After the announcement of the casting of the movie “The Little Mermaid”, it triggered bipolar discussions among netizens around the world. The artist Jiajia posted a post today (4th) in support, “So what if a black man casts it”, and even revealed that Grandpa had seen a real mermaid before. The tacit understanding among the crew on how to deal with the mermaid sparked heated discussions among netizens.
Jiajia pointed out on Facebook, “If the mermaid is really a silver person or doesn’t look like a human being, wouldn’t it be really eye-opening? Because the story is from “Europe”, it must be white or us Is the “person” in consciousness the right one?” And emphasized: “I support the black mermaid! A beauty is a beauty no matter what skin color she is.”
She then shared the story of Grandpa seeing mermaids in the comments, saying that mermaids “have a fish head and a human body, and they also have the kind you imagined. They make terrible noises. They are not white or black. They are people with tiny scales and even hair. But they are rare, they will shed tears, and the fish boats regard them as bad luck, so they will not take them away.”
However, some netizens pointed out that the core of the controversy is not the skin color, but whether the actor can interpret the role of “The Little Mermaid” well. According to the box office website “Box Office Mojo”, the US box office of “The Little Mermaid” dropped by 69.1 points in the second week compared to the first week; the score on the IMDb website rose slightly to 7.2 points.
