So, you’re saying they’re sexist and racist, and we should all be enraged and immediately donate to our favourite bigots?
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TachyonTele@lemm.ee 4 months ago
I was curious so I found the article:
insidethemagic.net/…/disney-executive-caught-sayi…
The quote is exactly what normal people assume it is, out of context and not the entire quote.
Twentieth Century Television Senior Vice President Michael Giordano was caught on a hidden video saying that Disney explicitly does not hire “white men” for specific roles.
For specific roles. That’s pretty fcking obvious. You’re not going to hire a white man to play the little mermaid.
Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 4 months ago
OutlierBlue@lemmy.ca 4 months ago
I’m buying a ton of Disney stuff right now to throw on the bonfire tonight.
db2@lemmy.world 4 months ago
There are valid reasons for hating on Disney though… like what they’ve done to Star Wars.
sudo42@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Agreed. Want to add that (in my opinion, at least) Lucas’s Episodes I, II & III didn’t do the series any favors either. :-(
HappyFrog@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 months ago
Or the fact that they donate a shit ton of money to conservative politicians.
iknowitwheniseeit@lemmynsfw.com 4 months ago
The sequel films are trash, but a lot of Disney’s Star Wars stuff for the small screen has been really good.
HauntedCupcake@lemmy.world 4 months ago
The original 20 minute video in the article makes it clear he’s talking about job roles, and mentions writers a few times (admittedly not close enough to draw an 100% certain link). I don’t think it’s enough to discredit this just based on the assumption that he’s talking about actors or there isn’t enough context. Obviously it’s vague enough that we can’t draw any solid conclusions, so I agree with you there.
The main reason I think this is bullshit is that the guy’s testimony isn’t credible for two main reasons:
- The guy was recently passed up for promotion, and blames it on being white and male
- The interviewer is posing as a romantically interested date and asking plenty of leading questions, the guy is at least partially telling her what she wants to hear
These two points, regardless of how true his story is, give him an ulterior motive for embellishing the story and exaggerating facts, which ultimately means we can’t trust this.
I’d like to see a full investigation, as with any accusation of discrimination. But we all know that when nothing turns up, it wouldn’t shut the right wingers up
puchaczyk@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 months ago
Personally, I would love to see the little mermaid played by a big, burly man.
Atin@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Terry Crewes would be perfect for the role
Forester@yiffit.net 4 months ago
Then what kind of absolute unit can even be cast for daddy Tritron?
puchaczyk@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 months ago
Tritron obviously will be a femboy
Theme@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 months ago
Finally, roles opening up for me 😳
Watch Disney cast the rock 🙃
todd_bonzalez@lemm.ee 4 months ago
You’re not going to hire a white man to play the little mermaid.
Don’t you tell me what to do.
Hobbes_Dent@lemmy.world 4 months ago
🎶 You’re not going to hire a white man to play the little mermaid. 🎶
Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 4 months ago
You’re not going to hire a white man to play the little mermaid.
I don’t know, genderswapping the roles doesn’t seem that far fetched for Disney
A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Terry Crews as Little Mermaid confirmed?
psivchaz@reddthat.com 4 months ago
They already remade Little Mermaid too recently. Terry Crews as Rapunzel, though, is still on the table.
ASeriesOfPoorChoices@lemmy.world 4 months ago
but Terry is bald, so…
oh god.
“Rapunzel, yo! Let down your pubes!”
Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 4 months ago
About time
grrgyle@slrpnk.net 4 months ago
As much as I dislike Disney as a company that does sound interesting… really actually being up so many new possibilities to revisit the classics!
cmbabul@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Disney the company being evil doesn’t mean the folks that work on their products are too
grrgyle@slrpnk.net 4 months ago
Sure doesn’t.
captainlezbian@lemmy.world 4 months ago
“No way in hell are we hiring a white man to play miles morales”
brygphilomena@lemmy.world 4 months ago
There’s no way we’re hiring a white man for this role. They’d be very careful how they’d message that to agents.
Furthering that, they use the word agent. Specifically referring actors.
_tezz@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Lots of writers and other crew have agents. It’s not clear from the article if that’s what’s being referred to though.
brygphilomena@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Sure, but they also said role. Which can just mean job position, is more commonly used for casted actors.
MrJameGumb@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Ironically if they did hire a white man to play The Little Mermaid, the hard right nutjobs would be screaming that it was part of a “woke trans agenda” to normalize crossdressing and eliminate the traditional American male from society lol
sfxrlz@lemmy.world 4 months ago
It’s not about the point. It’s bout how you can spin it.
Kaboom@reddthat.com 4 months ago
I mean, the little mermaid should be a danish woman. Like thats where the tale comes from. if they want a diverse movie, why not use a tale from somewhere that isnt europe?
the_crotch@sh.itjust.works 4 months ago
Like Moana or Mulan?
Kaboom@reddthat.com 4 months ago
Exactly!
reattach@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Did you also know there’s no talking crab in the original story by Hans Christian Andersen? Since we’re being faithful to the original.
Kaboom@reddthat.com 4 months ago
Well, if you didnt want to make the little mermaid, why call it that and say its based on the tale?
ProjectingSpiritBow@lemmy.world 4 months ago
cultural appropiation