POP CULTURE NEWS EIGHTY-EIGHT: MORE OF THE SAME DRAMA
We are back! It’s Friday and we’re ready to talk the entertainment stories of the week. Let’s see what we find. From the little I’ve seen, it’s basically more of the same. When it comes to what makes headlines in pop culture news, it’s mostly things people are upset about. pop culture news eighty-eight
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✨POP CULTURE NEWS EIGHTY-EIGHT: MORE OF THE SAME DRAMA✨ Talking #ChanningTatum, #TheLittleMermaid (yes, again), and #LessonsinChemistry. What stories did you see this week? #PopCulture #Entertainment #AppleTV #Disney #BrieLarson Share on XWe have Disney stories and TV things (again, more of the usual) and hopefully another story or two. We’ll see what else we can find in our searching.
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If you’ve read the novel, you may like to see the Apple TV+ first look trailer for their adaptation of Lessons in Chemistry. Starring Brie Larson plays a woman who is, according to the tagline, living life that “rarely follows a formula.” The show will appear on the streamer in October. Will you be watching, and is the book good?
There’s no secret made that Disney’s newest live-action feature The Little Mermaid is controversial. Yet it’s doing well in theaters, and I see complimentary reviews on a Facebook page I occasionally visit. But no matter the shifts, changes or “progression” of the story, some still aren’t happy. According to one article on an entertainment site “a prominent media diversity advocate” is mad because the film fails to portray the “horrors of slavery in the Caribbean.” This comes from someone named Marcus Ryder who wrote a blog post praising the “casting of Halle Bailey” but is upset over the film’s lack of, according to this article, “racial harmony.” This article goes on to say that Ryder says “I do not think we do our children any favours by pretending that slavery didn’t exist.” He supposedly acknowledges that he understands this is a fantasy film, but his blog argues that no one is serving children by dismissing or overlooking the past.
I don’t disagree that kids should learn factual history, but also… this is a FAIRYTALE. How about we teach our kids, in relation to this story and if a lesson is necessary, that this is all pretend and we can have fun with imagination, but it’s not reality. Pretty sure we can also let our kids just enjoy a silly movie once in a while, too.
*According to the same entertainment article, Ryder did delete the viral tweet and has made statements about the tweet being “widely misunderstood.”
Also in relation to The Little Mermaid, British star Paloma Faith took to Instagram after seeing the film mad about its message. She says “As a mother of girls I don’t want my kids to think it’s ok to give up your entire voice and your powers to love a man. Wtf is this sh*t. Not what I want to be teaching next gen women at all.” This is something I wrote about a while back. And honestly, with more time to think, I probably have more thoughts. But if anything they’d be more determined that the Disney princess isn’t a “bad” role model even if she also isn’t at the tippy top of the list.
In an interview with Forbes, Channing Tatum has thoughts about the industry and storytelling. In part he says, “The movie industry is just changing so much. It’s a different era now and it’s just getting crazier with the streamers.” He goes further, saying “I do fear a little for the storytelling of it all. I think there will be less good storytelling and a lot more product out there.” He also says he’s making efforts “every single day” to battle the ways Hollywood is going saying it’s a “learning process.”
Did you see any of these stories? What are your thoughts? Do you have any thoughts? Do you agree or disagree? What stories caught your eye this week? Let’s meet and talk in the comments.
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I’ve never heard of Lessons in Chemistry but I like the setting so I might check it out. Although, I’m not Brie Larson’s biggest fan lol
I will probably wait for TLM to get to Disney+ just because I don’t care all that much to see it. I don’t really have thoughts about the casting but all the controversy and changes to the songs and how the CGI just doesn’t look great, I don’t care anymore haha I am sick of hearing about it. Just let kids enjoy it if they enjoy it. My husband and I went out to dinner the other day and there was a group of girls with their moms leaving the theater, the girls were all dressed in Ariel costumes. Let them just have fun and enjoy it. Not only is it a fairytale it’s also…A KIDS MOVIE. Adults are putting way too much thought into this thing lol
I haven’t read Lessons in Chemistry but who knows! I may give it a chance. From what I’ve read, the story is one of triumph after the lead female goes through trauma.
I am TEMPTED to see “The Little Mermaid” in theaters just because I do like to try and review things when they’re “popular” if it’s something I plan to see. But I doubt I’ll get there. We’ll see. Either way, I’m sick of it all too! I wouldn’t have written about it this week but I saw that headline and after reading the story, I was like, “REALLY!??” I get teaching history and that kids need to learn factual history, but at the same time, nothing is “real” about The Little Mermaid, so let kids enjoy it. And if Disney added some angle that addresses the history only inaccurately so, well, shame on them. This is supposed to be a fantasy film that’s fun and colorful. Pretty sure that’s what most kids movies are and that’s what most kids like. :)