May 26, 2023 • 14 mins
The Daily Show covers the frantic backlash to the live-action ‘Little Mermaid,’ Netflix’s ‘Cleopatra’ and Amazon’s ‘Lord of the Rings.’
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
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Speaker 2 (00:03):
Yew While American rolemakers arguing about what's happening at land borders,
Americans on the internet are at woolf about what's happening
under the sea.
Speaker 3 (00:15):
The new trailer for the live action remake of The
Little Mermaid already has more than one hundred million views.
Speaker 4 (00:22):
While it's got a lot of fans, it is also
being attacked by some Internet trolls.
Speaker 5 (00:27):
The actress Hollie Bailey stars as Ariel in Disney's new
live action film, and she looks at nothing like the
animated Little Mermaid with red hair from the original nineteen
eighty nine classic. The trailer has received more than one
point five million dislikes on YouTube.
Speaker 1 (00:43):
Then there are the ugly racist tweets. The Little Mermaid
is white, not black, Rainy people, we're doing this again.
Speaker 2 (00:50):
Huh, she looks nothing like they're nothing like.
Speaker 1 (00:53):
They both have the tail. Huh they both have she
looks nothing like her? How do I even know that
she's not my maid?
Speaker 2 (01:00):
Once again, a bunch of Internet racists so upset that
a fictional character is being played by a black person,
And honestly, I don't know what the big deal is.
Speaker 1 (01:09):
You guys realize that Nemo was black.
Speaker 2 (01:11):
Too, right, Yeah, that whole movie was about a fish
who can't find his dad.
Speaker 1 (01:17):
Yeah, ah, calm down, calm down.
Speaker 2 (01:20):
I can say that because my dad left and he's white.
So who's racist now? He was so ridiculous. First of all,
of course.
Speaker 1 (01:31):
The Little Mermaid is black, all right. Everyone whose name
starts with little is black. Lil Wayne, little NASAs, Little Kim.
Speaker 2 (01:38):
Honestly, if you heard that there was a woman named
Little Mermaid, you just assume that she's on the track
with Cardi B. You know, with my wet ass flippers.
So look, so look, stop being ridiculous. It's imaginary.
Speaker 1 (01:51):
You know.
Speaker 2 (01:51):
I hope the scandal doesn't overshadow the rest of the movie.
The Little Mermaid is a beautiful story about a young
woman changing her core identity to please a man.
Speaker 1 (01:59):
Let's not about that, people.
Speaker 2 (02:03):
Well, look, if we had more time, we could talk
about how Disney already created a black Mermaid thirty years
ago and nobody cared, or how there's still plenty of
white princesses for little girls whose dream it is to
be in a monarchy. And let's not forget you can
still watch the original Little Mermaid. It's not like if
you try to turn it around, Micky's gonna jump out
of the screen and be like, yeah, racist, But we
don't have time for that. You know, every time one
(02:27):
of these like Internet outraged things happens about which character
is being played by whom and people get angry. I
would get it if people had good faith arguments, but
you can tell that people are just using these moments
to disguise a discriminatory idea and like and like, you know,
a racism that they hold something.
Speaker 1 (02:46):
You know, it's like it's your thing. You know.
Speaker 2 (02:49):
People are gonna act like, oh, no, the Little Mermaid,
I'm here because I'm a Little Mermaid purist and come
up with all these bullshit answers.
Speaker 1 (02:57):
They'd be like, you know, you look at the history
of the Little Mermaid.
Speaker 2 (02:59):
I'm sorry, the history of the Little you mean the
imagination of the Little Mermaid. Yeah, I mean if you
look at it, yeah, if you if you were a fan,
you would have known that Disney had long created black mermaids,
like they did this, they spin off all their movies.
They've had tons of them. They had like a black Mormaid.
She did signed language used to be a cartoon when
we were kids. People don't care about it. They're like,
(03:20):
it's never it's never happened. It's it's just look, here's
the thing. It's not about racists, just about realism.
Speaker 1 (03:24):
I'm sorry. What.
Speaker 2 (03:28):
And then it's ironic that they try and use representation
as the argument the other way around, you know, so
they will say it's not about representation, shouldn't who cares
who plays the role? Oh, that matters if the best
person gets the job. And it's like have you heard
Hanney Baby sing? Have you heard her sing?
