Talk:The Little Mermaid (live-action film)/@comment-33759597-20200124205745

To be honest, I don't mind Halle Bailey as Ariel.

Before I state this, I'm just gonna say: if you prefer the animated Ariel over Halle Bailey's Ariel, that's OK. That doesn't make you racist (I don't prefer one over the other tbh). If you disagree with me, that's fine too.

I don't think they cast Halle Bailey just because of her race, I think they cast her because of her singing voice. I've listened to some of her music before, so I can see why.

I also don't mind it because it's implied the original animated movie takes place in the Carribbean. I think it takes place in the Carribbean and not Denmark because it has certain plants/animals that would not be found anywhere near Denmark.

Plus, the song "Under The Sea" has many Carribbean themes. It sounds like it was influenced by some genres that originated in the Carribbean, plus there were fish doing dances that are associated with Carribbean dancing. The instruments that the sea creatures play were based on instruments that are used in Carribbean music. Also, Sebastian speaks in a Jamaican accent.

Yes, the original fairy tale was written by a Danish author, but that doesn't automatically set the location to Denmark. The same author wrote "The Snow Queen", yet Frozen, which is based on The Snow Queen, takes place in Norway. The Lion King, which takes place in Africa, was based on "Hamlet" which was written by an English author.

If they decided to make an Aristocats remake where they blackwash the human characters, or decided to go with whitewashing Mulan (there was a rumour they would years ago), I'd have a problem with that since Aristocats takes place in like 1800s France while Mulan takes place in ancient China.

Whoever plays Ariel doesn't really matter to me much, I just hope the acting will be good and that it still recaptures the spirit of the original (the Lady and the Tramp remake failed to do that, so it's a new concern for me when it comes to remakes)