Nah, this is a shit take. I don't know about the younger generation, but most Singaporeans born in the 60s and 70s have a siege mentality and in no way fancy themselves leaders of ASEAN.
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Nah, this is a shit take. I don't know about the younger generation, but most Singaporeans born in the 60s and 70s have a siege mentality and in no way fancy themselves leaders of ASEAN.
Black Panther did poorly comparatively speaking but the Sony animated Spider-Man did very well despite a black male lead, so racism is not the problem here.
It has nothing to do with racism. The problem of "The Little Mermaid" is about twisting a wellknown story to fit political agenda. Everybody born before this "political madness) know who the Little Mermaid is and how she looks like, as much as people know that Queen Elisabeth is caucasian, Obama is mix of caucasian and african and Chengis Khan is east Asian. What Disney did is equal to having a black woman to play the role of the Queen in a biography movie, or an Asian play Obama and caucasion to play Chengis Khan. It is utterly absurd and madness, mocking human IQ. This kind of BS doesn't have market outside of the west.
Besides social justice politics. It’s also a crappy remake. You don’t see anyone in the West screeching how racist China is for not buying the mulan remake.
I'm not sure Chinese audience thinks that far. It's just a story that doesn't resonate well culturally.
The relationship between Ariel and Prince isn't that fleshed out, instead, its just the trope that the "princess" automatically has to like the "prince". Culturally, I think Chinese people prefer more dynamic relationships based on 2 strong personalities. Because the relationship isn't that strong, I think most people find it baffling why Ariel would give up so much to go to the surface. It feels like ideological sacrifice for the sake of sacrifice.
Now I don't exactly remember the story that well, so some details might be wrong. But long ago when I read the story on a whim, those were the details that stuck out to me as nonsensical.
You need to chill. Read the sentence you've quoted.
I've mentioned some people in Singapore. Not all Singaporeans and the government. I was talking about the Singapore media and a number of Singaporeans who have their own supremacist views. Those things are real, and can sometimes grates on some of Singapore's neighbours. And just because I point it out doesn't mean that I'm bashing the whole nation of Singapore.
What's the big deal anyway? Must China patronize Hollywood movies that are popular in their home turf to avoid being labeled as uncouth and or racist? I don't see the same treatment for any movies that comes out of China getting the same treatment. In fact, it's the polar opposite. These stupid western countries want to spit, punch, heckle, call China names while at the same time expect China to be amenable to their demands, kowtow to their racist opinions, accept their cultural beliefs and adopt hedonistic lifestyle. Holy moly, what a fascistic thinking group of people.