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And no, I am not a "Disney Shill"! | There's nothing wrong with a black actress being cast as Ariel, mainly because mermaids don't even exist in real life. | image tagged in memes,change my mind,disney,the little mermaid,halle bailey,movies | made w/ Imgflip meme maker
4,351 views 42 upvotes Made by anonymous 5 years ago in fun
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7 ups, 5y
Change My Mind Meme | There's nothing wrong with an actor/actress of any race being cast as any role. | image tagged in memes,change my mind | made w/ Imgflip meme maker
I mean, your version has a "because" but this doesn't need one. Great meme!
4 ups, 5y
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you like Disney don't you solarian
2 ups, 5y
Sudden Clarity Clarence Meme | WAIT ... WOAH ...  ALL  THESE  RECENT  MEMES  ABOUT  ARIEL ARE  BECAUSE  SHE'S  BLACK ? | image tagged in memes,sudden clarity clarence | made w/ Imgflip meme maker
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2 ups, 5y
lol
2 ups, 5y,
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Personally it don't bother me about the casting choice for the Little Mermaid. It is a remake is it not? Remakes are almost always different a little bit. It's not like they are continuing a saga while blatantly disrespecting original characters!
I don't know anything about Halle Bailey other than she looks beautiful, she has a nice smile.

I will say, I don't like how people are already accusing critics of being racist. I mean some people may have anticipated seeing a live action of Ariel with her red hair? But Disney will most likely behave with TLM fans the way they have us Star Wars fans. We are labeled racist misogynists man babies because our expectations got subverted. And all legitimate complaints is swept under the bus.
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2 ups, 5y,
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*swept under the rug
0 ups, 5y
2 ups, 5y,
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You know they cant swim
1 up, 5y
1 up, 5y
2 ups, 5y
Mickey Mouse never existed in real life either, but Disney gets really mad about putting him in gay cartoon porn.
0 ups, 5y
This is a very fair point and hard to argue with. (I'd have cut the "mainly," "even" and "in real life" though. Stronger language scans better.)
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There's nothing wrong with a black actress being cast as Ariel, mainly because mermaids don't even exist in real life.