What is woke about the lil mermaid?

I wonder how the little girls dressed in mermaid costumes will react to the new scene with Ariel and Ursula? At that point they may have lost interest ...it's pretty long... and not a movie really recommended for the younger ones...
 
Cypress said:
It would have never even occurred to me to ask this question until I saw the trajectory of this thread,

But can I get a show of hands of those who would get enraged if a future reboot of Peter Pan has a brown fairy Tinkerbell?
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OMG. Can you just imagine? lol
 
TOP said:
I wonder how the little girls dressed in mermaid costumes will react to the new scene with Ariel and Ursula? At that point they may have lost interest ...it's pretty long... and not a movie really recommended for the younger ones...
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12 B!
 
TOP said:
I wonder how the little girls dressed in mermaid costumes will react to the new scene with Ariel and Ursula? At that point they may have lost interest ...it's pretty long... and not a movie really recommended for the younger ones...
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My white eight-year-old g-daughter, the one whose name you used for one of your sock accounts, loved the movie. So did my 16-yo g-daughter whose mama is a Black woman.
 
Cypress said:
It would have never even occurred to me to ask this question until I saw the trajectory of this thread,

But can I get a show of hands of those who would get enraged if a future reboot of Peter Pan has a brown fairy Tinkerbell?
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Great question. I wonder if they would even approve of Peter Pan, given that the lead role is traditionally played by a woman. Almost like a transgender kind of thing. But I guess it's okay because... white.

Peter Pan had one of the most offensive songs ever to grace the silver screen. I guarantee it would not make the cut if there was a remake. Which would, in theory, be a 'woke' thing.
 
Concart said:
Great question. I wonder if they would even approve of Peter Pan, given that the lead role is traditionally played by a woman. Almost like a transgender kind of thing. But I guess it's okay because... white.

Peter Pan had one of the most offensive songs ever to grace the silver screen. I guarantee it would not make the cut if there was a remake. Which would, in theory, be a 'woke' thing.
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I think Peter Pan is now illegal in several states.
 
ThatOwlWoman said:
Despite the poutrage from the racists about the Mermaid remake, it is doing well at the box office.
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That's not true...

https://movieweb.com/the-little-mermaid-box-office-success/

With a $250 million production cost and a reported $140 million marketing cost, The Little Mermaid, under the most generous of projections, needs to gross approximately $560 million at the worldwide box office, according to Hollywood insiders, to reach its break-even threshold.

However, this $560 million figure, which assumes a $300 million domestic gross and a $260 million international gross, also includes $100 million in expected earnings from television, both free and pay television, another $100 million from home entertainment, digital and DVD, and $80 million from international television sales and streaming rights. Basically, the $560 million break-even scenario accounts for an exhaustion of the film’s potential revenue streams beyond its theatrical life and leaves little possibility for the film to be able to achieve any substantial profit for Disney.
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Honestly, I hope it's a bust for Disney and they lose a substantial amount of money on it.

Not because I hate or dislike Disney. I am on their side in the war with Ron DeShameless. I just think they and the other studios and producers, need to learn a hard lesson about ever pulling this woke pandering appeasement crap again in the future.

The hard message here needs to be an unequivocal "Go woke, go broke".

And if you want to jump to your usual knee-jerk position by calling me a racist because you can't (or won't) grasp the larger principle like the rest of the proggies here, be my guest.

Not offended. :thup:
 
Nomad said:
That's not true...

https://movieweb.com/the-little-mermaid-box-office-success/



Honestly, I hope it's a bust for Disney and they lose a substantial amount of money on it.

Not because I hate or dislike Disney. I am on their side in the war with Ron DeShameless. I just think they and the other studios and producers, need to learn a hard lesson about ever pulling this woke pandering appeasement crap again in the future.

The hard message here needs to be an unequivocal "Go woke, go broke".

And if you want to jump to your usual knee-jerk position by calling me a racist because you can't (or won't) grasp the larger principle like the rest of the proggies here, be my guest.

Not offended. :thup:
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The press alone has been profitable for Disney… and it renewed interest in the older mermaid movie, Disney ain’t losing money.

Without the Rumppers crying less people would have seen it.
 
Nomad said:
Try to get this through your silly little tranny skull, little black mermaid...

I responded to a question that was asked in the OP of this thread.

I expressed my opinions on the subject just like everyone else, as we are all free to do.

A few overly sensitive little girly men like yourself, don't approve of my opinions, but I express them anyway.

You are the one who is wetting your little tranny panties and coming emotionally unglued, not me.

And FYI, you come across like an emotional teenage girl.

Don't like my opinion?

Put me on ignore.

Now go away.

You bore me.
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Yes but like an entitled brat and idiot you do not just say 'hey i don't like strawberry icecream/movies and won't buy it', which is fine, and instead you go into Karen type posts full of tears and complaints about how wrong it is that any company would make strawberry icecream/movies based on the demand of any minority group buyers.

You are the type of guy, who if you live in a community that is heavily made up of one ethnicity (example Italians) and thus most of the restaurants are all Italian, and one entrepreneur decides he will open another type of restaurant to instead try and get the minority of buyers who want something else, you then cry UNFAIR, saying you only like Italian and thus every restaurant in the area should serve Italian only.

It is just stupid and entitled.
 
TOP said:
Oh, those stories for every occasion... they never end... ;)
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I've got to see the original animated film.

I've always wondered how mermaid-human relationships work.

Especially, the actual physical enjoinment part.

Does the movie show how it's done?
 
Jarod said:
The press alone has been profitable for Disney… and it renewed interest in the older mermaid movie, Disney ain’t losing money.

Without the Rumppers crying less people would have seen it.
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Disney KNEW what would happen. They teased the movie by showing the black actress who was playing the lead. This publicity won't hurt them. In fact, domestic box office is very strong. China though, has seen a racist backlash to the movie, and the numbers there are abysmal. You're correct, Disney will be just fine, thanks. Never thought I'd be pulling for them, but I am now.
 
NiftyNiblick said:
I've got to see the original animated film.

I've always wondered how mermaid-human relationships work.

Especially, the actual physical enjoinment part.

Does the movie show how it's done?
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She is turned into a human. Magic and stuff :)

That's one thing the story and movie have in common. But not much else.
 
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