I just don’t don’t care about cultural appropriation. I think art should be fair game to take and make your own.

@@uselessnobody4178 it's a good point - Disney also failed to make ART with the remakes. they just copy-and-past the stuff without adding anything or reinventing it

@jukori I don’t disagree (although I didn’t mind the little mermaid). But the video isn’t really about the quality of the disney remakes but rather the question of if it’s wrong to race swap characters.

Ngl, I always forget that Once Upon a Time exists. Lol

See but these things don’t play into the plot. You can have a beautiful non white woman and it seems like it would work fine. If the “skin white as snow” line is the only thing that directly references her skin then that also seems like a trivial line to change. If there’s more than let me know but it seems to me like it isn’t a big deal. And yeah, those rapunzel characteristics aren’t important to the story. Lol

@@uselessnobody4178 ok fine do the same with tiana then. her race doesnt change the plot

@@AlyxAesthetics well in the original story the princess from the Princess and the frog was white too, so that’s another race swap. If you don’t believe me look it up on line. The only pictures of Tiana being black are from Disney or recent. I’m all for diversity but make original stories not race swapping characters to appeal to woke audiences. There are a lot of stories from India, Africa, china, Native America, Japan that they could tell but they don’t.

@@carabingham3207 I agree, I was just making a point that a reverse swap would be seen as bad but this isn’t

Yeah, I’m explicitly just talking about whether or not race swapping is okay. The films themselves are another story. Lol

@@uselessnobody4178 I know - I was just saying I wouldn't care as long as they made good movies 🤦‍♀

Fair enough. Idk if they will but hopefully they do. Lol

​​@@user-pl3ov4vx3h Some live actions are actually really good like the early ones which stayed true the original but still created their own story. They dont deserve the unnecessary hate they get espicially compared to the recent ones. I also disagree about the singing its pretty good too Btw raceswapping is stupid and lazy, they should just make original characters instead of ruining iconic characters

@@Rachet87-yp7qq Why does it bother you so much? All Disney stories are just a reimagining of other stories. Cinderella alone has been made so many times in so many different ways by people other than Disney and when the movie is done well race swapping didn’t matter. I honestly would rather the liveactions be a reimagining of the fairytales in a new way rather than try to copy the animated versions because they just can’t live up to the comparison. If anything is lazy it’s the copy and paste of the stories and songs from animated to “live action”. I would love it if they tried a shocking concept and wrote a new script and new songs, then there wouldn’t even be anyone comparing because it would be separate from the animated version.

I’d personally like to start moving away from movies starring minorities needing to “represent the culture.” Halle Bailey was just a really good pick and the little mermaid remake wasn’t about African culture. I don’t think should have been changed just because a black person has been cast. But yeah, it would be cool to see an African or Caribbean princess at some point.

@uselessnobody4178 I agree Halle Bailey was an incredible singer and a good pick for the role. My point is why are we using POC actors to remake movies? When we can spend the time and effort making more original stories I loved Princess and the Frog, it was not a perfect movie not at all but I adored Tiana. Im not African American, nor am I from New Orleans but when I watched the film I admired Tianas hardworking attitude and I loved the setting of the film it was so different and interesting and it showed me a glimpse of a culture that I have never experienced. I find that so much cooler. I want to see other worlds new and new characters. These remakes are just poor imitations of their original counterparts and in my opinion are often a waste of the talent they cast.

Indian people can be blonde. I also don’t care about cultural appropriation or whatever. Stories should be open to taking and doing whatever we want with them. Film history is full of minority roles being played by white people. We should just let artists make art and then judge it on whether or not its good.

That’s really not the same thing at all because princess and the frog is literally about racism and inequality black women specifically go through 😂 like what…

@@meringue8058 it isnt. its more about womens problems. her race is barely ever even touched upon if at all

Yup. People be getting mad at things that aren’t even real. Lol

To be honest, I think the only thing Disney should do is make better films. A good movie will shut everybody up. Idk if its smart to stoke the flames of the detractors.

Never heard about that but there are people currently complaining today. Lol

I have no idea what’s going on with this movie. Some set photos look like they’re using regular people but other images it looks like the dwarves are going to be cgi. Haven’t looked too deeply into what exactly they’re doing though. Lol

ok so would you think the same if a princess and the frog came out and tiana was white?

Someone didn’t watch the video… 🧐

Yeah. If we want to go there you aren’t wrong. Lol