herewego199209 t1_j27ghxe wrote on December 30, 2022 at 4:45 AM

I mean all the stuff you're naming has existed since the 30s. As a matter of a fact in the 30s, 40s, 50,s etc they'd remake movies literally a few years after the first movie came out. Also Idk what the last part of your paragraph is about. With the Little Mermaid specifically, they didn't just go hey we're casting a black girl in the lead. They did blind casting and went with the girl that was best for the role as it should be. Ariel is not a set-in-stone white character. Do some movie execs pander too much, sure, but I'd prefer that over the media we had 25 years ago like Friends which didn't have one minority cast member or even background workers and it's set in fucking New York.

SchmancySpanks t1_j27j8d4 wrote on December 30, 2022 at 5:10 AM

Not to be pedantic, but Julie and Charlie were two women of color that had recurring roles on the show. Could have been better and plenty of other reasons for cringe in the show, for sure. I just don’t like to forget about the two smart lady paleontologists characters played by WOC

Daienlai t1_j27q60w wrote on December 30, 2022 at 6:19 AM

Yeah, imagine my surprise when I moved to NYC years ago and was like,”what? This city is FULL of black and Hispanic people! Those whiter-than-white Woody Allen movies were full of crap!”