The Trailer Brings In More Than 104 Million Views And Hundreds Of Thousands Of Dislikes
Halle Bailey, a singer who was known through her Beyoncé cover videos on YouTube, plays Ariel in ‘The Little Mermaid’ live-action trailer, which was unveiled on Friday at the D23 Expo.
While many people are anticipating this fresh take on the beloved animated series, many others are baffled as to why Ariel has suddenly turned black.
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The song “Part of Your World” plays while Ariel swims through the sea in the trailer. There isn’t much more information about the movie given in the teaser, which is only around 90 seconds long, but there are some theories as to why Ariel’s skin tone is altered in this rendition and what people might think if a traditionally black protagonist were cast as a white person.
People have been debating whether or not people are racist because they would rather that Ariel be white like she was in the first movie because this trailer has nearly 1 million dislikes.
Here is how the twitter community has responded to the dislikes and the trailer of ‘The Little Mermaid’
The very people who complain about “appropriation” and demand that minority characters be portrayed by minority actors will then turn around and mock and deride any white person who tries to apply their own logic in the reverse. — Matt Walsh (@MattWalshBlog) September 12, 2022
To the folks who are whining about the little mermaid being black. pic.twitter.com/pl8PvdybpI — Odie1584 ???????????? (@odie_jackson) September 11, 2022
Ever since I saw the new Little Mermaid Live Action Movie Trailer…
I'm sensing a pattern here, am I going crazy, is there no love for Caucasian Red heads for Fictional Characters to be live-action for DC & Marvel, Mostly DC. pic.twitter.com/H3dLU80i70 — ❄️TezukaFrost❄️ (Commissions CLOSED) (@FrostTheHobidon) September 11, 2022
Holy shit look at the dislikes for the Little Mermaid trailer.
They're mad the movie has gone "woke" (read: they're racists). Screenshots of YouTube comments in tweets below (they'll ruin your day). pic.twitter.com/cqt9k6V6eP — The Humanist Report (@HumanistReport) September 11, 2022
PSA: If you’re watching the little mermaid trailer and claiming you’re angry that Disney is “blackwashing” a classic European story but not angry at the original animated version for ACTUALLY changing said classic story then you might have a problem with Ariel being black — Sam Mealey (@SamMealey) September 10, 2022