OKAY SO me and my family watched together Disney's strange world
And my dad complained about "forced inclusion"
Here's how It went
Dad: there's a biracial family on screen
(WE ARE A MIXED FAMILY, BOTH OF THEM ARE BIRACIAL both of my grandfathers are black and both of my grandmothers are white my mom looks more like her dad and my dad looks more like his mom)
Me: dad look around
Dad: and the same family has a dog without a leg
(our dog, the love of my life, had cancer before we adopted him so he is missing a leg )
Me: dad, neither does polo (our dog) you. Do realize you are just describing us right???
Dad: but they have a queer son
And i was screaming internally
I am literally the queer cousin i just haven't told them
So i didn't answer that one
But still it was so funny
Moral of the story is not really forced inclusion, you're just not used to the see it on the screen, people like that exists get used to thiis
Btw ik disney sucks ass and is probably doing this just to look good but the movie was fun
I think we need more representation that doesn't feel forced.
I'll use as an example of something that feels forced 'The Little Mermaid' (2023). And don't get me wrong. I loved Halle Bailey as the little mermaid and I think she did it pretty well. I'm not talking about her work and I don't want to discriminate her because of her skin colour. But, by changing a white redhead for a black woman, in reality they didn't change anything. And that's the problem. They didn't change anything, it wasn't necessary and that's why it felt forced.
If we are going to make the film industry more inclusive and diverse, we should start by creating new stories, new worlds and new pasts for these new characters. An example of well done inclusion is Rue, from 'The Hunger Games'. She's a black girl surrounded by white people but it doesn't feel forced, it doesn't feel as if the author tried hard to make her story more inclusive. We also have Ellie Chu, from 'The Half of it'. Her sexuality is literally what gives shape to the story of this film and it is a good representation of the lesbian community.
So, why are we changing characters to make them more inclusive (when we know this is really criticized in our society) when we can create new powerful characters that can be seen as an empowerment of the communities represented in them?
This is just my opinion but I'd like to know what other people think about this topic.
Siempre he sido una grandísima fan de los libros de Rick Riordan, en concreto de la saga Percy Jackson, tanto Los Dioses del Olimpo como de Los Héroes del Olimpo. Las películas que hicieron hace años me gustaron mucho aunque solo fueron dos, se me quedaron muy cortas.
No las tenía todas conmigo con respecto a la serie de Disney+ pero tengo que admitir que me está encantando y que la estoy disfrutando muchísimo, a pesar de que el personaje de Annabeth Chase no se parece en nada al libro, no tengo nada en contra de la actriz, Leah Jeffries, porque lo está haciendo FENOMENAL, pero eso de la inclusión empieza a cansar bastante, y no es nada justo para los actores y actrices que interpretan determinados papeles con unas características concretas, por ejemplo, Ariel de la Sirenita, hay demasiados haters aburridos, y esos actores y actrices no se merecen ese desprecio solo por hacer su trabajo, en muchas ocasiones de una forma increíble.
Los post créditos son impresionantes, y sólo por eso esta serie merece muchísimo la pena.
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I've always been a huge fan of Rick Riordan's books, specifically the Percy Jackson sagas, both The Olympians and The Heroes of Olympus. I really liked the films they made years ago, even though there were only two, they fell very short for me.
I didn't have everything with me regarding the Disney+ series but I have to admit that I am loving it and that I am enjoying it very much, even though the character of Annabeth Chase is nothing like the book, I have nothing against her the actress, Leah Jeffries, because she is doing AMAZINGLY WELL, but that forced inclusion thing is starting to get quite tiring, it's not fair to the actors and actress who play a role with certain characteristics, for example Ariel, the Little Mermaid, there are too many boring haters and these actors and actress do not deserve that contempt just for doing their job, sometimes amazing.
The post credits are impressive, and only for this the series is worth it to watch.
