| The depiction of a Polynesian character in a Disney film has prompted anger across the Pacific islands, with one New Zealand MP saying the portrayal of the god Maui as obese was “not acceptable”. Jenny Salesa, who is of Tongan heritage, shared a picture on her Facebook account which said Disney’s rendering of Maui in the film Moana resembled a creature that was “half pig, half hippo”. “When we look at photos of Polynesian men & women from the last 100-200 years, most of our people were not overweight and this negative stereotype of Maui is just not acceptable - No thanks to Disney,” Salesa wrote. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jun/27/disney-depiction-of-obese-polynesian-god-in-film-moana-sparks-anger http://thespinoff.co.nz/media/27-06-2016/the-real-life-problem-with-body-shaming-a-cartoon-polynesian/ https://mic.com/articles/147198/people-are-criticizing-disney-s-portrayal-of-polynesian-demigod-maui-in-moana#.nVPHS4xfO I...I just can't understand you people. Disney went through great efforts and research to bring a beautifully-animated film inspired by Polynesian culture, and all these people have to say is that it's RACIST ??? Racist because one of the characters is fat ? I can't even express in words how ridiculous this is oh, and you know I found funny ? if it had been a woman MC that was fat, they would have praised it saying that it's diverse and fights women stereotype of beauty WTF is wrong with this world. |
| I don't think that it's racist but why did they choose to make him fat though? |
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thelonelydalek said: I don't think that it's racist but why did they choose to make him fat though? Why not? Is being fat bad? Fat shamer |
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| Idc about how people feel about that tbh but... Roman's not from Hollywood lol. |
thelonelydalek said: I don't think that it's racist but why did they choose to make him fat though? He's not fat, the character designer said he's bulky. |
| People go on and on about how all people are beautiful whether they're fat or not and now the same people complain about a cartoon character being bulky :/ *slow clapping* |
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| It's a f*cking cartoon character, he looks unrealistic anyway so why are there even people complaining about that? >.< |
| I think people need to learn the difference between inaccuracies, cultural insensitivities, and racism. |
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| Like someone wiser than me already stated before somewhere:"2016 is the year to feel insulted by everything" .__. |
ZyrakiKenpasha said: No but if he's supposed to look like this ( see image below ) they should've made him like that. thelonelydalek said: I don't think that it's racist but why did they choose to make him fat though? Why not? Is being fat bad? Fat shamer  |
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| False accusations of racism is starting to become more annoying than the low levels of actual racism. I want to die, I want to die, I want to die, I want to die, I want to die... |
Wecc said: All hail HaXXspetten king of the loli traps!  |
| Ironically, they're being racist by stereotyping their own people by considering a single, isolated characteristic as unacceptable for any member of their entire ethnic group. |
Sherlupin said: Disney went through great efforts and research to bring a beautifully-animated film inspired by Polynesian culture, and all these people have to say is that it's RACIST ??? Racist because one of the characters is fat ? I can't even express in words how ridiculous this is everything you don't like is racists. you didn't know? also it's not like anyone really cares what polynesian people think.... |
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| I really don't think these idiots know how much work it takes and involves to realize an animated movie. what a bunch of ungrateful imbeciles. |
| Fucking seriously? People really have nothing to complain about these days.. |
| I hope this movie garners critical acclaim everywhere and smashes the box office.. |
| The word racism had become a buzzword in this day and age. |
| Disney is an american company. Of course they are racists. ;) Personally I don't care cause I already try to avoid disney stuff - I tend to hate the story/plot most of the time and most stuff (at least the animated stuff) they produce is only for little kids and I am older than 6 years already. |
| Everything is racist these days. I can't even keep track. And everybody gets offended over everything. Ya can't please anyone |
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| No one complained about the way Disney depicted an illegal alien in Lilo & Stitch. |
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| It's fucking pathetic and funny in the same time. You can (you have to) make a transgender-whatever-character, a fag, some strong, single women, a heroic niga, hardworker mexican etc. There is a template what you have to do when you make a movie. It always have to tell a good story about tolerance, and equality, and other nonsenses. But you have to watch your every step, because if you do only 1 mistake, you will become racist, and nazi. |
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| Oh for fuck's sake Don't these people ever give up? |
 Nico- said: Conversations with people pinging/quoting me to argue about some old post I wrote years ago will not be entertained@Comic_Sans oh no y arnt ppl dieing i need more ppl dieing rly gud plot avansement jus liek tokyo ghoul if erbudy dies amirite |
| I can't tell the difference. They all look the same anyway. |
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| I looked Maui up, he's supposed to look like Tarzan or Conan in body shape, so yeah bad move Disney. However it's not racism but it's an inaccurate depiction of him. |
