First...Appreciate the back and forth...Secondly, why insist on the race element...I agree that It may be a part of it (though Deadline mentions respected movie magazines like Premiere, Inrockuptible and Allo Ciné as giving the movie a low score, and reasons like the "why of it all" and citing "Internet Trolls") but certainly not the onl…
First...Appreciate the back and forth...Secondly, why insist on the race element...I agree that It may be a part of it (though Deadline mentions respected movie magazines like Premiere, Inrockuptible and Allo Ciné as giving the movie a low score, and reasons like the "why of it all" and citing "Internet Trolls") but certainly not the only one or even the main one allover...If so, fair to say that if LGBTQ movies that don't come out domestically, or fail (like Bros) is due to homophobia and not the quality of the movie ? As I would then say...Yeah, that and the Homophobia/Transphobia...But that would be too easy, wouldn't it ? You disagreed that Americans didn't go to see "Bros" due to Homophobia but are willing to cite racism as a main reason for "The Little Mermaid"'s disappointing Box Office results...Thanks again for the back and forth...And yes, always great and interesting conversations...
Haha I’m mostly just pushing your buttons at this point. I do think overseas audiences are somewhat more hesitant to accept black stars (it’s why Denzel was never as big overseas as he is here; Will Smith is the only one to really break that barrier in a consistent way) but I also think there are multiple reasons why THE LITTLE MERMAID didn’t take off overseas in a way that BEAUTY/BEAST, ALADDIN, or LION KING did. Mostly I wanted to highlight that for all the talk of American audiences not embracing the race-swapping the real problem for Disney with this movie is overseas, not domestic. It’s going to do fine in the US, on par with ALADDIN. If it loses money it’s going to lose money because it’s bombing in Asia and soft in Europe.
First...Appreciate the back and forth...Secondly, why insist on the race element...I agree that It may be a part of it (though Deadline mentions respected movie magazines like Premiere, Inrockuptible and Allo Ciné as giving the movie a low score, and reasons like the "why of it all" and citing "Internet Trolls") but certainly not the only one or even the main one allover...If so, fair to say that if LGBTQ movies that don't come out domestically, or fail (like Bros) is due to homophobia and not the quality of the movie ? As I would then say...Yeah, that and the Homophobia/Transphobia...But that would be too easy, wouldn't it ? You disagreed that Americans didn't go to see "Bros" due to Homophobia but are willing to cite racism as a main reason for "The Little Mermaid"'s disappointing Box Office results...Thanks again for the back and forth...And yes, always great and interesting conversations...
Haha I’m mostly just pushing your buttons at this point. I do think overseas audiences are somewhat more hesitant to accept black stars (it’s why Denzel was never as big overseas as he is here; Will Smith is the only one to really break that barrier in a consistent way) but I also think there are multiple reasons why THE LITTLE MERMAID didn’t take off overseas in a way that BEAUTY/BEAST, ALADDIN, or LION KING did. Mostly I wanted to highlight that for all the talk of American audiences not embracing the race-swapping the real problem for Disney with this movie is overseas, not domestic. It’s going to do fine in the US, on par with ALADDIN. If it loses money it’s going to lose money because it’s bombing in Asia and soft in Europe.