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Selective rage
(lemmy.nz)
I saw something that it only works if the character was in a book that hasn't had a movie adaptation yet. In the Shawshank Redemption, "Red" was originally a white irishman. But because bigots don't read books, it didn't upset anyone when Morgan Freeman played him.
You know I don't care but it ever only happens one way. If they just choose the best person for the role there should be some white people who are best. And I don't mean these from comic books. I mean fables and tales like the little mermaid is a white or black Mulan a none polynesian Muai. Or how about race switching a real person like an Asian playing Roasa Parks. Since they did get a black woman to play Anne Boleyn who was a real person.
And if we want to represent more diverse people in the film industry whey retell the same stories, it seems kind of odd to just swap a character and say diversity. Why not tell some of their stories.
Uhh, off the top of my head, Nick Fury was white, but Jackson was awesome, and no one wants anyone else to have that role. kingpins is white but Michael Clarke Duncan fucking rocked that shit. Heimdell was Idris Elba, and he was awesome in that part. Zendaya, as mj was the best mj so far. I'm sure there's more, so maybe stop rage baiting...
Isn't the point of this meme to mock the people who are enraged?
Some kind of selective rage even
Actually Nick fury was black in ultimate universe before the movies and drawn to look like Sam Jackson on purpose
Rage bait is the life blood of social media.... I should go read a book
Zendaya is overrated
Role. Actor.
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It really do be like that.
A lot. No seriously like an alarming amount of "a lot"
In case anyone else was wondering...
- Tonto
- Ra's al Ghul
- The Ancient One
- Scarlet Witch
- The Little Mermaid
Yeah, has anyone considered that people simply weren't familiar with the source material for the rest of these?
As I said before:
They hate live action Ariel because she's "ugly."
And that is so much worse. Especially when people see nothing wrong with that statement.
Imagine being so vain that you get angry that a movie role is played by someone that you think is ugly.
How pathetic.
I'm not sure if that's worse than being a racist piece of shit about it, but it can't be far behind.
Well that's just it; it's tied up in racism. They're calling Ariel ugly because she's an African American woman.
I mean... I'm fine with people complaining about actors not fitting roles, but that's not the case here.
Oh. Was my comment too subtle?
I'll clarify: if anyone actually thinks that an actor playing a role is ugly, and gets mad about it, that's pathetic. But we all know why their calling her "ugly" don't we?
And if that's not blatant enough: they're calling her ugly because she's black, not because she's unattractive. And I don't mean to imply she's unattractive by this, just that her attractiveness isn't the actual problem.
It's especially ridiculous because:
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A: Halle Bailey's painfully gorgeous
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B: She's got this... How do I describe it? 'Mythologic' look? Like she's how I'd picture a siren out of The Odyssey or something like that.
Again, I'm all for actors matching their characters, and soulless 'diversity' casting just for the veneer of inclusivity can be less than ideal, but that's not close to the case here. The rage around Ariel was just totally absurd (and absolutely racist).
I don't want to comment prematurely about her looks. I haven't seen the movie, I don't know how well she played the role, and I don't believe I've seen a lot from that actor, so I have no basis by which I can create an opinion either way.
Imagine getting mad because a black girl played a mermaid in a Disney movie.
Show me a tale from another country where they put in a white person. The little Mermaid is a Danish tale.
iirc the live action little mermaid tales place in the carribean, not denmark
This isn’t political, it’s just a comment on the acting and entertainment industry as being racist.
this post was submitted on 25 Sep 2025
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