Speaker 1 (03:46):
Do you know what I'm say? The best person? Like,
who do you think they got for?
Speaker 2 (03:50):
You think Disney is just out there in the street
like you come, let's go.
Speaker 1 (03:55):
You think they play games like that. It is the
best person for the job.
Speaker 2 (03:59):
You're angry about who the best person was, That's what
you're angry about.
Speaker 1 (04:02):
And it's like, no, but the but the Little Mermaids.
She means so much. And I don't deny that. I
don't deny that.
Speaker 2 (04:07):
It must have been amazing for any red haired little
girl to see The Little Mermaid. It must have been amazing.
It's a beautiful experience. But the movie's still there you
know what I'm saying.
Speaker 1 (04:15):
It's not gone.
Speaker 2 (04:16):
You can't not watch it. It hasn't been burned. It
is still there. You can still watch it, and you
can enjoy it.
Speaker 1 (04:21):
I do all the time. It's not going anywhere. It's like,
you get so angry.
Speaker 2 (04:26):
But what about the little girls with red hair who
want what see themselves in what a Disney cartoon?
Speaker 1 (04:33):
Like? Like, are you being serious? Right now? You have
the princess in Brave she was red hair, remember her? Right?
Speaker 2 (04:40):
You have you have Anna from from Frozen, right, you
have the little kid from up like pulls off the
helmets and like the head of the things. The cutest
thing that I remember that red hair. There's tons, tons
of other characters. There are more red haired Disney like stars,
like women who are stars in the in the.
Speaker 1 (05:01):
Franchise than black women.
Speaker 2 (05:04):
But now you're gonna make it seem like it's and
it's not like one should be against the other.
Speaker 1 (05:07):
There's no need. You have the little momaid. It's fun.
Now you've got heavy Day paying the real version of it.
That's that's fun. Don't make it about realism though. It's
because it's under the sea.
Speaker 2 (05:15):
There's a crab, there's a crab that is gonna talk
and you're worried about this element.
Speaker 1 (05:21):
People are like, well, I just think it should be
it's all the things.
Speaker 2 (05:24):
And then and then I love when people go, oh yeah,
So if you don't care, then how would you feel
if the black.
Speaker 1 (05:29):
Panther was played by a white guy.
Speaker 2 (05:31):
I'm like, well, the difference here is the black panther
blackness is central to the character's identity.
Speaker 1 (05:39):
Like literally, literally, you know what I mean.
Speaker 2 (05:42):
It's like literally, that is the whole point of the thing.
Speaker 1 (05:44):
And by the way, if you're gonna bring a white guy,
who's gonna be like VIBRANI, I'm bringing him. I want
to see that guy. Bring just the fun. Just bring
that guy just for the fun of it.
Speaker 2 (05:53):
Let's see what happens. There are many people who haven't
seen themselves on screen. You're gonna get angry. You're gonna
get angry because now somebody who's in a wheelchairs playing
this role. You're gonna be get angry because somebody who's
black is now.
Speaker 1 (06:03):
Playing that role.
Speaker 2 (06:04):
You're gonna be it's the original stool. There there are
many parts that are still out there. It's not like
there is nothing left. It's not like there's one movie
in the world and there's one story and there's the
only way you can tell it. There are many calmed
down or at the very least, the very least should
get them to meet with Usherland and she'd take their
voices away.
Speaker 1 (06:28):
Until somebody kisses you. Yeah, don't come back.
Speaker 2 (06:33):
Ready, thinkle are so angry then to go touch gross.
Speaker 1 (06:36):
Now, well, let's move on.
Speaker 4 (06:45):
To another compass black woman, Cleopatra, And don't tell me
she wasn't black. I'm already hearing enough of that from Egypt.
Speaker 6 (06:52):
Well, the folks in Egypt are accusing Netflix of misrepresenting
history and Netflix's new docu saries called Queen Cleopatra.
Speaker 3 (07:00):
Yeah, the country is actually criticizing the decision to cast
a black woman to play the title role in series
re enactments. Netflix says the casting decision was intended to
acknowledge the centuries long conversation about the rulers' race and
the multicultural history of Egypt, but officials in Cairo are
calling it a blatant historical fallacy, claiming that Cleopatra was
fair skinned and of Greek descent.
Speaker 4 (07:23):
Oh okay, Egypt is concerned about historical accuracy I didn't
hear you complaining to what all the Mummy movies came out.
Speaker 1 (07:36):
What are you talking about.
Speaker 4 (07:43):
We got mummies coming back from the dead, chasing Brendan
Fraser and y'all don't have a problem. And then a
black woman plays called Cleopatra, and all of a sudden
it's like, ohhh, that didn't happen.
Speaker 7 (07:53):
That didn't happen.
Speaker 4 (07:54):
No, the Mummy that was real. This all like what
the Egyptians so afraid of. You think Cleopatra is gonna
turn your history into a blaxploitation film. You think she's
gonna be cruising down the Nile in a Cadillac yelling
Freeze Jove Turkeys, this is my pyramid now. So okay,
(08:17):
you can have Cleopatra, But then we get Jesus. I
mean it's only fair. We all know Jesus was black
because he was found guilty in court and he did
nothing wrong. And since we're talking about representation, let's talk
(08:43):
about what mermaids really look like. And I'm not talking
about Miss Haley. No, there's a new controversy about a
statue that some people say is too damn sexy.
Speaker 1 (08:56):
I mean, look at that thing.
Speaker 4 (09:00):
You got Mermaid the stallion over here. This is the
first statue every time you walk up in places. Body
yady yady, yadyaddy, yady yady yady not Look. If you
want to give me a mermaid with some big old titties,
that's fine with me. But where it gets confusing is
that ass. Come on, we all know fish don't have
(09:25):
an ass. It almost feel like the sculptor figured out
too late that he couldn't do legs. He messed them
up so bad he had to just pivot into a
mermaid on the fly. And that's just not any ass.
That mermaid is working with certified cakes.
Speaker 1 (09:44):
You heard.
Speaker 4 (09:45):
I mean, I'm talking full bakeries all right. Even sir
mix a lot is like, you know what, this is too.
Speaker 1 (09:51):
Far from me. Anyway.
Speaker 4 (09:55):
If you want to see more of the young ladies,
you can check out her account on onlyfins.
Speaker 2 (10:04):
Amazon Prime Video has announced that its new Lord of
the Rings prequel series is its most watched program ever,
with more than twenty five million viewers checking out the
show on its first day. Yeah, but it turns out
some of those people might be hate watching.
Speaker 6 (10:18):
Amazon is suspending reviews of its new Lord of the
Rings series on Rotten Tomatoes. It says the seventy two
hour hold is to make sure the reviews for Rings
of Power are legit and prevent internet sholls from bringing
down their score.
Speaker 8 (10:30):
Amazon says reviews are being dragged down by fans who
are upset about the show's diverse cast, which includes black
actors playing elves and dwarves. These viewers say it's unrealistic
for Tolkien's creatures to be non white.
Speaker 1 (10:44):
Yeah, I'm not gonna lie. This is a tough one.
This is a tough one.
Speaker 2 (10:48):
I mean, on the one hand, everyone wants diversity in
the shows that we create.
Speaker 1 (10:53):
But on the other hand, gotta.
Speaker 2 (10:55):
Admit it's a bit unrealistic to say that there were
black people in this white guys imagination, you know, I mean,
I mean, I can get on board with a show
or a world where magical creatures cast spells and fight
underad armies for control of a piece of jewelry that
can turn them into gods.
Speaker 1 (11:12):
But if those creatures have a tan, it's just not
believable anymore. It really is. No first, this is so hypocritical.
Speaker 2 (11:24):
You're gonna get mad about seeing a black dwarf in
Lord of the Rings, but you're fine with seeing a
Kevin Hart movie, be consistent.
Speaker 1 (11:33):
He's so tiny. Also, by the way, I don't understand
why people are this angry. It's not like all the
characters turned black.
Speaker 2 (11:41):
All right, there's one black dwarf, a couple of black elves.
Speaker 1 (11:45):
It's not like the NBA. Calm down, people like, ah,
there's black ones. Yes, you know.
Speaker 2 (11:49):
It's the same way people were losing their shit because
of the one black guy in House of Dragons.
Speaker 1 (11:53):
You know, people losing them. Well, it only takes one
to lower the property values. You know, the House of
Dragon used to be work foreigner at the now. I
don't know anymore. And I know what people are saying.
Speaker 2 (12:04):
People are saying that the books are supposed to be
based on medieval Europe, so having black characters isn't realistic.
Speaker 1 (12:09):
But guys, nobody's watching Lord of the Rings for realism.
Speaker 2 (12:12):
Okay, they're watching it because they didn't have sex in
high school.
Speaker 1 (12:15):
That's the only reason there's not realistic.
Speaker 2 (12:22):
I won't say this though, I will say this, apart
from the racism thing, I kind of agree. I don't
think it makes sense to have black characters in Lord
of the Rings. Yeah, I said that the whole series
is about seeing danger and then running towards it. That's
(12:44):
some white people shit. And the reason the reason there
were no black people in Middle Earth is because they
saw the Giant Eye talking out of a volcano and
they were like, oh, hell, no, we are moving.
Speaker 1 (13:02):
To Africa because this ship here. No, nope, we do
not need to be here. We're going to Africa. We're
totally saying. All right, that's it for the headlines.
Speaker 2 (13:09):
But before we go to a break, it's time to
check it on all the later social media trends without
very own runny changing everybody.
Speaker 7 (13:14):
Else server that girl.
Speaker 1 (13:28):
Are you guys right, you guys very far social media?
You guys want to hear some social media?
Speaker 4 (13:32):
Yeah, you guys are ready to lose a few IQ boys.
Speaker 1 (13:38):
Let's go away, all right.
Speaker 9 (13:42):
First up, what's training is a lot of rings or
as I like to call it, Game of Thrones without
the incest. I mean, look, I know it's supposed to
be woke and he woke on this show, you know,
elf diversity, start mortal hate or whatever, but look, can
we just give this one to white people?
Speaker 1 (13:57):
All right?
Speaker 9 (13:58):
Let's diversify the real place first, and then we can't
worry about the white fantasy places later.
Speaker 1 (14:03):
Okay. That being said, where the are the Asians? Okay,
because middle of.
Speaker 9 (14:13):
Nania, the West Wing, no Asians, no Asians. The closest
thing we have to Asians in American fantasy is Spark
in Star Trek.
Speaker 1 (14:23):
Okay, yeah, he's Asian. I know he's white, but he's Asian. Okay.
He's super smart. He dresses like an emperor.
Speaker 9 (14:29):
He's got a bowl haircut, and he knows the pressure
points in the neck right, Live, long, and prosper. He
even talks like Confucius. Okay, I just want to see
some Asian elves.
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Speaker 2 (00:03):
Yew While American rolemakers arguing about what's happening at land borders,
Americans on the internet are at woolf about what's happening
under the sea.
Speaker 3 (00:15):
The new trailer for the live action remake of The
Little Mermaid already has more than one hundred million views.
Speaker 4 (00:22):
While it's got a lot of fans, it is also
being attacked by some Internet trolls.
Speaker 5 (00:27):
The actress Hollie Bailey stars as Ariel in Disney's new
live action film, and she looks at nothing like the
animated Little Mermaid with red hair from the original nineteen
eighty nine classic. The trailer has received more than one
point five million dislikes on YouTube.
Speaker 1 (00:43):
Then there are the ugly racist tweets. The Little Mermaid
is white, not black, Rainy people, we're doing this again.
Speaker 2 (00:50):
Huh, she looks nothing like they're nothing like.
Speaker 1 (00:53):
They both have the tail. Huh they both have she
looks nothing like her? How do I even know that
she's not my maid?
Speaker 2 (01:00):
Once again, a bunch of Internet racists so upset that
a fictional character is being played by a black person,
And honestly, I don't know what the big deal is.
Speaker 1 (01:09):
You guys realize that Nemo was black.
Speaker 2 (01:11):
Too, right, Yeah, that whole movie was about a fish
who can't find his dad.
Speaker 1 (01:17):
Yeah, ah, calm down, calm down.
Speaker 2 (01:20):
I can say that because my dad left and he's white.
So who's racist now? He was so ridiculous. First of all,
of course.
Speaker 1 (01:31):
The Little Mermaid is black, all right. Everyone whose name
starts with little is black. Lil Wayne, little NASAs, Little Kim.
Speaker 2 (01:38):
Honestly, if you heard that there was a woman named
Little Mermaid, you just assume that she's on the track
with Cardi B. You know, with my wet ass flippers.
So look, so look, stop being ridiculous. It's imaginary.
Speaker 1 (01:51):
You know.
Speaker 2 (01:51):
I hope the scandal doesn't overshadow the rest of the movie.
