It's easy to get upset when the movie you've paid tickets for turns out to be not as good as you expected. It's also common to see people get mad when a film adaptation of their favourite novel doesn't do it justice, whether due to plot changes or miscast roles. I mean it's OK if you aren't happy and complain about it to your friends and family. However, don't you think it's a little overboard to go online and slam the movie on social media, or even join in with other angry netizens and start mocking and bullying the actor who portrays the role that you don't approve of?
Less than two weeks ago, Disney released a trailer for the upcoming live-action remake of 1989's animated musical fantasy The Little Mermaid during D23 FanExpo. Unfortunately, the latest remake has been engulfed in controversy and became a target of internet trolls after it received 1.6 million dislikes in the first two days. The reason was due to Disney's decision of swapping out the titular mermaid's famous red hair and blue eyes for the features of black actress Halle Bailey instead, which sparked the controversy.
"It means the world to me to play a character like this. If I would have seen a woman who was my skin colour on the screen when I was little, I think it would have changed so much for me and my whole perspective on life," Bailey told ET Canada during an interview about her role in The Little Mermaid.
