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'South Park' brilliantly mocks woke Hollywood by swapping race and gender of beloved cartoon characters | Blaze Media
In recent years, Hollywood and prominent streaming services have recast roles that were originally or historically white characters. Disney's live-action adaptation of the 1989 animated film "The Little Mermaid" cast a black Ariel. Netflix’s four-part documentary "Queen Cleopatra" cast a black...
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In recent years, Hollywood and prominent streaming services have recast roles that were originally or historically white characters.
- Disney's live-action adaptation of the 1989 animated film "The Little Mermaid" cast a black Ariel.
- Netflix’s four-part documentary "Queen Cleopatra" cast a black actress to play the royal of Macedonian Greece heritage.
- Samuel L. Jackson played the role of Col. Nick Fury – who is actually a middle-aged white guy in Marvel comics.
- In the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Idris Elba portrayed Heimdall – who is based on a Norse deity.
- A black actress played the Moneypenny character in the James Bond film "Skyfall."
- Black actor Jeffrey Wright was cast as Lieutenant James Gordon in "The Batman."
In 2020, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced that starting in 2024, in order for a film to be nominated for the Best Picture category, the movie must meet a number of "inclusion" requirements in order to be considered.
Hilarious!