The Little Mermaid is a beautiful story about a young
woman changing her core identity to please a man.
Speaker 1 (01:59):
Let's not about that, people.
Speaker 2 (02:03):
Well, look, if we had more time, we could talk
about how Disney already created a black Mermaid thirty years
ago and nobody cared, or how there's still plenty of
white princesses for little girls whose dream it is to
be in a monarchy. And let's not forget you can
still watch the original Little Mermaid. It's not like if
you try to turn it around, Micky's gonna jump out
of the screen and be like, yeah, racist, But we
don't have time for that. You know, every time one
(02:27):
of these like Internet outraged things happens about which character
is being played by whom and people get angry. I
would get it if people had good faith arguments, but
you can tell that people are just using these moments
to disguise a discriminatory idea and like and like, you know,
a racism that they hold something.
Speaker 1 (02:46):
You know, it's like it's your thing. You know.
Speaker 2 (02:49):
People are gonna act like, oh, no, the Little Mermaid,
I'm here because I'm a Little Mermaid purist and come
up with all these bullshit answers.
Speaker 1 (02:57):
They'd be like, you know, you look at the history
of the Little Mermaid.
Speaker 2 (02:59):
I'm sorry, the history of the Little you mean the
imagination of the Little Mermaid. Yeah, I mean if you
look at it, yeah, if you if you were a fan,
you would have known that Disney had long created black mermaids,
like they did this, they spin off all their movies.
They've had tons of them. They had like a black Mormaid.
She did signed language used to be a cartoon when
we were kids. People don't care about it. They're like,
(03:20):
it's never it's never happened. It's it's just look, here's
the thing. It's not about racists, just about realism.
Speaker 1 (03:24):
I'm sorry. What.
Speaker 2 (03:28):
And then it's ironic that they try and use representation
as the argument the other way around, you know, so
they will say it's not about representation, shouldn't who cares
who plays the role? Oh, that matters if the best
person gets the job. And it's like have you heard
Hanney Baby sing? Have you heard her sing?
Speaker 1 (03:46):
Do you know what I'm say? The best person? Like,
who do you think they got for?
Speaker 2 (03:50):
You think Disney is just out there in the street
like you come, let's go.
Speaker 1 (03:55):
You think they play games like that. It is the
best person for the job.
Speaker 2 (03:59):
You're angry about who the best person was, That's what
you're angry about.
Speaker 1 (04:02):
And it's like, no, but the but the Little Mermaids.
She means so much. And I don't deny that. I
don't deny that.
Speaker 2 (04:07):
It must have been amazing for any red haired little
girl to see The Little Mermaid. It must have been amazing.
It's a beautiful experience. But the movie's still there you
know what I'm saying.
Speaker 1 (04:15):
It's not gone.
Speaker 2 (04:16):
You can't not watch it. It hasn't been burned. It
is still there. You can still watch it, and you
can enjoy it.
Speaker 1 (04:21):
I do all the time. It's not going anywhere. It's like,
you get so angry.
Speaker 2 (04:26):
But what about the little girls with red hair who
want what see themselves in what a Disney cartoon?
Speaker 1 (04:33):
Like? Like, are you being serious? Right now? You have
the princess in Brave she was red hair, remember her? Right?
Speaker 2 (04:40):
You have you have Anna from from Frozen, right, you
have the little kid from up like pulls off the
helmets and like the head of the things. The cutest
thing that I remember that red hair. There's tons, tons
of other characters. There are more red haired Disney like stars,
like women who are stars in the in the.
Speaker 1 (05:01):
Franchise than black women.
Speaker 2 (05:04):
But now you're gonna make it seem like it's and
it's not like one should be against the other.
Speaker 1 (05:07):
There's no need. You have the little momaid. It's fun.
Now you've got heavy Day paying the real version of it.
That's that's fun. Don't make it about realism though. It's
because it's under the sea.
Speaker 2 (05:15):
There's a crab, there's a crab that is gonna talk
and you're worried about this element.
Speaker 1 (05:21):
People are like, well, I just think it should be
it's all the things.
Speaker 2 (05:24):
And then and then I love when people go, oh yeah,
So if you don't care, then how would you feel
if the black.
Speaker 1 (05:29):
Panther was played by a white guy.
Speaker 2 (05:31):
I'm like, well, the difference here is the black panther
blackness is central to the character's identity.
