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Simple fact: Get out (2017) #1 Boxoffice in South Korea for 1 week Black Panther (2018) #1 Boxoffice in South Korea for 4 weeks During 2017~2018, Koreans loved the movies with charming black actors and actresses. in 2023, American says that Koreans are racist. Honestly, No. The Little Mermaid is just poor movies for both children and adults.

The Little Mermaid is underperforming at the box office not only in South Korea but worldwide. It is unfair to attribute the failure of a Hollywood movie solely to Asia.

Director Bong Jun ho even had to refer to subtitles as the reason many Americans don't watch foreign films and called it the one inch barrier. Americans barely watch films made with foreign languages. Are Americans racist for not watching Korean films in theaters?

난 이 상황이 너무 역겨운게 한국에서 블랙팬서,알라딘을 500만,1000만명이 넘게 볼땐 아무말도 안하다가, 대뜸 인어공주 쳐망하니까 이제와서 인종차별자로 만드는 이 상황 자체가 너무 역겨움.. 뭐 그 작품들 흥하는건 위대한 흑인이 들어있으니 당연한결과고, 인어공주가 망하는건 인종차별자야? 같은 인간으로서 정말 너무한거 아닌가?

영화 안봐준다고 찡찡거리는게 진짜 웃김 ㅋㅋ.. 너네 많이봐.. 영화가 망하고 잘되는건 흔한건데 흑인 인어공주 안봐준다고 인종차별주의자 이지랄 하는게 ㅈ ㄴ 웃김 애초에 우리부터 제일 차별받는 아시안인데 .. ㅋㅋ 심지어 인어공주랑 앞으로 나올 팅커벨, 백설공주에 동양인 공주는 안만드는건 언급도 없음

As a black person, I’d appreciate if Disney just made more black character movies than race swapping in the movie ‘the little Mermaid’ and the other characters in the movie we’re barely seeing. 😢 We need our own stories, if Disney took time to explore among black ethnics, there’s so many stories for blacks to put out there.

Black Panther 1 enjoyed immense popularity in South Korea, attracting a staggering 5.4 million viewers, which made it a phenomenal success. Its opening day alone drew in an impressive 630,012 viewers, breaking the record for the highest opening in South Korea for 2018. This achievement was notable as it had been four years since a foreign film, Frozen in 2014, dominated the box office during the Lunar New Year holiday season. Black Panther 1 shattered that record. Notably, Black Panther 1 also became the fastest foreign film to reach over 5 million viewers among all movies released in Korea in February 2018. The fact that it ultimately amassed 5.4 million viewers indicates that it captured the attention of over 10% of South Korea's entire population. Some may argue that Black Panther's success was unsurprising given its association with the Marvel franchise. To counter this, let's consider another example. Get Out, a satirical movie tackling racism, was not widely recognized initially. Consequently, Korean film importers had no plans to bring the film to Korea. However, many Korean individuals went as far as crowdfunding and petitioning the importers to release the movie. Eventually, Get Out climbed to the top of the Korean box office, becoming the second-largest performance worldwide after the United States. Director Jordan Peele, in a promotional video for his next film, Us, acknowledged that Get Out was born in the United States but found tremendous support and success in Korea. Does this indicate Koreans are racist? It's unfair to attribute The Little Mermaid's failure solely to racial discrimination. People in Korea refuse to go to movie the little mermaid not because they are racists but Disney didn't make a good movie.

흥행실패를 인종차별로 덮으려고 하는데 한국은 겟아웃과 블랙팬서가 흥행한 나라다. 그때는 인종차별주의자가 아니었다가 인어공주 때는 인종차별주의자가 되었단 말인가? 영화에 사상과 의도를 넣어서 그것에 맞는 반응을 안보인다고 인종차별주의자로 매도하는 것이 치졸하고 추악하다!

