So-called Anti-Woke, Anti-DEI policy catch-all

[ChileG]

When is the last time anyone complained about a new movie starring a non-white person?

I don’t know but it is of no relevance here.

I will say there are many, many instances of movie characters changing races in the past, but people getting upset about it is a fairly new phenomenon.
What has changed is MAGA-types decided to start clutching their pearls about it instead of realizing they are talking about fictional characters and when the race of the character is of no significance, then the actor’s race shouldn’t matter. And it doesn’t to most people.

 

[superrific]

Mermaids are white and everyone knows it!

LMAO

Like Santa and insurrectionists.

 

[superrific]

When is the last time anyone complained about a new movie starring a non-white person?

Have you seen Hamilton? How do you think Hamilton was received by right-wingers?

 

[BlooVooDoo]

It
is
a
remake.

 

[ZenMode]

I don’t know but it is of no relevance here.

It is very relevant here.

I will say there are many, many instances of movie characters changing races in the past, but people getting upset about it is a fairly new phenomenon.

I don't recall movie characters changing races. Maybe it has happened in the past, pre-DEI/pre-Woke.

What has changed is MAGA-types decided to start clutching their pearls about it instead of realizing they are talking about fictional characters and when the race of the character is of no significance, then the actor’s race shouldn’t matter. And it doesn’t to most people.

The race of the character became an issue when DEI/Wokeness made it an issue.

 

[ChileG]

When the race of the character doesn’t matter to the story, I don’t understand why

It is very relevant here.

I don't recall movie characters changing races. Maybe it has happened in the past, pre-DEI/pre-Woke.

The race of the character became an issue when DEI/Wokeness made it an issue.

you can Google (if you truly cared) and find dozens of examples of characters changing races and looks from original movies to remakes. You aren’t aware of it for a reason, and it is because nobody cared about things that don’t matter until the advent of MAGA.

 

[sringwal]

Why don't you get on down the road with that kind of thinking.

 

[breepf]

It is very relevant here.

I don't recall movie characters changing races. Maybe it has happened in the past, pre-DEI/pre-Woke.

The race of the character became an issue when DEI/Wokeness made it an issue.

Why don't you check out a Shakespeare film adaptation, genius.

 

[4thgenheel]

It's a remake. Ariel was a very white/red haired female in the original.

Again, nobody....nobody....is going to care if there is a NEW movie featuring a non-white actor/actress. Literally nobody.

no, the original little mermaid is a fairytale book by hans christian andersen. a book. she didn't originally look like anything.

the original movie was made during a time when ALL of the disney princesses were white, which is racist as fuck.

 

[ChileG]

Zen - if there is a character in a film where the race of the character makes ZERO difference to the plot, can you explain in words (not eye-roll emojis) why it matters if the race or hair color or height or even sex matter if it is different for the remake?
In all seriousness, I can’t comprehend why it should matter to anyone.

 

[BlooVooDoo]

Why don't you check out a Shakespeare film adaptation, genius.

Tybalt isn’t Latin! Mercutio isn’t black!!!

 

[sringwal]

Tybalt isn’t Latin! Mercutio isn’t black!!!

Or why Verona gotta be fair?

 

[ZenMode]

Have you seen Hamilton? How do you think Hamilton was received by right-wingers?

Yes and it was probably received the same way as Little Mermaid, Snow White and other DEI/Woke actions by Disney or other companies.

 

[breepf]

Yes and it was probably received the same way as Little Mermaid, Snow White and other DEI/Woke actions by Disney or other companies.

Are you mad because Charlton Heston played an Egyptian-born Moses?

 

[breepf]

Can you believe that woke-ass AppleTV let a Coen make Macbeth A BLACK MAN???

 

[superrific]

Yes and it was probably received the same way as Little Mermaid, Snow White and other DEI/Woke actions by Disney or other companies.

so your comment "Again, nobody....nobody....is going to care if there is a NEW movie featuring a non-white actor/actress. Literally nobody" is being retracted?

 

[ChileG]

Yes and it was probably received the same way as Little Mermaid, Snow White and other DEI/Woke actions by Disney or other companies.

Why are you insisting Snow White actress was hired for DEI reasons? By your own link and another I posted, she is apparently the best thing about the movie by far.
Is it impossible to you that she was hired because she was the best for the job? By all accounts she is supremely talented.

 

[superrific]

Why are you insisting Snow White actress was hired for DEI reasons? By your own link and another I posted, she is apparently the best thing about the movie by far.
Is it impossible to you that she was hired because she was the best for the job? By all accounts she is supremely talented.

For this poster, DEI is synonymous with minorities getting opportunities that should go to white people as they always have.

Sorry. For all right-wing whiners, this is what DEI means.

 

[BlooVooDoo]

Zen’s greatest nightmare…

 

[ChileG]

Are you mad because Charlton Heston played an Egyptian-born Moses?

A better question - is he going to be mad if Moses is ever again portrayed as being non-white, because by God, once an actor plays a role, that role must always be played in future productions by someone who looks exactly like that original actor (does it sound silly when said this way, because it sounds silly to me).