Little Mermaid - a scandinavian folk tale, cast a black actress - all fine, brave and all that.
A guy who is actually Hawaiian, even looks Hawaiian but he looks slightly whiter then the cartoon version - get your pitchforks.
The guy can work in the garden shirtless for a day and he will be almost the same as the cartoon, but that is not enough.
See, this arguments I can understand. He does not look as physically fit as in the cartoon, but no one cares about that, all they care is his skin tone to an exaggerated degree.
If he was cast by a black guy from the Congo they would have been 100% ok with it.
Have anyone of these people had to explain why they had no problem with Ariel race swap but they are upset about this?
Little Mermaid - a scandinavian folk tale, cast a black actress - all fine, brave and all that.
A guy who is actually Hawaiian, even looks Hawaiian but he looks slightly whiter then the cartoon version - get your pitchforks. The guy can work in the garden shirtless for a day and he will be almost the same as the cartoon, but that is not enough.
I just can't understand this level of hypocrisy.
If anything, he needs to work in the garden for a few months, on a busted up old weight bench. His press photo looks skinnyfat.
See, this arguments I can understand. He does not look as physically fit as in the cartoon, but no one cares about that, all they care is his skin tone to an exaggerated degree.
If he was cast by a black guy from the Congo they would have been 100% ok with it.