Speaker 1 (05:39):
Like literally, literally, you know what I mean.
Speaker 2 (05:42):
It's like literally, that is the whole point of the thing.
Speaker 1 (05:44):
And by the way, if you're gonna bring a white guy,
who's gonna be like VIBRANI, I'm bringing him. I want
to see that guy. Bring just the fun. Just bring
that guy just for the fun of it.
Speaker 2 (05:53):
Let's see what happens. There are many people who haven't
seen themselves on screen. You're gonna get angry. You're gonna
get angry because now somebody who's in a wheelchairs playing
this role. You're gonna be get angry because somebody who's
black is now.
Speaker 1 (06:03):
Playing that role.
Speaker 2 (06:04):
You're gonna be it's the original stool. There there are
many parts that are still out there. It's not like
there is nothing left. It's not like there's one movie
in the world and there's one story and there's the
only way you can tell it. There are many calmed
down or at the very least, the very least should
get them to meet with Usherland and she'd take their
voices away.
Speaker 1 (06:28):
Until somebody kisses you. Yeah, don't come back.
Speaker 2 (06:33):
Ready, thinkle are so angry then to go touch gross.
Speaker 1 (06:36):
Now, well, let's move on.
Speaker 4 (06:45):
To another compass black woman, Cleopatra, And don't tell me
she wasn't black. I'm already hearing enough of that from Egypt.
Speaker 6 (06:52):
Well, the folks in Egypt are accusing Netflix of misrepresenting
history and Netflix's new docu saries called Queen Cleopatra.
Speaker 3 (07:00):
Yeah, the country is actually criticizing the decision to cast
a black woman to play the title role in series
re enactments. Netflix says the casting decision was intended to
acknowledge the centuries long conversation about the rulers' race and
the multicultural history of Egypt, but officials in Cairo are
calling it a blatant historical fallacy, claiming that Cleopatra was
fair skinned and of Greek descent.
Speaker 4 (07:23):
Oh okay, Egypt is concerned about historical accuracy I didn't
hear you complaining to what all the Mummy movies came out.
Speaker 1 (07:36):
What are you talking about.
Speaker 4 (07:43):
We got mummies coming back from the dead, chasing Brendan
Fraser and y'all don't have a problem. And then a
black woman plays called Cleopatra, and all of a sudden
it's like, ohhh, that didn't happen.
Speaker 7 (07:53):
That didn't happen.
Speaker 4 (07:54):
No, the Mummy that was real. This all like what
the Egyptians so afraid of. You think Cleopatra is gonna
turn your history into a blaxploitation film. You think she's
gonna be cruising down the Nile in a Cadillac yelling
Freeze Jove Turkeys, this is my pyramid now. So okay,
(08:17):
you can have Cleopatra, But then we get Jesus. I
mean it's only fair. We all know Jesus was black
because he was found guilty in court and he did
nothing wrong. And since we're talking about representation, let's talk
(08:43):
about what mermaids really look like. And I'm not talking
about Miss Haley. No, there's a new controversy about a
statue that some people say is too damn sexy.
Speaker 1 (08:56):
I mean, look at that thing.
Speaker 4 (09:00):
You got Mermaid the stallion over here. This is the
first statue every time you walk up in places. Body
yady yady, yadyaddy, yady yady yady not Look. If you
want to give me a mermaid with some big old titties,
that's fine with me. But where it gets confusing is
that ass. Come on, we all know fish don't have
(09:25):
an ass. It almost feel like the sculptor figured out
too late that he couldn't do legs. He messed them
up so bad he had to just pivot into a
mermaid on the fly. And that's just not any ass.
That mermaid is working with certified cakes.
Speaker 1 (09:44):
You heard.
Speaker 4 (09:45):
I mean, I'm talking full bakeries all right. Even sir
mix a lot is like, you know what, this is too.
Speaker 1 (09:51):
Far from me. Anyway.
Speaker 4 (09:55):
If you want to see more of the young ladies,
you can check out her account on onlyfins.
Speaker 2 (10:04):
Amazon Prime Video has announced that its new Lord of
the Rings prequel series is its most watched program ever,
with more than twenty five million viewers checking out the
show on its first day. Yeah, but it turns out
some of those people might be hate watching.
