Would you be upset if a Snow White movie cast a red haired actress?

@ChipmunkErnie I'm saying that I didn't interpret it that way based on what I said there, it just makes more sense to me, and I mean just because those words were in the original doesn't mean it's not ok to retell it slightly differently and updated, they even do thsa with Shakespeare

@SW-User You apparently never read the original story, or had it read to you. The authors were clear she was named for her skin color.

@SW-User Yes, but the whole thread got me curious so I looked it up and then couldn't resist commenting. :)

And re Shakespeare, he made a career of stealing material and changing it.

@MistyCee I dunno -- the options are fascinating.

@Pinkstarburst if you’re willing to watch movies in German- they exist.

@666Maggotz I am and I have. They are great!

@TheDeathOfOzymandiaz

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@bijouxbroussard oh trust me the Anglo saxon / Nordic North European super race certainly have that denial filter firmly applied.

@Entwistle in Jesus Christ Superstar, Judas is Black and Mary Magdalene is Asian.

@LeopoldBloom Cool.

@Pinkstarburst the little mermaid was. Written by Hand Christian Andersen....none of the characters had a name. She was the little mermaid, her father was the MerKing, there was the Prince and the SeaWitch and a princess who the prince marries

@BabyLonia I remember she suffered terribly to become human and killed herself when the prince rejected her.

@Pinkstarburst she could have regained her tail if she staked him through the heart but she chose not to

@Starcrossed Wonder if there would’ve been backlash had they cast someone like this:

@bijouxbroussard 100% this is what it should have been YES! Ok ok not should have, I'm not inflexible but I think this is brilliant.

@Miram the real Little Mermaid was far from a happy ending

@BabyLonia the novel's?

@Miram it was a fairy tale written by Hans Christian Andersen, he believes another rescued him and he meets her and married her. The little mermaid is told to drive a stake through his heart and she will regain her tail but she doesn't

The disney movie is so far removed from the original story that anyone using the reason that the author was danish should really think about their motives for doing so

@PetalsOfLilac nice try but while people did complain, they weren't rabid and angry as the people against Ariel are now. They didn't call the directors "woke". And it was only a fringe group that were mad, i.e., the diehard fans. Most people didn't give a shit. So no, the reaction to your example does not at all compare.

@somedude15
The post said "would you be upset if snow white had red hair, if not why does skin matter?"
And the answer is yes
I used a direct example to back up my claims and making them consistent, I'm not a big movie person but I'm a fan of percy jackson and know it to be a very specific example I'm familiar with.

If you can find examples of people supporting a change in cast, regarding hair color or any other change, then go ahead and show me

I know NO example of people loving a change, people ALWAYS complain about change, but race being a touchy and sensitive topic made the reaction seem a lot louder and talked about than it wouldve been for something not as sensitive like hair color.

@REMsleep This is what I've been saying for years!

@StygianKohlrabi Would I still be white?

@LordShadowfire why?

@ViciDraco The original source material describes her as having snow white skin and black hair.

@LordShadowfire the original source material describes the little mermaid as having blonde hair. Does that mean Disney did wrong making it red?

@SW-User I'm all in for them filling Yavin with wookies though...

@ViciDraco According to the book, "Star Wars: The Visual Dictionary," the Wookiees are from the planet Kashyyyk. And originally, in earlier drafts of the script for Return of the Jedi, they were going to be written as being from The Forest Moon of Endor, but since Chewbacca was already a well established character, it was decided that a new type of character was needed and that's how the Ewoks were conceptualized.