I am saying this as a black person. Disney doesn't care about black people because if they did they would make original movies with black characters rather than race swapping. Black people that defend this are just not seeing things for what they are. It's like getting me a hand me down and being happy with it. I would rather Disney choose not to make movies with black leads than race swap them

Western media is very funny. In Europe, the film also received huge critical reviews and was sluggish at the box office. Nevertheless, it only criticizes East Asia. Personal attacks and mocking memes against the black mermaid were all created in the American Internet community. The United States has no right to criticize any other country. Especially, there is no right to criticize South Korea, where racially-related violent murders are much rarer than in the US and Europe. And in South Korea, Spider-Man: New Universe with a black Spider-Man was a hit, and Aladdin with a black Genie was watched by more than 10 million people (1/5 of Entire South Korean Population). Black Panther was also quite successful in South Korea. Rethink whether racism is a real factor or the movie itself is the problem.

It’s not just Korean or Asian’s, it did badly worldwide. Don’t blame people if you make bad movies, Disney.

CNN: asians racist for not watching black mermaid. Asians in america punched in the face by blacks. CNN:

한국은 단일민족국가이고 해외 영화 주인공의 인종은 큰 관심이 없습니다. 알라딘을 예로 들면, 지니가 백인이던 흑인이던 미국에서나 논쟁거리였지 한국인들은 별로 신경을 쓰지 않아요. 그냥 영화가 별로 재미없어서 비판하는것 뿐인데 인종차별자라고 매도하니 당황스럽네요. 일부 온라인에서의 한국인 댓글이 문제였다면, 어느나라에나 인셀은 있고 그들이 국민성을 대표하지 않는다는건 잘 알고있을겁니다.

정작 뮬란은 생각보다 흥행 못하고. 흑인이 주인공인 블랙팬서는 한국에서 500만명이나 보면서 굉장히 흥행했는데... 이제는 억까 당하는것도 걍 해탈한 수준이라 아무렇지 않으니 마음대로 생각했으면 좋겠다고 느낌.

인어공주의 부진이 아시아의 인종차별 때문이라고 얘기하는 것 자체가 인종차별이다

I would appreciate it if Disney could create a superhero movie with a Korean protagonist. If it doesn't succeed in the United States, there's no doubt that Americans were racist.

It was never about racism. Encanto, Coco, Aladdin, (etc.) are all well received everywhere even though their main characters are POC. What's the difference? These movies were ORIGINAL, the art/visuals were COLOUFUL and thoroughly done, and those Characters being POC of a culture actually ADDED to the story (it influenced the music, setting, art styles, plot interactions with family and others, etc.) Swapping Ariel's race to Black added nothing to the movie's plot or characterisation whatsoever. If Hailey could be swapped out with another White actress without affecting the plot, art, or character interactions, then the movie was not true representation to begin with. Notice how if you swapped races with the movies I mentioned, it will just not work. Unfortunately the media is taking advantage of this and guilt-tripping everyone by calling them racists for not liking this movie. Disney needs to realise what REAL representation is instead of lazily allocating a POC actress in a cheap-looking, recycled movie while trying to tick the boxes for "being diverse"

I'm Korean and I have just one thing to say, racism can be used as a very 'easy' defensive and offensive tool when you don't have any common sense or logic

Don't force American politics to other countries. All countries have there own culture, tradition, launguage, people don't try to manipulate or influence your own mass in it .

상식적으로 이 상황이 정상인가요? 일게 상업영화로 남에 나라 정서는 생각하지 않고 지네나라 정서(정치 경제)만 생각하여 미국 뉴스매체라는 것들이 한국인들 편견 씌우고 공격에 대응, 정중히 한 인터뷰들과 무관하게 비정상적 언행하는 외국인들 주장에 말리지 않았음 해요.

It's no longer a movie if you are labeled as terrible person when you don't watch it. For those kind of films we call it, "Propaganda".

I could care less who is playing the characters but I will say I’m so tired of the remakes😭Disney has given us too many live action Princess movies and ppl are tired. We already know how the story goes. It would’ve been more interesting if Disney did the older original animations but from a different characters point of view. Something like Maleficent, or have a movie from Ursula’s pov. I think Disney should do princess villain adaptations instead because people loved Maleficent more than the Cinderella remake around that time

솔직히 한국에서 흑인 인종차별 이야기 하는거 자체가 의미 없습니다. 백인, 흑인, 진저 상관없이 한국에서는 똑같은 외국인일 뿐입니다. 서양에서 신경 쓰는 주제를 왜 한국에서도 똑같은 시선으로 바라볼거라 생각하는건지 이해가 안됩니다..한국에 인종차별하는 사람이 아애 없다고 할수 없지만 외국인 차별은 봤어도 흑인만 콕 집어서 차별하는 사람 보기 드물고 나도 본적 없습니다

미국이랑 흑인들은 말로만 인종차별하지말라고하지 진저와 동양인 차별에는 서슴 없음

Korea had the biggest box office for black panther outside US, UK and China, if you consider Korea's population size is merely a fraction of the other 3 countries you can clearly see Korea embracing Black Panther as a whole and unfazed by a black lead cast. If you consider other examples of huge hits in korean box office from foreign non-hollywood films with brown or black lead cast that have failed to reach similar success in western countries. Koreans seem to be more accepting of multiple ethnicities represented on screen. Korea has a huge market of live action versions of their web published graphic novels called webtoons, whilst small deviation is accepted and embraced large departures from original series are often heavily criticised as it appears staying true to the original is a more important factor to the Korean consumers than we realise. Suddenly hollywood wants us to believe little mermaid tanking must be due to Korean racism and not the fact that disney botched another live action remake. Let us not forget the times western remakes of popular japanese animated series like avatar the last airbender, dragonball z failing in western markets, you couldnt say it was because the western consumers were racist to the white cast, but rather the failure of the end result in living up to the original.

I agree 100% with the dude who was talking about the dark tone/colour palette and the unappealing realistic Flounder. You can make light live action adaptations Disney!!

Yeah, it's always like this. White people and black people only point out and condemn discrimination against black people. But they don't care about discrimination against Hispanics, Asians, Gingers, Indians, or even recognize that it's discrimination. If Asia really discriminated against blacks, Aladdin and Spider-Man wouldn't have been box office hits. CNN wrote that The Little Mermaid flopped in Asia because of "racism" in China and Korea, but isn't it the United States that is racist? Many of the world's largest companies have diversity departments, but are they really "diversity" departments? Are they staffed by people of every race in the world?

미국인이라면 언론이 의도적으로 비난의 화살을 해외로 돌리고 있다는 것을 눈치채야 한다. 그 옛날 LA 흑인폭동이 왜 한인타운으로 번졌는지, 왜 특정 국가를 콕 집어 인종차별 논란을 부추기려 하는지 깊이 생각해봐야 한다. 당신의 권리를 실현하기 위해 분노를 표출하는 것이 사실 누군가에 의해 조작된 것이 아닌지 떠올려야 한다.

진짜 미국언론들 웃기는 소리하는거 같다. 미국언론들이 아시아인에 대한 인종차별을 하고 있다. 흑인이 주인공인 블랙팬서가 우리나라에서 얼마나 흥행에 성공했는데!!! 겟아웃 이것도 얼마나 성공했는데!!!! 윌스미스 나오는 알라딘도 얼마나 성공했는데!!! 지들이 영화를 거지같이 만들고서 왜 우리나라한테 난리야??!! 우리는 아무리 우리가 좋아하는 연예인이라도 못하면 깐다!!!! 젤 중요한 여주인공이 노래만 잘하는데 깔건 까야지! 스토리도 어거지면 까야지!!!! 내가 직접봤는데 스토리도 별로고 새로나온 노래들도 별로였고, 화면은 온통 어둡고, 에리얼은 신입인거 티나게 연기가 중간중간 계속 혼자 어색하게 붕 뜨고.. 계속 알라딘하고 비교하게 되더라. 거기도 새로운 노래 있었지만 얼마나 좋았는데 4d 3번이나 봤다. 흑인이라서 못 까면 오히려 그게 더 인종차별이다!!!

At some point, Hollywood began to blame the audience, not the production crew, if the movie went bankrupt.

Korea has the fourth largest movie market in the world and the fourth largest game market. Contrary to what you know, Korea is not a small country and the audience's standards are high. I am well aware that the Korean market's public opinion is important in the global film and game industry. So I'm telling you, the reason why we turned away from the Little Mermaid is not because of race, but because the movie itself is bad

'Black Panther' surpassed 5 million viewers on its 18th day in Korea. It was the first time in Korea to surpass 5 million viewers in 2018 and the shortest foreign film ever released in February. Why now try to pass on to us their mistakes that didn't portray the Little Mermaid in fairy tale illustrations or animations as black? Don't change the characters that have been drawn before, just write a different story with a black person as the main character. They're just making excuses because they can't do it.

