“Why does Flounder look like young Steve Buscemi?”
Every news of the live action remake of ‘The Little Mermaid’ causes a barrage of criticism and praise on networks. Since Disney’s live-action cast an African-American Ariel as Halle Bailey Instead of a redheaded Caucasian actress, the image we all have in our heads of Ariel from the 1989 animated film, the conversation is constant.
Although Halle Bailey received the approval of the original ‘The Little Mermaid’, and although the director of ‘The Little Mermaid’ is surprised by the violent rejection of his protagonist, the truth is that the debate is still very openand it will continue to be so much more when The film opens in theaters on May 26..
The trailer for ‘The Little Mermaid’ already gave enough to talk about, with that Sebastian who looked like a “frozen crab“, and now it has been the character posters that have ignited the networks with comments that, this time, focus again on the animals, which may be more realistic (this is also debatable), but they have lost all the charisma they had in Disney animated movies.
Comments on social networks like Twitter they have been primed especially with Flounderthe parrotfish who accompanies Ariel as one of her best friends.
Even Some compare the fish to a young Steve Buscemiand the truth is that the resemblance is striking:
But Flounder and Sebastian are not the only ones who have received memes and criticism on the social network. Our Javier Bardem (King Triton) is also being the object of several comparisons which, it must be said, are quite funny:
‘The Little Mermaid’ will retell the story of Ariel, daughter of King Triton, a mermaid princess curious to discover the world beyond the ocean. With the help of the witch Ursula, Ariel manages to rise to the surface, where she saves a beautiful prince from drowning., whose ship has just sunk, with whom he falls madly in love and with whom he will not want to part… Or, at least, that is what the animated film told. It remains to be seen if Disney, in addition to changing the physique of the characters, also changes the story, adapting it to modern times (the song ‘Kiss her’, for example, has already been confirmed to be substantially changed to include consent).
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