Yes, Dwarves, Mermaids And Hobbits Can Be Black
Films like ‘The Little Mermaid’ and ‘Rings of Power’ both received backlash over casting Black actors.
There has been no end in sight to the debate around a Black actress playing Ariel in the upcoming live-action ‘Little Mermaid’. But the debate, the backlash, the never-ending nitpicking doesn’t end there.
Reset talks through the problematic reasoning against Black actors in recent fantasy shows and films, and the importance of diversity on screen.
GUEST: Arionne Nettles, journalism lecturer at Northwestern University’s Medill School
Britt Julious, culture journalist and music critic for the Chicago Tribune
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Yes, Dwarves, Mermaids And Hobbits Can Be Black
Films like ‘The Little Mermaid’ and ‘Rings of Power’ both received backlash over casting Black actors.
There has been no end in sight to the debate around a Black actress playing Ariel in the upcoming live-action ‘Little Mermaid’. But the debate, the backlash, the never-ending nitpicking doesn’t end there.
Reset talks through the problematic reasoning against Black actors in recent fantasy shows and films, and the importance of diversity on screen.
GUEST: Arionne Nettles, journalism lecturer at Northwestern University’s Medill School
Britt Julious, culture journalist and music critic for the Chicago Tribune
More From
Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons