{"id":1602470,"date":"2022-08-12T07:32:59","date_gmt":"2022-08-12T11:32:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1602470"},"modified":"2022-08-12T07:34:33","modified_gmt":"2022-08-12T11:34:33","slug":"disneys-live-action-the-little-mermaid-star-halle-bailey-responds-to-race-swap-criticisms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/disneys-live-action-the-little-mermaid-star-halle-bailey-responds-to-race-swap-criticisms\/","title":{"rendered":"Disney\u2019s Live-action The Little Mermaid Star Halle Bailey Responds To Race-Swap Criticisms"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdisneys-live-action-the-little-mermaid-star-halle-bailey-responds-to-race-swap-criticisms%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1602470&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Responding to the criticisms of her race-swapped casting as Ariel in Disney\u2019s upcoming live-action remake of their animated take on the Danish fairytale, <em>The Little Mermaid<\/em> star Halle Bailey has revealed that she was able to weather the negative reception by believing that her casting would be a huge win for black representation.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_176158\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-176158\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-176158\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: Halle Bailey Dishes on Favorite \u2018The Little Mermaid\u2019 Songs and Thirst Trap Advice for \u2018This or That\u2019, Variety YouTube<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"cb-post-title\"><strong>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/2022\/07\/21\/disney-race-swaps-another-princess-casts-singer-h-e-r-as-belle-in-abc-live-action-beauty-and-the-beast-special\/\">Disney Race Swaps Another Princess, Casts Singer H.E.R. As Belle In ABC Live-Action Beauty And The Beast Special<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Speaking to the topic during a recent interview given for a profile in the outlet\u2019s upcoming August issue of their physical magazine, Bailey explained to Variety writer Angelique Jackson that <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2022\/film\/features\/halle-bailey-the-little-mermaid-interview-backlash-ariel-1235336668\/\">one of the major reasons<\/a> she felt honored to be cast as Disney\u2019s iconic red-headed mermaid was because she wanted \u201cthe little girl in me and the little girls just like me who are watching to know that they\u2019re special, and that they should be a princess in every single way.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_176163\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-176163\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-176163\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/2022.08.11-07.46-themixnet-62f55c825bc09.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-176163\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: The Little Mermaid (1989), Disney<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s no reason that they shouldn\u2019t be,\u201d she added. \u201cThat reassurance was something that I needed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bailey then told Jackson that while it was hard to hear the criticisms against her casting \u2013 the vast majority of which were against it being yet another example of Hollywood\u2019s penchant for race swapping established characters in order to score diversity point rather than anything to do with her as a person or actor \u2013 she found the strength to endure the backlash from the support offered by her family.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_176156\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-176156\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-176156\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/2022.08.11-07.46-themixnet-62f55c8a6724f.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-176156\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: Kingdom Hearts II (2005), Square Enix<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"cb-post-title\"><strong>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/2022\/08\/10\/disney-to-remove-lgbtq-content-in-middle-east-to-comply-with-local-censors\/\">Disney+ To Remove LGBTQ Content In Middle East To Comply With Local Censors<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In particular, said the actress, it was the stories recounted by her grandparents relating the racism and bigotry they had suffered in the past that gave her a renewed sense of confidence in portraying the Disney princess.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was an inspiring and beautiful thing to hear their words of encouragement, telling me, \u2018You don\u2019t understand what this is doing for us, for our community, for all the little Black and brown girls who are going to see themselves in you,\u2019\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_176157\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-176157\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-176157\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/2022.08.11-07.46-themixnet-62f55c8c272fd.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1440\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-176157\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: Halle Bailey Dishes on Favorite \u2018The Little Mermaid\u2019 Songs and Thirst Trap Advice for \u2018This or That\u2019, Variety YouTube<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Imagining herself in the rhetorical girls\u2019 shoes, Bailey then asserted, \u201cWhat that would have done for me, how that would have changed my confidence, my belief in myself, everything.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"email-signup inarticle\">\n<h4>Subscribe and get our daily emails and follow us on social media.