Is this really a pattern or am I just paranoid?

I was watching the trailer for the upcoming movie “Sinners” and some right-wing comments are saying that the movie is DEI. The movie is new with new and original characters. Isn’t that what they said to do?

  • Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world
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    6 days ago

    While mermaids are fictional, The Little Mermaid is a story by Hans Christian Andersen where he describes the Little Mermaid with white skin and blue eyes.

    I was annoyed where in Avengers, the ancient one was cast as a white woman when the original character was Asian. I would have been extremely pissed if Black Panther was cast with a white actor despite Black Panther being a fictional character.

    • Freshparsnip@lemm.ee
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      6 days ago

      Yeah but he also described her as blonde didn’t he? At least she’s blonde in most non-disney adaptations. Why was it okay for Disney to make changes to the character and story in 1989 but not now?

    • Sylaran@lemmy.world
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      6 days ago

      I mean, those are portrayals of humans with backgrounds that have some relevance to their character. A mermaid is just a fish lady who cares what they look like the important part is they are part fish