Glad it upsets the racist pricks
Unstable, cowardly bigots will cry.
The future is already here. Weep on, girls.
But surely films should entertain and entrance. They shouldn't be designed to piss people off. That's just posturing and pissing up millions of dollars against a wall simply to make a point. Which is frankly silly, even if you're NOT a racist.
shareOk, that's just silly. Disney is not intentionally making a bad movie, and they are not making a movie "designed to piss people off."
Disney is a business. They are making decisions based on what will make them the most money.
I think you are seriously overestimating the number of people who actually give a rats ass about the race of the lead role. Or at least the number of people who see it as a bad thing.
It's important to remember that the loudest voices don't necessarily represent the majority.
Most people are either interesting in seeing the moving or they are not. Very few people actually care that the lead role is not Caucasian.
Disney makes its money from ESG dollars, not ticket sales. That's why they can get away with making one politically motivated flop after another.
shareUm, no. Ug, these conspiracy theories are exhausting (and just so damn ignorant).
Companies are in business to make money. They choose the movies that will make money. They choose the cast members that will do the job the company thinks is the job that will attract the most people, sell the most tickets, merchandise, etc., that will, therefore, make the most money.
It really is all about the money. There is no grand design to piss people off. There's no money to be made there.
Also, if you don't like what they're doing ... don't see the movie!
ESG scores are not a conspiracy theory. No, I don't like what they are doing. I haven't gone to a theater in over six years and never will again.
shareOh, but it is.
Just like thinking masks were a government conspiracy. A conspiracy to do what? Control people? But why?
I don't know why evil does what it does. Demoralizing and dividing people...erasing their culture and identity before conquering has happened over and over again throughout history and it's happening to us now. I don't know about masks being a conspiracy but it's a part of taking away people's identity. And now there are people who continue to wear their masks because it gives THEM an identity.
shareI don't know who you are calling evil or who you think is taking away anyone's identity or really what your point is and what it has to do with the Little Mermaid.
My point was, it's silly to think Disney is intentionally trying to anger people by casting an African American in this movie. While there are some that are not in favor of those decision, they are not in the majority. If Disney really thought the majority of people would be upset and therefore not watch the movie, they would have made a different choice.
Why control people? Really?
It's the government
And what does "the government" have to gain from people wearing masks? I mean, other than the obvious, if you are wearing a mask, you keep most of your germs to yourself, thereby protecting others.
shareHave you ever read Animal Farm?
shareThat didn't really answer the question.
If a rule or law is passed simply to be a form of control and not because it's beneficial, there would be a reason behind it. There would be something for the government would gain from it. Masks are an example of the government having absolutely nothing to gain from passing the rules, other than the public safety.
People like to throw around control and conspiracy, but they don't seem to realize that there needs to be a reason behind it. The government's evil agenda has to have an actual agenda, not just a bunch of useless rules.
Covid was a shouting match and fear campaign by each party in the US. They pander to their constituents regardless of right and wrong. Once people got too deep into their tribes there was no going back on any stances originated by their respected parties.
Just recently the WHO started retracting statements, but it is no longer considered big news. The government needed to wait until public outrage over covid died down.
On the conservative side they refused to believe anything that would limit their freedom. Idk if this helps explain the actions of the government or not, but I'm not going to explain it anymore. If you think the government is your friend you have bigger problems.
That is an interesting perspective. I completely disagree with you, but I apreciate you articulating your thoughts.
You don't need to "explain" anything to me. It's not that I don't understand what you are saying. I simply disagree with your conclusion.
The Covid crises was a crisis. Many actions were taken with the hope of making things better, or at the very least, slowing things down. Not every action taken ended up helping. Not every action taken was the correct one. That doesn't mean that anyone necessarily screwed up or had misguided or evil intentions. It's not easy to deal with a crises when the cause of the crisis is something we've never had to deal with before.
If you go about life always assuming that people are out to get you and that every move an authority makes is ill intended and only with the hope of gaining "control," I pity you. I wouldn't want to go through life being that cynical or paranoid. It tends to prevent you from enjoying things and being happy.
I still go through life thankful for what I have, but with the understanding that people are oppressed by the machine. The term might sound cliche or cheesy, but human nature is an oppressive one. The human race has spent it's entirety trying to conquer, expand, and take advantage.
I've found that if you look for the best in people, you usually find it.
shareMore than a century of scientific research has shown that masks do not prevent the spread of respiratory viruses. To believe that they do is science denial. Masking was imposed as a psychological measure to make it look like the populace was doing something. They were nothing but theater.
As far as Ariel being black is concerned, it's ridiculous because it's a Danish fairy tale, but I don't really care because I have no interest in seeing it, anyway. It would be interesting to see what would happen to Disney if they made a movie from a sub-Saharan African folk tale, starring a white actress. No doubt the same people defending this version of "The Little Mermaid" would be defending that, too.
More than a century of scientific research has shown that masks do not prevent the spread of respiratory viruses.
Hmmm …
I would be very interested in learning more about this research. I honestly have not heard any healthcare professionals or reputable scientific websites make the claim that mask wearing “prevents” anything.
Wearing a mask does significantly reduce the transmission of moisture and therefore bacteria and viruses contained in the moisture droplets. So the person wearing the mask has a far greater chance of not passing on any bacteria or viruses to another person.
As far as the ethnicity of anyone in this movie goes … it’s a frickin fairy tale. Enjoy the show. share
I was responding to the OP, who seems to delight in the idea of pissing people off, as if that was the intent of Disney. If you think it's a ridiculous notion, then, please, take it up with the *OP*, since it is *their* notion (not mine). I'm simply saying effectively the SAME THING AS YOU, which is that it would be silly to intentionally piss people off.
Now, I look forward to you doing what you should have done in the first place, and putting the OP to task, since it is THEIR contention that you are IN FACT arguing against in your above post. 🙂 Thanks for your time.
I believe the OP was making fun of people who were complaining that an African American was cast.
I apologize that I did not read your post as sarcasm.