I don’t understand why they just can’t make an original movie with a black character. Like I’m from South Africa and in Africa their is so much good folklore that can be turned into movies and their are many real historical princesses they can make movies about. Imagine they changed Pocahontas or Princess and the frog or Mulan to a different race. I’m pretty sure people will be outraged. Even with Anastasia if they made a remake and she wasn’t Russian it just wouldn’t feel right. Or if they made Moana’s hair straight. Or made Merida a blonde. It wouldn’t be right.

Korea exports kimchi to you, but you don't buy much kimchi. You are racist against Koreans. This is the logic you're arguing for, right?

The opinion that Koreans don't watch The Little Mermaid because they are racists is unfounded. Koreans tend to be indifferent towards racial issues because Korea, as a mono-ethnic nation for the past 5,000 years, has not experienced conflicts related to race. Although the United States witnessed a black-and-white controversy surrounding the casting of the Genie in Disney's live-action film Aladdin, Koreans did not pay much attention to whether the Genie was portrayed as white or black. Of course, there is a perception that Koreans are desensitized to racism. In the past, Koreans may have had language habits that were unpleasant for people of other races to hear. However, it is important to note that these habits were not intended to make them uncomfortable or to discriminate against them. Instead, they were a product of Korea's unique historical background. Applying the concept of political correctness to Koreans without considering the distinctiveness of Korea's 5,000-year history, if anything, could be seen as discriminatory thinking and behavior.

아시안으로 태어나 흑인 주인공 영화 흥행 안 시켜주면 이제 욕 먹는 세상으로 왔구나

Korea is not really talking about the color. We are talking about how poorly the movie was made. simply we compare with original animation that was produced in same company. Some of people are saying Koreans are racists, but when Chadwick Boseman died, we cried together. When we watch Chiwetel in '12 years a slave', we were sad and mad together about what we have watched through the screen and feel the pain. Disney released the movie in KOR first cuz they were expecting some good feedback as usual and they turned over cuz they did not hear what they were expected. What a crucial company that misleading kids into wrong way hating Koreans or thinking Koreans are racists. Disney is literally making another discrimination by making frames about Korean.

지들은 동양인 싫다고 총으로 쏴 죽이면서 인종차별 어쩌구저쩌구 웃음 밖에 안나오네 ㅋㅋㅋ

미국인들의 착각은 대단하다. 미국의 인구가 몇이었지? 3억명??😂 전세계에는 80억의 인구가 각자의 문화에서 살아간다. 건방지게 가르치려 들지마라

한국인은 미국이나 유럽처럼 흑인과의 큰 접전이 있는 역사가 없어서 딱히 흑인에게 별생각이 없음. 어릴때부터 맨인블랙,화이트칙스,겟아웃 등 다 재밌게봤음. 그냥 실사화이다 보니 알라딘처럼 최대한 캐릭터와 비슷한 느낌의 배우가 연기하길 바란것뿐인데 인어공주는 기존에 알던 디즈니의 빨간머리 에리얼 캐릭터와 인종도 다르고 외모도 닮질 않고 단순히 노래 잘한다고 캐스팅이 되어버리고 이것들을 커버할정도의 연기력도 아니니 그것에대해 비판을 말한것뿐인데 인종차별주의자로 몰아가니 어이가없을뿐이지… 차라리 외모지상주의라고 하면 이해라도 가는데 엉뚱하게 인종차별주의자가 되어버림ㅋㅋ…

한국은 웹툰시장이 큰데 웹툰이 영화화 되거나 드라마화 되는 경우가 많음 근데 캐스팅이 기존 캐릭터랑 다르면 사람들이 크게 비난하고 흥행하지 못하는 모습을 보였음 외국 영화라고 뭐 다르겠음?ㅋㅋ 그리고 한국을 늘고물어지는 외국 언론들을 보고 동양인에 대한 인종차별이라고 느꼈음 외국에 여행가면 인종차별을 밥먹듯이 겪는데 그들은 정작 동양인에 인종차별에 대해선 고려하지 않는데 우리한테 강요함 진짜 웃기지도 않음 너희나 동양인 인종차별하지마

