• yeather@lemmy.ca
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    1 month ago

    Most people realized it was done mostly to skirt the Chinese market. I think the major problem with the other groups is the lack of major starpower. I don’t think I can even name a Romani actress.

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      1 month ago

      This is a good point. Casting a genuine Tibetan actor would cause the house of mouse to lose all that sweet china money.

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          No I think people would have been more angry if they got someone Asian but not Tibetan to play the character. Changing an Asian Male character to a White Woman makes it more obvious and direct.

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          They have talked about that, and said they fucked up. The went with a white chick because they didn’t want to make it seem like Asian is just interchangeable

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        I suppose, then again it appears the main reason race was changed is to increase star power in a prominent role. Which is not the case in The Little Mermaid, as Halle Bailey is not a star. Doesn’t matter much now since the movie is bad.

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      I don’t think I can identify a Romani phenotype. Which just goes to show how little representation they get on mass media.

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        I thought they were just slavicish. I know Romanian is different but the archetypical gypsy in my mind is a black haired slavic woman.

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          1 month ago

          From what I read, there’s a North Indian ethnic component, especially their language. But that’s what I remember from reading Wikipedia years ago, so 🤷‍♂️

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      Considering most Americans lose their shit at the slightest hint of an accent, it’s not really surprising.