Unpacking The Little Mermaid Backlash

The Daily Show: Ears Edition

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🗓️ 26 May 2023

⏱️ 15 minutes

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The Daily Show covers the frantic backlash to the live-action ‘Little Mermaid,’ Netflix’s ‘Cleopatra’ and Amazon’s ‘Lord of the Rings.’ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	You're listening to Comedy Central.
0:02.6	BAM!
0:03.6	While American lawmakers are arguing about what's happening at land borders, Americans on the
0:12.6	Internet are at war about what's happening under the sea.
0:16.0	The Nutraler for the live-action remake of the Little Mermaid already has more than
0:20.3	a hundred million views.
0:22.4	While it's got a lot of fans, it is also being attacked by some internet trolls.
0:27.1	Actress Halle Bailey stars as Ariel in Disney's new live-action film and she looks nothing
0:33.5	like the animated Little Mermaid with red hair from the original 1989 classic.
0:38.8	The trailer has received more than 1.5 million dislikes on YouTube.
0:43.6	Then there are the ugly racist tweets.
0:46.2	The Little Mermaid is white, not black.
0:49.0	Really people doing this again?
0:51.5	She looks nothing like they're nothing like they both have the tail.
0:54.9	They both have the red.
0:55.9	She looks nothing like her.
0:57.2	How do I even know?
0:58.2	That's just her mom-ad.
1:00.7	Once again, a bunch of internet racists are upset that a fictional character is being played
1:05.1	by a black person.
1:06.6	And honestly, I don't know what the big deal is.
1:09.2	You guys realize that Nemo was black too, right?
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