So is it ok to cast a white actress to play a black princess (Tiana)?
Tiana is the ONLY black princess. Her story is based in New Orleans but her story is still based off another fairy tale of German origins so it really wouldn't matter if they made her white or black. She's also the ONLY princess who remains an animal during most of her film....She's also the only princess who had a job...
She, along with Pocahontas, Moana, and Jasmine are the only "dark skinned" princesses. That's fine though. It gives some room for diversity.
Anyways, Disney can do it if they want, too. As I mentioned before, the story of Cinderella has been told using a variety of girls with many different backgrounds in lots of different cultures.
Sorry it's not the case, the majority of the ppl still know the original version much more than the Disney adaption. Little Mermaid was far much more famous than you know.
I'm not talking about it being known, I'm talking about popularity. When was the last "original" Danish story made by anyone? Disney made the Little Mermaid what it is today. It's more than knowing, it's also seeing too. And not to mention...the little mermaid still dies in the Danish fairy tale and the story isn't exactly happy or family friendly ... Disney popularized the Little Mermaid and continue to make profit off it. Disney may have had their ways in the past which I won't go into detail about but they make good films.
Under The Sea sing along > Danish mermaid suicidal murder story...
Lol, I understand most folks are "desensitized" these days but those older fairy tales were cautionary tales and were violent, depressing or both.
Yes and it's called Sailor Moon, not Romeo and Juliette, when they make R&J adaptation they follow the original background you know?
Are you trolling or something? You have to be... either that or you haven't seen very many movies (American movies). There are a ton of Romeo & Juliette inspired films including one with Jet Li and Aaliyah called Romeo Must Die...an Asian man and Black woman character are the leads..or films like Warms Bodies... which is a zombie version of Romeo and Juliette. I think the thing I was trying to say was that Naoko borrows a lot from other things and the story of Sailor Moon isn't THAT original...
Then why ppl get mad when white play black?
Once again there have been white people who have played black characters but also keep in mind that during times of slavery white racists portrayed black people as the character knoen as Blackface to mock dark skinned people as dumb, poor, clowns.
You might not be too knowledgeable about different films because there have been years upon years where White people have played Black characters and much more form Egyptian characters (Cleopatra), they've played Native Americans, Hispanics and even Asian characters in American cinema. It's not just Black but folks in general are tired of it. The media has a long history of making White right and dark Doom.
Sorry that is, that is Danish fairy tale, which was made clear in the story that she is white. You don't change it just you don't make Storm or Vixen white.
Read my post above. White people have been doing this for a lot of years before you or I were even born... The Storm and Vixen comparison is not all that relevant but.... in that case should the Little Mermaid be played by a Danish character too now and not an American actress or is it fine just as long as her skin is "white?"
Yes but they name it to their own, when China shoot Soviet novel adaptations, they used a full white cast.
Nor do we want to see Mulan played by Black or white actors.
What's wrong with a diverse cast though in the first place in American media, a diverse country?? If a film is being adapted for an American audience they are going to follow things Americans can culturally understand and relate to. Same for places overseas, like China. We all know that this is not just an "American" thing.
American movies are heavily censored or altered for the international market in some overseas places, especially China.
For instance, the Tibetan character was changed into a white female character, Tilda Swanson, in the Doctor Strange movie because the Chinese government wouldn't allow it to be screened in the country with a powerful Tibetan character in the forefront... I'm not so hung up on a characters skin color or ethnicity to be honest. I love all races as long as they are genuine people.
I do know that in other parts of the world, dark skinned is looked down upon as inferior and when I see comments mentioning about why a character is changed to Black...I just ask, "Why not?"
And once again, the original Danish story was created so long ago it can be created in lots of ways, just like stories that incorporate Greek gods, monsters, and more...and American isn't the only country that does this.
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[QUOTE="Slowpokeking, post: 950673, member: 12637]True, but pls change it to your stuff/story. Just like Japanese anime adaptations follow the original setting when they meant it.[/QUOTE]
That is Japan. In America we are allowed freedom of expression to do things creatively to a much more diverse audience racially. Yes, we have some goofballs over here who are racist, sexist, homophobic, transphobic, and much more but they are the minority to be honest. As long as it is respectful, I dont believe we need to be stopped for freedom of expression or to tell stories in ways others can feel included... Diversity is prosperity.