We have seen many Disney princess be portrayed by white characters, however, Disney decided to give The Little Mermaid some melanin in its upcoming live-action movie. Halle Bailey is set to star as Ariel and we love to see it. The trailer was released days ago and while you may have seen little black girls get excited after seeing someone who looks like them star in this classic movie, there are the haters. The only other time we've seen a Black princess in any Disney movie was The Frog Princess where Anika Noni Rose voiced the character Tiana. While that may not have been an issue, some people aren't happy about seeing Halle play Ariel. According to MSN, YouTube disabled the ability for the average user to see the number of dislikes on a video, but there was one YouTuber who has access to this function, and said the trailer hit 1 million dislikes because, well, they don't approve of seeing a Black woman play what we've seen as a white character. They will live. Meanwhile, we are enjoying all of the smiles from little Black girls, and others get excited to see Halle play the iconic role. By the way, the movie will premiere in theaters May 2023. And people have been sending Halle the reactions and those reactions have made her smile!
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