You're listening to comedy central. Wow. You know, every time one of these like Internet outrage things happens about which character is being played by whom and people get angry. I would get it if people had good faith arguments, but you can tell that people are just using these moments to disguise discriminatory idea and like and like, you know, racism that they hold is something. You know, it's it's
like it's your thing. You know, people are gonna act like, Oh no, the Little Mermaid, I'm here because I'm a little mermaid purest. I will come up with all these bullshit answers. They'll be like, you know, you look at the history of the Little Mermaid, and I'm sorry, the history of the little you mean the imagination of the Little Mermaid. Yeah, I mean, if you look at it, if you if you were a fan, you would have known that Disney had long created black mermaids. Like they
did this. They spin off all their movies. They've had tons of them. They had like a Black Mermaid. She'd sign language. Used to be a cartoon when we were kids. People don't care about it. They're like it's never it's never happen. It's just look, here's the thing. It's not about racist just about realism. I'm sorry, what? And then it's ironic that they try and use representation as the argument. The other way around, you know. So they will say
it's it's not about representation. It shouldn't. Who Cares? Who plays the role? Oh, that matters is the best person gets the job. And it's like, have you heard Hanny Baby Sing? Have you heard her sing? You the best person? Like, who do you think they got? You Think Disney is just out there in the street, like you come, let's go. You think they play games like that? It is the best person for the job. You're angry about who the best person was. That's what you're angry about. And it's like, no,
but but the Little Mermaid. She means soon and I don't deny that. I don't deny that. It must have been amazing for any redheaded little girl to see the Little Mermaid. It must have been amazing. It's a beautiful experience. But the movie is still there, you know, it's not gone. You can't not watch it. It hasn't been burned. It is still there. You can still watch it and you can enjoy it. I you all the time. It's not going anywhere. It's like you get so angry, but what
about the little girls with red hair? Who Won't? Who won't what see themselves in what a Disney cartoon and like, like, are you being serious right now? You you have the princess and brave she she was redhead. Remember her, all right, you have you have Anna from from frozen. All right. You have a little kid from up like pulls off the helmets and like the head does the thing. It's the cutest thing. Remember. That's red hands. There's tons, tons
of other characters. There are more redhead Disney like stars, like women, whose stars in the in the franchise, than black women. But now you're gonna make it seem like it's and it's not, like one should be against the other. There's no need. You have the Little Mermaid. It's fun. Now you've got to the pling, the real version of it. That's that's fun. Don't make it about realism. That it's guys.
It's under the sea. There's a crab, there's a crab that is gonna talk and you're worried about this element. People are like, well, I just I just think it should be. It's all the things and then, and then I love when people go, Oh yeah, so if you don't care, then how would you feel if the Black Panther was played by a white guy? I'm like, well, the difference here is the Black Panther blackness is central to the character's identity, like literally, literally, you know what
I mean. It's like literally, that is the whole point of the thing. And, by the way, if you're gonna bring a whe guy who's gonna be like Vibrainian and bring him, I want to see that guy just the fun. Just bring that guy just for the fun of it. Let's see what happens. There many people who haven't seen themselves on screen. You're gonna get angry. You'RE gonna get angry because now somebody who's in a wheelchairs playing this role. You'RE gonna get angry because somebody who's black is now
playing that role. You'RE gonna be it's the original is still there. There are many parts that are still out there. It's not like there is nothing left. It's like there's one movie in the world and there's one story and there's the only way you can tell it. There are many calm down, or at the very least, the very least, should get them to meet with Ursula, and then she'd take their voices away. Connect until somebody kisses you. Yeah, don't, don't come back ready. Think it look so angry then
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