<\/h4>\n<div class=\"terms-privacy\">\n<p>By opting in, you agree to receive emails with the latest in Comic Culture from Bounding Into Comics. Your information will not be shared with or sold to 3rd parties.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cThings that seem so small to everyone else,\u201d she concluded, \u201cit\u2019s so big to us.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_176166\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-176166\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-176166\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/2022.08.11-07.46-themixnet-62f55c8eee30b.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-176166\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: The Little Mermaid (1989), Disney<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"cb-post-title\"><strong>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/2022\/08\/04\/she-hulk-director-kat-coiro-confirms-disney-plus-series-developed-with-focus-on-inclusivity-and-making-sure-that-the-story-was-told-through-the-female-lens\/\">\u2018She-Hulk\u2019 Director Kat Coiro Confirms Disney Plus Series Developed With Focus On \u201cInclusivity And Making Sure That The Story Was Told Through The Female Lens\u201d<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Notably, this amicable response by Bailey to the criticisms of her casting stands in stark tonal contrast to the one previously given by the film\u2019s production studio, Disney.<\/p>\n<p>In July 2019, just three days after Bailey was revealed as the remake\u2019s lead, the House of Mouse took to the Instagram account of their Freeform television channel to not only <a href=\"https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/2019\/07\/09\/disney-responds-to-the-little-mermaid-casting-controversy-danish-people-can-be-black\/\">condescendingly dismiss<\/a> the casting\u2019s criticisms, but also infer that anyone who disagreed with them was a racist.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_176155\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-176155\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-176155\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/2022.08.11-07.46-themixnet-62f55c903db70.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"581\" height=\"932\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-176155\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: Freeform Instagram<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cYes,\u201d began Disney. \u201cThe original author of \u2018<em>The Little Mermaid<\/em>\u2019 was Danish. Ariel\u2026is a mermaid. She lives in an underwater kingdom in international waters and can legit swim wherever she wants (even though that often upsets King Triton, absolute zaddy).\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_176169\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-176169\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-176169\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/2022.08.11-07.46-themixnet-62f55c9421ef8.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-176169\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: Kingdom Hearts II (2005), Square Enix<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cBut for the sake of argument, let\u2019s say that Ariel, too, is Danish,\u201d the company continued. \u201cDanish mermaids can be black because Danish *people* can be black. Ariel can sneak up to the surface at any time with her pals Scuttle and the *ahem* Jamaican crab Sebastian (sorry, Flounder!) and keep that bronze base tight. Black Danish people, and thus mer-folk, can also *genetically* (!!!) have red hair.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut spoiler alert \u2013 bring it back to the top \u2013 the character of Ariel is a work of fiction,\u201d Disney concluded. \u201cSo after all this is said and done, and you still cannot get past the idea that choosing the incredible, sensational, highly talented, gorgeous Halley Bailey is anything other than the INSPIRED casting that it is because she \u2018doesn\u2019t look like the cartoon\u2019, oh boy, do I have some news for you\u2026about you.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_176168\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-176168\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-176168\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/2022.08.11-07.46-themixnet-62f55c9561a1f.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-176168\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: The Little Mermaid (1989), Disney<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Disney\u2019s live-action remake of <em>The Little Mermaid<\/em> hits theaters in May 2023.<\/p>\n<p class=\"cb-post-title\"><strong>NEXT: <a href=\"https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/2022\/07\/20\/former-disney-ceo-bob-iger-reportedly-calls-hiring-ceo-bob-chapek-one-of-his-worst-business-decisions\/\">Former Disney CEO Bob Iger Reportedly Calls Hiring CEO Bob Chapek \u201cOne of His Worst Business Decisions\u201d<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Responding to the criticisms of her race-swapped casting as Ariel in Disney\u2019s upcoming live-action remake of their animated take on the Danish fairytale, The Little Mermaid star Halle Bailey has<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1602757,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1602470","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1602470","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1602470"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1602470\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1602757"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1602470"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1602470"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1602470"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}