Hollywoke is going broke. There is no such thing as a blockbuster anymore. Most new films are unwatchable garbage and even big marketing dollars don’t draw interest. The recent Disney bomb , The Little Mermaid, is proof. Nothing Disney produces is any good, and even if it was there are too many people who want nothing to do with increasing their bottom line...
Like anything else, film is not dead, it is just temporarily out of sorts because it has lost its mission...
I think we can look forward to the death of the old guard and the emergence of something entirely new...
I'm thinking a larger percentage of black people because the mermaid is black. Also they completely changed the story. Also maybe the younger generation that didn't grow up on the original and didn't care if the story is changed. I know Disney is bad! However I always enjoyed their princess and Pixar movies before I knew about the evil. To me it was just make believe and fantasy. My daughter is 30 and she's got the common sense to know it's a fantasy. Maybe growing up Christian and in a stable family keeps you from getting sucked into the subliminal messages. IDK! As for me I wouldn't give my money just to figure out the BS. I don't have an issue with Ariel actor/character being black. I'm not watching because they totally changed the storyline and I'm aware of the evil at Disney.
You should have an issue, because Ariel wasn't black in the original; she was never meant to be black. It's a blatant insult to her and to her fans.