Just like with Will Smith for Aladdin, which has gross close
to nine hundred million dollars as of today, just like Maleficent there are
fans who will attack this movie for the craziest of reasons. Here is a
legitimate criticism that I already see coming. The hiring of a person whose
background is music instead of acting for the most part. I always feel that
going with proven Talent is the best route but we do not know the script and
what the director is looking for so her Casting may be the perfect casting for
this type of film. The other main issue that is inevitable will be the fact
that we're going with a black actress instead of a Caucasian actress to portray
Ariel. This also means that theoretically Ariel's father and all of her sisters
will be black unless race and how mermaids are born in the world this director
will create is not a major factor. A white or Caucasian merman may have
African-American looking female mer-children. Whatever the rules are it
is still inevitable that moviegoers who love to troll and others who just do
not like to see their beloved characters change in any way especially with race
are about to cause a major uproar.
This is never fair and it has always proven to be futile in
the end. for one, mermaids are not real and there is no written rule except
from maybe a few supremist that a mermaid has always have to be depicted by a
white person. But when we start to change a character who was portrayed
originally one way, then the trolls of the internet will always accuse the
maker of the film of politicizing or trying to follow trends. It's never
possible in their minds that this actress and singer just simply crushed the
audition.
If I were to play conspiracy theorist it would not be on
changing the race of a character it would simply be about the casting decision
of a young up and coming actress who is signed to a label that is owned by one
of the most powerful women in all of entertainment, Beyonce Knowles. Beyonce is
also playing Nala in the upcoming Lion King film. it may be a coincidence but I
know it had to have played a tad bit of a factor. If anything the soundtrack
should be amazing. you all the guaranteed original music from the star and her
producer Beyonce. I feel that there are probably a lot of back deals happening
in the making of this movie with the connection of The Lion King casting and
the Sea Little Mermaid casting.
There were a lot of actors out who could have been picked
and I am sure a lot of people will voice these opinions. The one thing I see
from this casting is that they are going for a younger look and really
portraying the fact that Ariel was just 15 or 16 years old in the movie. The
major question that I have is how old will her love interest be in the film?
You have a 16 year old mermaid marrying a, would look to be, 30 year old man in
the cartoon. I'm sure the age difference won't be great but I'm hopeful that
whoever will play the prince will be a teenager or portray a teenager. if Ariel
is herself 18 in the movie. Other than that the only other controversial
casting which to me is in a controversy a tall is Melissa McCarthy being chosen
as Ursula the sea witch. I believe this was perfect casting. A lot of fans, a
small minority, we're asking that a drag queen, or transgender person be the
one to play Ursula since that's how the character was portrayed. I never saw
her some of that way. Ursula reminded me of those loud and outspoken black
church ladies that did a lot of gossiping every Sunday afternoon. She never
came across to me as a cross-dressing man. But that's just my opinion. Let me
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