Talk:Ariel/@comment-39966873-20190704070407/@comment-1672596-20190706111212

Honestly, with someone like Lin-Manuel Miranda helming the remake, a guy who almost compulsively tries to completely alter the skin color of established characters/historical figures like with Alexander Hamilton, I wouldn't put anything past him trying to decry us whites (and quite frankly, my objection is the whole inconsistency bit. I wouldn't like it if Ariel was originally black and THEN turned white). This is just a complete disaster in marketing and most likely going to backfire massively on Disney, maybe even, ironically enough, lead to its bankruptcy and dissolution. People will end up confused on how to handle Ariel at this point, how to market her. Even worse when this is a remake of one of their past films.

Halle Bailey should NOT be Ariel. She'd probably make a good Tiana, however. They should have hired Madeleine Pestach, Lindsay Lohan, or Ashley Bridget for the role, as they at least look the part. Heck, she's not even the right type of singer for the role (She primarily does Blues stuff, Ariel's not a Blues kind of woman). This whole "diversity" thing is really getting us nowhere, especially when they have to cynically change established backgrounds for various characters in such a double standard. It's okay to change white people to other ethnicities, yet it's NOT okay to do the reverse? And just as a FYI, I wouldn't approve of the reverse either.