I sincerely hope that Americans will react so passionately to Asian violence in the United States.

the word racism is not your shield

오늘 미국 시애틀에서 벌어진 총격사건 뉴스를 보고 다시 왔습니다. 범인은 흑인 남성이었고, 피해자는 한국인 임산부와 남편이었어요. 임산부는 사망하였고, 아기도 긴급으로 재왕절개 수술을 진행했지만 사망했습니다. 남편은 수술 후 생존했지만 그 남자가 느껴야 할 슬픔의 깊이를 감이 가늠하기가 두려울 정도입니다. 범인은 총을 쏜 직후 "I DID IT!!" 이라고 외쳤다고 합니다. 전형적인 인종차별이고, 아시안 헤이트입니다. 이런 사건은 아주 오래전에도 벌어졌습니다. 혹시 루프탑 코리안 이라는 말의 기원을 아시나요? 당신들을 무시하는 원흉인 백인들과 유태인에게는 이의를 제기하지도 못하면서 당신들보다 소수자인 아시안을 더 괴롭히고 공격하는 이유는 무엇인가요? 혹시 BLM시위는 ONLY BLM 이었나요????? 이것이 미국 흑인 커뮤니티 도덕의 수준인가??? 부끄러운 줄 알아라

한국에서 스타트랙 성적 안좋은 건 한국인이 백인배우를 차별해서인가? 진짜 말도안되는 소리다

앞으로 아시아인 영화 나올때 미국에서 망하면 인종차별로 보면 되는거 맞지?

Koreans: We'd like Disney to respect the source material of a classic film we deeply love. Americans: UgH LoOk aT aLL tHeSE RaCiSTs!

Some American media use the excuse that this film's failure was due to racism in some Asian countries, but at least in Korea, if you look for Korea-related episodes with director Jordan Peele's film Get Out, that stupid theory doesn't work.

If Korea were a serious racist country, Black Panther also would've not been popular here. But it was totally successful.

인어공주 영화의 가장 큰 문제중에 하나는 너무 어두웠다는 겁니다. 제 친구들이 보고나서 공포영화같았다고 말한게 기억이 나네요 😂 디즈니의 장점은 아이들과 함께 볼 수 있는 아름다운 영화라는 거였는데, 이번에는 오히려 아이들이 무서워했다네요. 그리고 배우들의 매력을 살리지도 못한 영화라고 생각합니다..보고나서 감상평은 솔직히 영화 자체가 너무 매력이 없었어요. 배우들의 매력을 느낄 수 있는 구석도 없었고 배경도 저희는 아바타같은 아름다운 바다를 원했거든요..그렇지만 그런 바다는 무슨 검은 심해밖에 없었죠.

How not to be racist: If the movie is boring and doesn't suit your taste, if the main character is black, watch it and praise it, or the American media will accuse you of being racist

Don't ignore Koreans' eye for movies. Since most korean people have very high academic standards and have no outside hobbies that can be enjoyed differently like foreign countries, their perspective on movies and dramas has developed very fast and high. Gaslighting race marketing may be successful in USA, such as "You are a cool person only when you see this movie, and you can be recognized that you are not a racist" but that doesn't work in Korea. In Korea, only "level of completion" is guaranteed success.

What intelligent and articulate questions and responses. Very impressed at the level of reasoning by everyday Koreans.

Koreans are smart

This is what Disney is like now. "You don't like our movies, you'res racists!"...No apologies, no trying to MAKE it work by making a better attempt for it's special effects or its characters...just straight up calling everyone racists like a school kid.

This is Disney's method to avoid criticism. Because they just attribute any negative press to racism so as to avoid the main problem. These remakes are soulless cash-grabs intent on banking on nostalgia. While simultaneously trying to be politically correct and appeal to a "modern audience". Just give us good, original productions that actually leave the "family fun" image that grew the brand. WITHOUT trying to lecture us about some western agenda.

Why should I suddenly be racist just because I didn't watch a movie I didn't want to see? America is always open and develops in a good way, but sometimes it is sensitive to every stupid sound.

