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| + | Due to an African American playing a white character, Bailey has gotten controversy over time, with "I Hate Black Ariel" groups popping over Facebook, "#NotMyAriel" popping over Twitter, petitions to cancel the production (all have since been removed on Change.org) and comparisons to similar incidents like "Black Annie", "Female Ghostbusters" and "Han Shot First". |
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Revision as of 23:01, 18 October 2019
Halle Bailey is an actress, known for her roles in the film, Last Holiday (2006), and the Freeform television series, Grown-ish (2018). For Disney, she wrote the song "Warrior", for the 2018 film A Wrinkle in Time, which she performed with her sister, Chloe. She plays Ariel in the upcoming live-action adaptation of The Little Mermaid.
Disney Roles
Ariel
(The Little Mermaid)
(The Little Mermaid)
Controversy
Due to an African American playing a white character, Bailey has gotten controversy over time, with "I Hate Black Ariel" groups popping over Facebook, "#NotMyAriel" popping over Twitter, petitions to cancel the production (all have since been removed on Change.org) and comparisons to similar incidents like "Black Annie", "Female Ghostbusters" and "Han Shot First".