The Chinese state-run propaganda newspaper Global Times continued its furious campaign against Disney’s live-action remake of The Little Mermaid on Friday, defending Chinese moviegoers from accusations of racism for their disinterest in the film, starring black actress Halle Bailey.
The Chinese state-run Global Times newspaper condemned Disney on Thursday for its “lazy and irresponsible” live-action remakes, calling the decision to cast black actress Halle Bailey as the title character in The Little Mermaid a decision driven by “political correctness” that alienates Chinese viewers.
Disney’s new live-action version of The Little Mermaid is struggling in the sought-after China market with ticket pre-sales before Friday’s opening showing dismal returns on the back of little to no interest.
Mena Massoud, the star of Disney’s 2019 live-action Aladdin remake, has deleted his Twitter account after taking heat for ever-so-slightly critical comments about the upcoming live-action remake of The Little Mermaid.
The first full trailer for Disney’s live-action version of “The Little Mermaid” is proving to be massively unpopular, garnering more than 1 million “dislikes” on YouTube less than a week after its unveiling Sunday during the Oscars.
CNN digital senior entertainment writer Lisa France said Thursday on “New Day” that those objecting to black actress Halle Bailey playing Ariel in Disney’s upcoming remake of The Little Mermaid showed “racism is real.”
The “Hoaxtroversy” is our corrupt establishment media’s latest way to pretend bigotry is still a major problem in America. Which means that the media’s need to manufacture a hoaxtroversy (a controversy that proves to be a hoax) actually serves as yet one more slice of proof of just how little racism, sexism, and homophobia exists in this country.
The good news is that like the media telling us the Hispanic George Zimmerman is white and all those hoax hate crimes, including the KKKids from KKKoington High School Hoax, all this fake news does is once again prove just how little racism there is America; how not-racist America truly is.
Halle Bailey is set to star as a race-swapped Ariel in the upcoming Disney live-action adaptation of “The Little Mermaid.”