As Koreans, we have never used black people as slaves, but we are racist because we don't watch movies. Racism was done in the United States

Lots of people in the comments saying that Koreans are racist just because they wanted an actress more representative of the original character. How the irony is lost upon so many is speaks volumes.

13:53 I love this guy, he definitely goes on lengthy rants on social media about the topic and was prepared for this interview 😂

할리베일리가 이렇게까지 욕먹는건 나도 배우가 안타깝다고 생각함 근데 솔직히 인어공주 역할로는 최악이었다 옹호자들은 목소리 하나만으로 인어공주에 적합하다고 쉴드치던데 목소리만 출연하는 3D 애니메이션 더빙 영화도 아니고 외적으로 닮은게 전혀 없는 배우를 실사영화에 캐스팅하면 대체 무슨 의미가 있음? 실사영화에 대해서 관객이 기대하는 건 외적인 싱크로율이 가장 클텐데 관객의 기대는 고려하지 않고 영화를 만들어놓고선 오히려 비판하는 관객을 인종차별주의자로 모는 게 너무 화가 남

Respect to all the korean people in this interview. Thank you for staying honest and saying what has been on everyone's mind about these films. Much love!

korea is the second largest country which watched the movie of Jordan Haworth Peele, most black movie of the world!

People seem to forget The Little Mermaid is from Hans Christen Andersen. Disney might have popularized the version most of us know, but they didn't create it. It's just another interpretation.

It's not about racism. It's about contents.

There need to be no logical explanation for customers who didn’t enjoy movie. They paid for seats and if many audiences didn’t like the movie than the producer didn’t make movie that’s worth paying for. If you ask people to make logical reports for customers why they didn’t enjoy the movie you should give money back before you asked for it. So stop making nasty excuses like US media blaming global failure of the movie to Asians. Why do you think Disney fired producer, diversity director and staffs? Bc they made so so movie. It wasn’t mega hit globally. Simple fact! Not everyone enjoyed nor globally recognized and not all races even in US loved the movie. There are hundreds of critics and bad reviews about this movie and disappointments from old fans or original animations as much as good ones. Just this movie was not commercially successful worldwide. So Don’t try to bring race card bc it won’t work anymore. it only represents you are making ugly excuses. So so movie is so- so movie. You can’t change customers mind.

Unlike the previous long-haired+blonde white setting, the newly released Supergirl of Flash has been changed to the short-haired+black-haired latin setting. But what's the reaction in Korea? The casting is quite explosive and there is a lot of goodwill and praise for actor Sasha Calle Race is not a problem in Korea if a good story line, plot, and work remake are completed Why the black mermaid was criticized is filling her head with such a one-dimensional, easy excuse of racism.I really don't understand. They are so rude and rude to the original fans. They're going to have to accept that there's a problem with the way they treat artistic works.

CNN이 대놓고 한국인 인종차별 하네ㅋㅋㅋ 미국이 한국한테 그런말 할 자격이 있어? 미국내 동양인 인종차별 문제는 어떻게 생각해? 개인의 취향을 존중하지 않고 핍박하는 사회라니 토나온다.🤑 정치적 올바름이고 개똥 나발이고 다른나라에 강요하지 말아라!!

I haven’t seen any of the live action remakes just because I loved the cartoons and didn’t need a realistic reimagining for any of them. Besides that, I think the 3D characters should have been made in a stylized way, they actually look creepy because they’re realistic. The color palette and vibe is also too gloomy. Kids loved the original because it instills a sense of wonder and makes you want to live in the ocean and I didn’t get that sense from the trailer.

These women speak in a very articulated manner to get their points across, their takes are actually very reasonable.

미국에서는 흑인들이 아시아인 들을 엄청나게 인종차별하고 무시하지 않나? 그러면서 인종차별은 항상 흑인들이 당한다고 언론플레이 하고 있고.

I'm REALLY upset that this video was titled "Are Koreans racist?" That is so messed up and so unfair. And having titles like that are what perpetuate violence against asians in my country. I agree with everything they said and it was nit racist at all. Its what most people felt regarding this movie. We go to see these Disney movies because we want to see our childhood favorite character brought to life and its not as exciting if its not the ssme. I also agree about it being darker and nit as fun and bubbly as the original was.

