Norm Lewis as... "Triton" in Little Mermaid? — Page 6

Javert isn't middle-aged?

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I don't care if he is black,white, blue, purple, green, yellow, orange, plaid, just let him sing for me. God I love his voice.

I think that would be a pretty good role for him, personally.

And color blind? Why not. Plus, anybody here watch Men in Trees? They have a black dad with an absolutely white son on that show.

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I guarantee if I was watching the show, I probably wouldn't give it a thought.

BUT...there's nothing in the script that says Ariel is Triton's biological father. HA! She could be adopted or a result of her mother having an affair with a hot young merstud, which would explain why she feels so different, sad and isolated all the time. That would bring even more compassion to the character. Her mother was probably beheaded for her indiscretions by King Triton the Eighth himself while Ariel looked on at the tender young age of four and it was so emotionally scarring, it caused her to act out in rebellious defiance against the man (I don't believe he's a God at all) who viciously murdered her mother in a public execution and now, FOAnatic, don't you feel ASHAMED?? I demand an apology at once. Read between the lines, people. Ever heard of subtext? GOD!

Well, if all Ariel's sisters are cast with black actresses, then you'll know I'm right and won't you all feel so stupid?

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Mister, Matt, you are soooo uneducated!!!! Haven't you taken Chemistry???? Did you study???? It's possible for someone with a dark-skinned Black Father or mother and a White Mother or Father to have a very fair...even Caucasian-looking child. The child could even grow up to have either brown-skinned children or very-fair/Caucasian-looking children. You need some education, folks!!!!

Um, TT, it is possible, not very likely but it is possible. It's also not Chemistry, but Biology that plays into this.

And MisterMatt-
I LOVE IT! That was pretty inventive (and a nice use of history).

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Updated On: 2/8/07 at 10:53 AM

I agree that it doesn't matter if Triton is black and Ariel is white or vice versa. There have been plenty of times when the mother and/or father is one race and the child is another. For example, Shanice played Eponine in LES MISERABLES on Broadway a while ago, and both her parents were white; on the other hand, there was a black actress playing Madame Thenardier at some point - I don't recall her name - and she had a white Eponine! And that is just one example. I don't think it really matters.

And I'm sure that Ariel's sisters will all be different races anyway!

On a SIMILAR topic, what sometimes DOES bother me is when an actor or director makes the decision to have a non-British European character speak in a British accent - another example just happens to be LES MIS, in which several characters have noticeably British accents and are supposed to be FRENCH! Perhaps such accents don't matter in a "fairytale" place like Oz - the West End version of WICKED is chock-full of British accents - but I think they matter in a period piece like LES MIS. I do understand that these characters wouldn't ordinarily be speaking in ENGLISH to begin with, but I think it's a bit confusing and often unbelievable when they open their mouths and have a thick Cockney accent! Anyone else agree?

And, for the record, race does play a part in LION KING. But that's a whole other story.

Thanks for listening,
Chris

I have to admit I am completely agog that this conversation is even taking place, much less how long it has gone on.

The 'believable or not' genetic traits of MERMAIDS (Oh, I'm sorry, merPEOPLE)?!?!? Give me and everyone else a break!

TT - That is simply too far-fetched.

"there was a black actress playing Madame Thenardier at some point - I don't recall her name"

That would be the obscenely talented and underrated Fuschia Walker. Her Effie in Dreamgirls rivals that of Jennifer Holliday, for whom she understudied for years.

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Updated On: 2/8/07 at 11:54 AM

Now wouldn't it be something if Ursula were Ariel's mother.

Incest is best, roll your own!

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We're all forgetting the most important question:

Can black people skate? It wasn't a task on Survivor, so I don't know.

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I dunno, Matt. But they sure can run!