In the United States, young Black girls have hailed Disney’s decision, saying they feel represented on the big screen because of her titular role. The chilly reception came as viewers in both countries questioned the choice of Bailey as the star of the movie, a decision that has been celebrated elsewhere. “Fast X” opened a week before “The Little Mermaid.” The movie attracted some 472,000 viewers in its first week in theaters there, less than the 643,000 fans who showed up for new “Fast and Furious” film “Fast X,” over the same duration, according to the Korean Film Council.
‘The Little Mermaid’ makes box office splash with $95.5 million opening In South Korea, “The Little Mermaid” has grossed $4.4 million since May 24. It brought in just 19.5 million yuan ($2.7 million) in its first five days, compared with 142 million yuan (nearly $20 million) for “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse” in the first five days of that film’s opening, according to Chinese box office tracker Endata. A must.ĭance Craze is in UK cinemas from 23 March and on Blu-ray/DVD from 27 March.(CNN) - “The Little Mermaid” has bombed with moviegoers in China and South Korea amid racist critiques in some quarters over the casting of Black actress Halle Bailey as main character Ariel.ĭisney’s live-action remake has made only $3.6 million in mainland China since opening there on May 26, according to Box Office Mojo.
The Specials’ Too Much Too Young is as thrilling as ever, and as ambiguously angry and contemptuous: “You’re married with a KID/When you could be having FUN WITH ME,” they snarl, adding the despairing Alf Garnett insult: “I’d hate to have the same name as you/You silly moo.” Rhoda Dakar of the Bodysnatchers is a live wire Buster Bloodvessel of Bad Manners is a genuine English eccentric, doing that odd thing with his tongue Madness’s cover version of the Swan theme from Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake is very weird, and the Beat’s Twist and Crawl and Mirror in the Bathroom are still compelling. And there is another lost musical component, the instrument that pop forgot: the saxophone, honking, barking and wailing through almost every track. These bands – the Specials, Madness, the Beat, the Selecter, the Bodysnatchers and Bad Manners – had a unique biracial style and were a thrilling rebuke to racism.
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