8:59 this is exactly what I thought. I mean, Dragonball Evolution also flop badly due to the live adaptation were way too diverted from the original manga/anime. It's mostly because most of people (adults) are already know the story, so the only reason that they go to the cinemas are to watching the story that they hold dearly realized in bigger screen. If the realization are not meet their expectations or their original image, it would be very hard to watch.

지들은 영화 보고 “오! 흑인이 주인공이야! 흑인도 모든걸 할수 있다는걸 의미해!” 이딴 의미를 담지만 우린 그딴거 없다고... 영화를 영화로 보는거지 무슨 영화에 자기 나라의 정치적 올바름을 쳐 넣어놓고 우리한테 난리임? 캐평신마인드

The U.S. seems to be pushing people who don't like the movie "The little Mermaid" as racist because they don't want to admit that their Disney didn't make it attractive... It seems to be trying to deflect blame. It was miss-casting.. She doesn't have curious eyes, and doen't look little..😭 Actually miss-casting can be the one of main reason that the movie is failed even in Korean drama or movie. 미국은 자기들이 인어공주 영화 못 만든걸 인정하기 싫어서(욕먹기 싫어서) 비난의 화살을 딴데 돌리려는것 같음 ....

Well it's true that the vibe of movie is different. No matter how old you are you have this image of Disney movies to be bright and colourful. But this was not the case this tym. Most people didn't feel the urge to watch it.

As someone from the UK who has never been to Korea, this was fascinating. Thank you! I agree, this movie had all sorts of issues! It’s not just all ‘racism’

실패한 영화를 빌미로 동양인을 혐오하는게 PC의 목적이냐

There's no problem about Halle's performance in The Little Mermaid. Somehow, I feel shocked when I heard that she's going to play the role of Ariel. The first thing that came to my mind when I heard the live adaptation of The Little Mermaid was they're going to get a red hair/ginger actress. Despite of the storyline of Mulan (live adaptation) being a bit messy, they hired an Asian actress, which I'm thankful for because somehow there's a representation for us (I'm Asian). Correct me if I'm wrong but aside from Ariel and Merida (from Brave), they're the only red haired princess in the "main" (there are underrated Disney princess/female character) Disney princess line. I just hope that in live adaptation of Brave, they would cast a ginger for the role of Merida so that redheads has a representation. I hope that rather than recycling a character, Disney should create a new storyline with new characters. If they are really stand for the black people, they should create a movie/film/series that shows and depicts the history and struggles of people of color. This would broaden our understanding about the inequalities that the black community experiencing. Disney is a great medium to deliver this kind of message to the young ones. I hope that they can work with it.

honestly it’s nothing to do with racism. there are so many better contents and others options to watch in Korea.

9:06 I agree 100% with that lady

SHE JUST DOESNT LOOK LIKE ARIEL

I think the most important thing about a movie that makes a fairy tale live, even though I already know it, is to make a work that can be touched even when I become an adult. "Aladdin" is really... I was happy even after coming out of the movie theater like a midsummer night's dream.

그리고 알라딘 영화는 정말 재밌게 잘 봤습니다 인종이 문제가 아니란걸 깨닫게 해주는 예시에요 그 사람들은 배역에 정말 잘 맞았고 특히 지니역을 맡은 윌스미스가 연기를 너무 잘해서 감명깊게 봤습니다

“The overall tone of the movie, which is too dark. Way too *dark”* this is pure comedy 😂

There can be many factors to consider besides skin tone that may or may not “translate” when crossing culture lines. Tastes in food and music, style of dance and clothing and even body types change from race to race. A voluptuous figure may be highly revered in one culture, but another culture might prefer a more svelte body type. Some cultures are more quiet/reserved others are boisterous. Etc.. If you ever been attracted to certain physical traits without having to explain or apologize for it, then I see no reason to be mad about this. We're not obligated to find you attractive or go to your movies and vice versa. Get over it.