Speaker 6 (10:18):
Amazon is suspending reviews of its new Lord of the
Rings series on Rotten Tomatoes. It says the seventy two
hour hold is to make sure the reviews for Rings
of Power are legit and prevent internet sholls from bringing
down their score.
Speaker 8 (10:30):
Amazon says reviews are being dragged down by fans who
are upset about the show's diverse cast, which includes black
actors playing elves and dwarves. These viewers say it's unrealistic
for Tolkien's creatures to be non white.
Speaker 1 (10:44):
Yeah, I'm not gonna lie. This is a tough one.
This is a tough one.
Speaker 2 (10:48):
I mean, on the one hand, everyone wants diversity in
the shows that we create.
Speaker 1 (10:53):
But on the other hand, gotta.
Speaker 2 (10:55):
Admit it's a bit unrealistic to say that there were
black people in this white guys imagination, you know, I mean,
I mean, I can get on board with a show
or a world where magical creatures cast spells and fight
underad armies for control of a piece of jewelry that
can turn them into gods.
Speaker 1 (11:12):
But if those creatures have a tan, it's just not
believable anymore. It really is. No first, this is so hypocritical.
Speaker 2 (11:24):
You're gonna get mad about seeing a black dwarf in
Lord of the Rings, but you're fine with seeing a
Kevin Hart movie, be consistent.
Speaker 1 (11:33):
He's so tiny. Also, by the way, I don't understand
why people are this angry. It's not like all the
characters turned black.
Speaker 2 (11:41):
All right, there's one black dwarf, a couple of black elves.
Speaker 1 (11:45):
It's not like the NBA. Calm down, people like, ah,
there's black ones. Yes, you know.
Speaker 2 (11:49):
It's the same way people were losing their shit because
of the one black guy in House of Dragons.
Speaker 1 (11:53):
You know, people losing them. Well, it only takes one
to lower the property values. You know, the House of
Dragon used to be work foreigner at the now. I
don't know anymore. And I know what people are saying.
Speaker 2 (12:04):
People are saying that the books are supposed to be
based on medieval Europe, so having black characters isn't realistic.
Speaker 1 (12:09):
But guys, nobody's watching Lord of the Rings for realism.
Speaker 2 (12:12):
Okay, they're watching it because they didn't have sex in
high school.
Speaker 1 (12:15):
That's the only reason there's not realistic.
Speaker 2 (12:22):
I won't say this though, I will say this, apart
from the racism thing, I kind of agree. I don't
think it makes sense to have black characters in Lord
of the Rings. Yeah, I said that the whole series
is about seeing danger and then running towards it. That's
(12:44):
some white people shit. And the reason the reason there
were no black people in Middle Earth is because they
saw the Giant Eye talking out of a volcano and
they were like, oh, hell, no, we are moving.
Speaker 1 (13:02):
To Africa because this ship here. No, nope, we do
not need to be here. We're going to Africa. We're
totally saying. All right, that's it for the headlines.
Speaker 2 (13:09):
But before we go to a break, it's time to
check it on all the later social media trends without
very own runny changing everybody.
Speaker 7 (13:14):
Else server that girl.
Speaker 1 (13:28):
Are you guys right, you guys very far social media?
You guys want to hear some social media?
Speaker 4 (13:32):
Yeah, you guys are ready to lose a few IQ boys.
Speaker 1 (13:38):
Let's go away, all right.
Speaker 9 (13:42):
First up, what's training is a lot of rings or
as I like to call it, Game of Thrones without
the incest. I mean, look, I know it's supposed to
be woke and he woke on this show, you know,
elf diversity, start mortal hate or whatever, but look, can
we just give this one to white people?
Speaker 1 (13:57):
All right?
Speaker 9 (13:58):
Let's diversify the real place first, and then we can't
worry about the white fantasy places later.
Speaker 1 (14:03):
Okay. That being said, where the are the Asians? Okay,
because middle of.
Speaker 9 (14:13):
Nania, the West Wing, no Asians, no Asians. The closest
thing we have to Asians in American fantasy is Spark
in Star Trek.
Speaker 1 (14:23):
Okay, yeah, he's Asian. I know he's white, but he's Asian. Okay.
He's super smart. He dresses like an emperor.
Speaker 9 (14:29):
He's got a bowl haircut, and he knows the pressure
points in the neck right, Live, long, and prosper. He
even talks like Confucius. Okay, I just want to see
some Asian elves.
Speaker 10 (14:38):
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