: "We feel you, and you're oppressed somehow in 2022, but hey... relax, we're going to fix this by reconfiguring these decades long established white roles that sell into black roles to fix the problem." And also, red-heads, you're basically black, right? What? This is a horrible idea. Film and TV should be merit based and acting should be acting. "Hotel Rwanda" won because it was a great movie. Halle Berry won "Monster's Ball" because she acted the sh** out of that.

Which isn't to say a gay/black/Asian/Hispanic thing (movie/comic/video game/etc.) can't be successful. It just means you need to actually try hard to make something original work. If you have to recast Wolverine as a transexual to give transexuals a voice and not just make a compelling transexual new character, you're just proving the point against these practices. Why is the crutch needed? Why is the crutch being championed?

10-02-2022, 05:32 AM	#11
Andrew NDB Weed Whacker Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Auburn, WA Posts: 34,594	Yes, of course. Of course. If the "movement" is such that "we need to co-opt existing stuff to make the lead gay/black/Asian/Hispanic so that it is most likely to sell" then you're already shooting the very cause you're trying to push forward in the foot. As in, saying such a thing has no merit on its own unless you piggyback or replace a pre-existing thing with that. Plus, how f*ed up is that? To look at one example, black people. The message is basically: "We feel you, and you're oppressed somehow in 2022, but hey... relax, we're going to fix this by reconfiguring these decades long established white roles that sell into black roles to fix the problem." And also, red-heads, you're basically black, right? What? This is a horrible idea. Film and TV should be merit based and acting should be acting. "Hotel Rwanda" won because it was a great movie. Halle Berry won "Monster's Ball" because she acted the sh out of that. Which isn't to say a gay/black/Asian/Hispanic thing (movie/comic/video game/etc.) can't be successful. It just means you need to actually try hard to make something original work. If you have to recast Wolverine as a transexual to give transexuals a voice and not just make a compelling transexual new character, you're just proving the point against these practices. Why is the crutch needed? Why is the crutch being championed? __________________ [ ODYSSEY \| ORIGIN \| THE IMAGE/VOL. 3 CONCLUSION \| THE SHELLSHOCKED PODCAST \| ON FACEBOOK ]