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thewayneI don't like using a lot of profanity. When you unexpectedly stub your toe or injure yourself, they've proved that using profanity lessens pain. Good. But indiscriminate use of it - I just don't like it and I try to avoid it.
I'd never heard of this actress before, but apparently the rest of the world had judging by the amount of squee emitted.
But this deserves venting.
Thank you, Bored Panda, for providing this, and my rant is under the cut.
OMFG.
These fucking idiots think that SCIENCE PROVES that a FICTIONAL CHARACTER MUST BE PLAYED BY A WHITE WOMAN!
Because "it's dark underwater" and "you can't have melanin production without sunlight", never mind that melanin production is genetic.
Have you seen black fish? I have.
Fish come in quite a variety of colors!
And then there's the whole SHE'S A FUCKING FICTIONAL CHARACTER BIT!
WITH A SINGING CRAB!
I don't recall people complaining about different underwater races being different colors in Aquaman. Maybe they did and I just didn't hear about it.
I did not want to see this movie. I do not like Disney simply taking an animated movie, remaking it as a live movie, and saying "Look! Give us money!" It's no better than taking an '80s TV show and making it in to a lousy movie. And yet, because of these FUCKING MORONS, I'm going to have to go to the theater and shell out $30 (including concessions, or $65+, including dinner) to see this movie to help it to succeed wildly just to rub it IN THE FACE OF THESE FUCKING IDIOTS.
https://www.boredpanda.com/people-using-science-mermaid-cant-be-black-explanation-shut-down/
(Don't hold back, Wayne, tell us what you really think!)
I'd never heard of this actress before, but apparently the rest of the world had judging by the amount of squee emitted.
But this deserves venting.
Thank you, Bored Panda, for providing this, and my rant is under the cut.
OMFG.
These fucking idiots think that SCIENCE PROVES that a FICTIONAL CHARACTER MUST BE PLAYED BY A WHITE WOMAN!
Because "it's dark underwater" and "you can't have melanin production without sunlight", never mind that melanin production is genetic.
Have you seen black fish? I have.
Fish come in quite a variety of colors!
And then there's the whole SHE'S A FUCKING FICTIONAL CHARACTER BIT!
WITH A SINGING CRAB!
I don't recall people complaining about different underwater races being different colors in Aquaman. Maybe they did and I just didn't hear about it.
I did not want to see this movie. I do not like Disney simply taking an animated movie, remaking it as a live movie, and saying "Look! Give us money!" It's no better than taking an '80s TV show and making it in to a lousy movie. And yet, because of these FUCKING MORONS, I'm going to have to go to the theater and shell out $30 (including concessions, or $65+, including dinner) to see this movie to help it to succeed wildly just to rub it IN THE FACE OF THESE FUCKING IDIOTS.
https://www.boredpanda.com/people-using-science-mermaid-cant-be-black-explanation-shut-down/
(Don't hold back, Wayne, tell us what you really think!)
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Date: 2019-07-08 02:25 pm (UTC)Halle is actually primarily known for being a singer but she does act (and she's quite good at it to) and her voice is amazing. I think it's good Disney casted her since with Beauty and the Beast having Emma Watson who isn't exactly known for her singing ability.
I think the difference between Jason Mamoa as Aquaman and Halle as Ariel is 1) People don't have strong childhood feelings attached to Aquaman. He was always kind of lame and 2) Halle is visibly black. Jason Mamoa could probably pass as a white person if he needed to and 3) People tend to bash black women more than they bash on men of color.
It's wild how most of the people objecting to the casting are the same "I don't see color" crowd. Really makes you think.
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Date: 2019-07-08 04:10 pm (UTC)Your "I don't see color" comment made me think of the PBS showing of Lathe of Heaven when the therapist has him wish for no racial problems, and everyone becomes a universal shade of grey. Loved that movie, they did such a great job of that story!