SHOW #74: HALLE BAILEY AND DISNEY’S LITTLE MERMAID

This is SHOW #74 - "HALLE BAILEY and DISNEY'S LITTLE MERMAID" in which I discuss how this new movie became a GLOBAL BLOCKBUSTER overnight and broke cultural and ethnic barriers all in one UPLIFTING classic movie. In this movie, Halle Bailey plays the role of "Ariel" - a mermaid who wants to become a human and to marry her prince charming - Eric (sailor). The villainess, played by Melissa McCarthy, tries to stop it at all costs. What's so fascinating about this entire movie is that it is LIVE-ACTION, real people playing these roles instead of the ANIMATED 1988 cartoon-characters. Most importantly, it is Halle Bailey who is a woman of color being the BEAUTIFUL MERMAID!! She is stunning and so believable in this role while also making the audience forget that the original role of this mermaid was for a non-person of color. Talk about BREAKING BARRIERS and challenging our MISCONCEPTIONS & STEREOTYPES of lead characters in classic Disney movies, Ms Halle Bailey did it with STYLE, GRACE, BEAUTY, and BRAINS! In this podcast, I go much deeper in my analysis of race and ethnic relations because this CLASSIC DISNEY film helped to put race and ethnic relations on a GLOBAL SCALE with a POSITIVE message! Please send me your comments, thoughts, or suggestions about this podcast show at: ejb678@gmail.com. I look forward to reading your comments and continuing the discussion on race and ethnic relations in 2023!