Josh Gad criticizes Racial reaction to Halle Bailey’s “Little Mermaid” trailer

• Josh Gad is helping out his Disney clan.
• Gad called out the persistent racism in response to Halle Bailey’s casting as Ariel after the first teaser.
• The YouTube video received 1.2 million “dislikes” as a result.

Josh Gad is helping out his Disney clan. Gad, 42, called out the persistent racism in response to Halle Bailey’s casting as Ariel after the first teaser for Disney’s live-action version of The Little Mermaid appeared during the 95th Academy Awards. By of Saturday, the YouTube video had received 1.2 million “dislikes” as a result.

Gad remarked on Twitter on Thursday, “Imagine being that damaged and pitiful in life that your main concern is the skin color of…a pretend singing mermaid.

Meanwhile, since it appeared in September, the first trailer for the eagerly anticipated remake of the 1989 animated picture has had 3.5 million disapproving views.

Rob Marshall, the director of The Little Mermaid, has addressed the racial criticism that has dogged the movie ever before Bailey’s casting was revealed in 2019, saying that there was “no motive” in picking a Black actor.

“Simply put, we were looking for the best actor to play the part. the conclusion, “In December, he spoke to Entertainment Weekly. “We encountered people of every race.”

He explained that in order to fulfill their requirements, a candidate needed to be “very strong, passionate, gorgeous, smart, and cunning,” as well as emit “a tremendous deal of fire and joy” when playing the renowned Disney princess.

In September, Bailey explained to the press that getting the job “changed my view on everything” and that it “impacted my life in so many ways.”

“I’m just like, wow, I’m so grateful what it will do for all the other little Black and brown boys and girls who will see themselves in me,” said Bailey. “The fact that now it’s getting to be portrayed by me, a person who looks like me, a lady of color, I’m just like, wow. “Because I know my entire viewpoint would have changed if I had seen myself when I was younger,” the speaker explains.

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