• brucethemoose@lemmy.world
    491·
    2 months ago

    Oh it’s even worse than that: they hate live action Ariel because she’s “ugly”

    sex+race racism is horrifically nasty, yet more common and more “accepted” in my experience.

    Also, I will leave this here:

    Fortunately, it’s just hypothetical, that live action doesn’t actually exist…

    • ragas@lemmy.ml
      51·
      1 month ago

      I’m sorry but if you think that Zuko is not a hero, you must have sopped watching Avatar after the third episode.

      • ShinkanTrain@lemmy.mlEnglish
        11·
        1 month ago

        I think this is comparing it directly to the movie that doesn’t exist where he’s 100% not a hero

      • brucethemoose@lemmy.world
        2·
        1 month ago

        I mean, I’ve watched it through many times, but tha’s not really the point here. They switched up the appearance of the whole Fire Nation demographic because… Well…

      • brucethemoose@lemmy.world
        1·
        1 month ago

        Would they today, though?

        I feel like there would be conservative ‘backlash against backlash’ over racebending cast.

    • Jhex@lemmy.world
      2·
      1 month ago

      do you remember the original animated “Lion King”?

      all the voice actors for the Hyenas were black stereotypes…