HTTYD: The coward director pretends he had a choice.
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As a Scandinavian American, I'm outraged by the appropriation of my culture. Ok not really because I'm not a limp wrist lib, but still seems Disney hasn't had enough pain yet.
This is DreamWorks, not Disney.
Guess they need more pain too.
It seems that "Scandinavian" is an "underrepresented race or ethnicity" in US productions. Not sure why they couldn't bring themselves to see that truth and instead chose to erase your ethnic identity.
If you read the whole Best Picture DEI shit they actually have a list of what specific ethnicities and races are accepted as "underrepresented."
tl;dr: Literally anyone who doesn't have European ancestry.
The weird thing is, that each of these regions HAS their own thriving film industry. If the actors guild doesn't want to nominate any Nigerian movies into the best picture category, is the solution to that most triggering of micro-aggressions really blackwashing another viking or redhead?
There's plenty of Sri Lankan film. It's not Whitey's fault if it's all shit.
https://www.imdb.com/list/ls027934691/
Because they're not aware of any world existing outside the San Fernando Valley.
My wife is icelandic. She genuinely doesn't know much about her culture and loves talking about her 3% Irish heritage. Scandinavian isn't a thing in the US, so people from those cultures do t even realize what's happening.
The show is as much Scottish as it is Scandinavian, with several hints at Maori. The original writer based it on her summer visits to an island in Scotland. The show creators are Californian and can't tell the difference between Vikings and Maori.
So it was weird anyway. They're only making the show to drum up business for the new park in Orlando.