Following racist outrage from trolls on Twitter against lead actress Halle Bailey, The Little Mermaid has amassed over 1.5 million dislikes on YouTube. YouTube has disabled the hate counter on the official teaser after it got over a million negative comments, making it impossible for users to know how many negative comments the movie's trailer has received
Out of all the streaming services available in Nigeria, I find it strange that it's one of the streaming services that isn't available in Nigeria that decided to create a Nigerian-based animated series. So it makes me think, Who exactly is the show made for?
Halle Bailey, from the sister R&B duo Chloe x Halle and Freeform's Grown-ish, is set to take on the role of Ariel. In an effort to be more inclusive and represent all people, Disney received a lot of praise for casting a Black actress as Ariel. (I personally think it’s nice but they should just have just cast her as a readhead, like she’s been white for so long, but chile anyways so)