A Statement

A while back, I made an anti-statement about sequels and how I detest rehashing stories over-and-over again. One thing I didn't mention was that that included movies of remakes and spin-offs; however, there's been something about a most recent live-action reaction that has been getting on my nerves a little, and I need to talk about it. I'm not a fan of the live-actions, and I've never really fully enjoyed them, with the exception of the Cinderella remake. This particular live action concerns the remake of The Little Mermaid.

There are some misconceptions, many politically driven, that are being said about it. I want to address a few of these points here, and hopefully, I can do it with as much respect as possible.

Misconception 1: This movie replaces the original movie, including the original princess. Super, super false statement here. We know this will never happen, because it hasn't happened with the others. Classic Cinderella is still around. Original Belle is still around. Classic Aurora is still around. We haven't and will not lose our original Ariel.

Misconception 2: Using a different race and look ruins the story. No it doesn't. In fact, anyone who has participated in theatrics of any kind has had experience with race mixing at some point. The only time the race of the character matters is if the particular plot's message requires that role to be true to itself to make the message more clear. It's also quite typical for artists to experiment with a story from time-to-time by putting it in different settings or backgrounds to try to present the message in a manner that will connect to their audience or to provide a different perspective, and to some, it will feel more relatable. There's no problem with that.

Misconception 3: This movie is politically driven. More than likely, the people accusing the company of this are the ones who are politically driven. Things are so ridiculously political these days that were never so in the past. You almost can't take a breath without someone accusing you of being political about it. This isn't the first time an inter-racial cast has been used in a movie. I remember watching a remake of Rogers and Hammerstein's Cinderella a while back using an inter-racial cast: the queen was black; the king was white; the prince was asian; Cinderella was black; the fairy godmother was black; and the stepmother, along with the stepsisters were white. It literally makes no sense in real life when you get genetics involved, yet the cast made it work, and I'll be honest, I liked it much better (even with the obligatory added song from the wrong musical for Bernedette Peters) than the made-for-television movie made years earlier with Lesley Ann Warren. As far as I know, no one ever accused that version of being politically racially-biased, but what do I know?

That's all for right now. It's late at night, and I must be ready to go back to sleep. Looking forward to another day.