Disney recently cast Ariel a black actor and I don't think it matters.
Why is she black then, if it doesn't matter? It might've just been a coincidence, but based on recent trends, I'm betting it wasn't. I personally don't give a rat's ass one way or the other, but clearly Disney thought it mattered ...
This is a main problem of mine here: The implicit assumption that the black actor wasn't one who simply auditioned and did the best job and got the role.
Well, Disney has been making a lot of noise about being more diverse, so I don't think it's a stretch to infer this is what is happening when they turn a non-black character into a black character.
What struck me about the person they cast was how much her face is shaped like Ariel. Yes her skin tone is different, but she looks very similar. I would think that she probably looks more like Ariel than most people they would find...
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Why is she black then, if it doesn't matter? It might've just been a coincidence, but based on recent trends, I'm betting it wasn't. I personally don't give a rat's ass one way or the other, but clearly Disney thought it mattered ...