Norm Lewis as... "Triton" in Little Mermaid?

So... it's documented just how mermaid genetics work?

I was just speaking as to suspension of disbelief. If we can pretend that people are lobsters, I think we can probably handle Norm Lewis as Triton, especially as race isn't really one of the central themes of "The Little Mermaid."

I saw Nikki Renee Daniels as Belle in BATB, and the man playing Maurice was African American (I'm blanking on his name); I thought that was a nice touch, but if Maurice had been a white guy, I don't think it would have destroyed the production for me.

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Well, we don't know who Ariel's mother is, so who's to say that the mother isn't white?

And it's a fantasy about mermaids, which don't even exist. So who's to say that this sort of thing is impossible in the mermaid world??

While I support Norm in this POSSIBLE, endeavour, I will definitely miss the guy as Javert. I don't even think this increases Drew Sarich's chances of being Javert during any period. I think Robert Hunt is Norm's principal understudy. But well wishes to Norm and all the more reason to catch Mermaid.

Now, did you get this information from reading The Little Mermaid casting speculation thread?

'Cause even if it is true, nothing is a done deal until it opens.

Updated On: 2/7/07 at 06:47 PM

Still, its a fantasy.

And if you have a problem with this, then you don't understand colorblind casting.

And if you really have a problem with incongruities, then you would have a problem with a lot, including Japanese actors and singers in Flower Drum Song, and every white person who has stepped up on stage as a hispanic, or especially Mickey Rooney in Breakfast at Tiffany's.

Do you have a problem with those?

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Updated On: 2/7/07 at 06:56 PM

Oh, I see.

So if Norm Lewis looked white it would be ok?

And I dont know about you, but I certainly tell the difference between a Chinese person and a Japanese person.

And I think a lot of latinos would have a problem with a white person no matter how tan playing a role written as latino. (Natalie Wood in WSS anyone?)
You may not have a problem with it, but a lot of people do.

But I think the real issue is whether or not the White Mermaid community is upset about this. Because if not, it's none of your business.

In other news, the Carribbean crustacean community is pushing for more opprtunities for minority lobsters, and are watching the casting process closely.

PS, let me tell you a story about my best friend, who is latino and has a white mother. When he was ten years old, he was coming out of a movie with his latino father and his father was arrested, because his son looked so very white and the father looked very dark and did not speak english. The cop arrested him because he thought he was kidnapping my friend. It took his mother coming out of work to get him out of prison.

Good thing you're not a mer-cop, FOAnatic

PS...if Sebastian is native, then they are in the Carribbean, which has a long history of fluid racial intermixing, so its entirely possible that Ariel's mother was white. Unless you have a problem with that, FOAnatic.

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Updated On: 2/7/07 at 06:58 PM

ts Disney, I'm not too worried about a lot of character to have inconsistencies with. Besides, its a fairy tail! It is by definition, not conforming to reality.

Yes...

and have actors of the same ethnicity ever played Scar and Mufasa?

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