This interview is about criticism of US media such as CNN and Hollywood report, accusing and insulting Asia for global failure of movie using race card. People wouldn’t react or this way if they didn’t hear about the news. So they explained why they didn’t watch the movie. Many Asians feel insulted and mistreated. It is not about Race. The issue that needs to be addressed is the root problem of Western attitudes towards the Asian region. Disregard and discrimination towards Asia must be corrected in order to foster respect. Even though the video provided a genuine response against such irrational circumstances, some African Americans and angry Harley fans flooded the comments with racial slurs without considering the true context. Furthermore, certain well-intentioned Koreans who were attempting to clarify the situation ended up feeling hurt instead. These backgrounds influence many Koreans become more aggressive to deal with this issue. This is very unfortunate situation and I think Disney and that US media should feel ashamed of how they caused misunderstanding and hates. After all company is after money and media is after political reasons and combing together it became disaster ending up hurting many races.

This movie tanked in India too but I don't think it's racist coz Black panther and wakanda Forever are some of the most celebrated Hollywood films in India

중간에 한 여학생이 말하는 말이 백번 맞다. 우리는 동화의 이야기를 이미 다 알고 있다. 원작을 재해석한 영화는 스토리보다도 더 중요한 것이 얼만큼 정확하게 재구성 했는지다. 스토리를 보러 오는 게 아닐텐데... 분명 이런 실사 영화는 원작을 얼마나 잘 구현하느냐가 문제라고 생각함. 정작 미국 외에서는 인기 없는 영화 ㅋㅋ

When I and many people think of Ariel we think of a white girl with red hair, blue eyes, a purple shell bra, and a vibrant green tail. If you change the image of the entire character and then make the whole movie dark and colorless, of course people aren't going to watch. Nothing to do with Koreans or anyone being racist. People just wanted a faithful adaptation.

I don't understand what's so hard to understand? People just prefer remake characters and story to match with the original. This is not a matter of race, it's the same thing as how alot of marvel or dc comic fans hate the movies when the character or storyline doesn't match with the original comics. Not everything revolves around race. Even my black friend hated the new mermaid movie because he felt that they forced the race problem into children's movie, which isn't needed. Kids shouldn't have to care about these things, if Disney wants to resolve race issue, they just need to make more diverse characters with different race and not shove race topics down children's throat. I would hate it if they made black panther movie with an asian guy, it'd look ridiculous.

미국영화는 아시아에서 꼭 성공해야됨? 무조건 봐야함? 지들이 거지같이 만들어놓고 재미없어서 안본다는데 무슨 인종차별이래 ? 지들도 아시아인을 차별하는거 잖아?

Blaming Koreans, and certain other asian countries, for the failure of this film and pinning it “racism” has got to be one of the most arrogant takes I’ve seen by Hollywood. 진심으로 할리우드가 다양성을 위한다고 착각하는 많은 외국 분들 보면 안타깝기만 하네요. 한 작품을 좋아하지 않는다고 인종차별자라고 몰아가는 뇌 구조는 아무리 이해하려해도 이해하기가 어렵습니다. 오만하기 그지없네요

Anyone who knows the Story of the Little Mermaid knows who is really the ideal hero in the story and what she should look like! Not Black but a White Mermaid with a red hair!

백인이나 흑인이나 우리한텐 외국인임 인종차별인지 뭔지 ㅈㄴ관심 없다고;; 그냥 우리가 알던 원작 인어공주 찾는게 이상한거냐

I wanted to reminisce about the memories of my grandmother making potato soup for me when I was young, but she insisted on making sweet potato soup instead, saying that the potatoes you used were politically incorrect. Is it right for her to force me to eat sweet potato soup and accuse me of being a racist if I don't eat it? "Black Panther" and "Aladdin" were successful in Korea, right? Does Disney want to do business or engage in social activism? If they truly want to become social activists, they should transition to being a non-profit organization and refrain from criticizing those who don't share their views.

I saw The Little Mermaid and I thought it was a little lazy of Disney because I didn't see an underwater city or kingdom. If felt like her father ran a shack. Ariel had a very sweet and innocent vibe to her.

People are quite tired of the identity politics.

피자 종주국 이탈리아 사람들이 피자위에 파인애플 토핑을 올리는걸 목격하면 분노한다. 피자 본연의 맛을 이상한 형태로 변형시켰기 때문이다. 마찬가지로 에리얼의 모습을 흑인화 했기 때문에 사람들은 분노하고있다. 그냥 백인 원작이면 백인을 쓰세요. 흑인 에니메이션을 새로 만들면 되잖아요