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| I'm from NZ and I've heard even more ridiculous accusations than these. People nowadays get offended over.. I don't even wanna say it. |
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Dave8814 said: It's fucking pathetic and funny in the same time. You can (you have to) make a transgender-whatever-character, a fag, some strong, single women, a heroic niga, hardworker mexican etc. There is a template what you have to do when you make a movie. It always have to tell a good story about tolerance, and equality, and other nonsenses. But you have to watch your every step, because if you do only 1 mistake, you will become racist, and nazi. I read a feminist article claiming Zootopia was mysoginistic and racist, when the whole plot of the movie dealt with fighting these prejudices |
Sherlupin said: Dave8814 said: It's fucking pathetic and funny in the same time. You can (you have to) make a transgender-whatever-character, a fag, some strong, single women, a heroic niga, hardworker mexican etc. There is a template what you have to do when you make a movie. It always have to tell a good story about tolerance, and equality, and other nonsenses. But you have to watch your every step, because if you do only 1 mistake, you will become racist, and nazi. I read a feminist article claiming Zootopia was mysoginistic and racist, when the whole plot of the movie dealt with fighting these prejudices Haha, zootopia is an annoying liberal trash propaganda, and it only wants to hide it, a bit. I guess it was too hard to understand the plot for a feminist :D |
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Dave8814 said: Sherlupin said: I read a feminist article claiming Zootopia was mysoginistic and racist, when the whole plot of the movie dealt with fighting these prejudices Haha, zootopia is an annoying liberal trash propaganda, and it only wants to hide it, a bit. I guess it was too hard to understand the plot for a feminist :D Then the feminists just can't think at all. |
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| People will always find something to complain about. I'm not surprised. |
 Ｓｗｅｅｔ♥I guess, as long as I have life, all I can do is fight with all my might. |
| he's look like 300 pound samoan, what's the prob, sigh |
 la critique de l'intention pure |
ZyrakiKenpasha said: thelonelydalek said: I don't think that it's racist but why did they choose to make him fat though? Why not? Is being fat bad? Fat shamer Realistically speaking being overweight for a while is bad, there can be pronounced health issues as time passes that make life unbearable. |
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| Woah it's like all of a sudden I have this urge to label every Polynesian as fat. Disney is so evil and bigoted, how dare they sway me like this! |
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| Who cares lol they'll forget about all this in a few days/weeks and no one will care. |
| Oooomg mal has a white and blue layout SO RACIST TRIGGEEREREREREDDDD Where is YELLOW? GREEN?! BLACK?! PINK?! Someonecall the news so i can get the color lay out i want on mal, because ya know, it's not socially acceptable? Oh lord  Writing that hurt my soul |
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| Man there's so many claims about Disney being racist, especially with the princesses.. |
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thelonelydalek said: No but if he's supposed to look like this ( see image below ) they should've made him like that.  I was just about to post this picture. Yeah, Disney fucked up the design. SJWs are wrong about most things, but sometimes they're right. Not everything is racist, sexist, fat-shaming, etc, but sometimes things are. |
| He dosn't exist anyway, so how can his design offend people ?a |
Lia said: It's these comments where I start to question what racist even means. That's the best part of racism, it doesn't mean anything anymore. It just another aimless, meaningless, overused buzzword thrown around by people with too much free time on their hands. |
 NasalShark said: I'd love to squeeze your nipples until they look like a purple slushie, Senpai. |
Lia said: -Senpai- said: That's the best part of racism, it doesn't mean anything anymore. It just another aimless, meaningless, overused buzzword thrown around by people with too much free time on their hands. Senpai have noticed me. #30charlimit No, I just noticed your comment. I didn't notice you, I will never notice you. |
NasalShark said: I'd love to squeeze your nipples until they look like a purple slushie, Senpai. |
| Disney used to just make movies about white European princesses (they also made movies with Arabic, Chinese, and Native American main characters, but who's counting?) > they were racist Disney made a movie with a black prince & princess > they're still racist Disney makes a movie starring Polynesians > super racist I imagine at the Disney animation studio there's one of those motivational cat posters that just says, "Don't forget - you're always wrong" |
| Disney should just ignore these lunatics. It is impossible to appease these people, and they will never be satisfied no matter what. |
| You can't please everyone. There's always gonna be a complaint about SOMETHING. People are forgetting that Maui is supposed to be a demigod, not a 100% human. Maybe that's why he's so big, strong, powerful, etc. |
  behind these hills i'm reaching for the heights  |
| A lot of Polynesian men just fucking massive (in a good way), and a character design like that is just more appealing to kids and if I was going to guess just by looking at images of the character he's going to have a lot of comedic characteristics. When Disney wants to portray disgustingly fat they look like this and not this  And where were these people when Nickelodeon was making Rocket Power, with Tito being a fat Hawaiian and telling nonsensical ancient Hawaiian sayings? |
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