"Not My Rapunzel!" Will Disney Race Swap AGAIN?!

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Today I am discussing the potential race-swapping in a future live-action adaptation of Disney's "Tangled," specifically addressing the rumors surrounding the casting of actress Avantika Vandanapu in the role of Rapunzel.
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[@Maxim89Il]

So following a black Little Mermaid, Latina Snow White... now comes an Indian Rapunzel? Could someone explain the obsession with taking European folk takes and getting others to play them? "But... but... representation" - Yeah, great, so why not adapt African, Indian, or Native American folk tales? Is it not just laziness to act like only white people have stories and therefore must "share" them? Is this not a classic case of David Brent-esque racism? Literally every region in the world has a rich variety of interesting folk tales. As a kid, a picked up a book of African folk tales at school - how difficult is that? And to those who use the lazy argument of "those are fictional characters, so why are you even bothered, you racist?" Even if a story is fictional, the historic and cultural backdrop isn't. No, a black aristocrat in 19th century Britain or an an Indian Doge of Venice in Renaissance Italy does not make sense. No, an Korean King David wouldn't make sense in the setting of ancient Israel. However, if you really want to diversify the cast of a European folk tale... or any folk tale, really, you must make it make sense. How? Change the setting. For example, a black Juliet in Renaissance Italy doesn't make sense - but a black Juliet in 2024 New York makes A LOT of sense. Make it make sense. The laziest way to operate is to randomly race swap characters and then call anyone who calls it out a racist. Normally, it's virtue signalling cover-up for lazy writing. And yes, it works both ways! In Gods of Egypt, it didn't make sense for Egyptian gods to look like Germanic action heroes. I mean, even if you couldn't get Rami Malek, who actually is Egyptian, at least get someone who could pass for an Egyptian.

[@MissLadyMaam]

Perhaps you're to young to remember, but I'm hoping you're in my age bracket and will recall this... They already did a time-warp Romeo and Juliet back in the late 90s early 00s with Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes. It. Was. AWFUL. By far one of the WORST renditions of Romeo and Juliet to ever exist. Ppl hated it. The only ppl who liked it were the teen/pre-teen girls who had posters of Leo on their walls and never missed an episode of, "My So Called Life." 😂 When you try and "re-vamp" classic works, be they Shakespearean plays or Dutch fairytales, it almost NEVER works out. It has always been a huge risk, and filmmakers have to know this, but if you give someone enough money they'll destroy any story you want them to without hesitation. After all, how many of us can actually name the director of the live action Beauty and the Beast? Or the most recent animated flop, Wish? How many of us can even name 5 current directors who aren't Steven Spielberg or George Lucas? It's a relatively small number. I can think of one and a half, M. Night Shayamalan and the Avatar guy who's name I can never remember (which is why I said one and a HALF lol). Cameron-something. Or something-Cameron? Jay Cameron? That feels close. This is gonna bother me, now.... 😂

[@MissLadyMaam]

JAMES! JAMES CAMERON! (I looked it up)😂😂😂 haaah... There we go. I feel better now lol😂😂😂

[@DaveReithmiller1983]

The point is to destroy white culture. Because white culture is oppressive.

[@narlowemcfarlowe2952]

Fr, there's so many interesting folktales from India that they could make a movie out of

[@thatHARVguy]

Us: "Instead of race swapping European stories, why don't you tell African stories?" Africans: "Yes! We have plenty of stories to share." Woke SJWeirdos: "That's cultural appropriation!" Us and Africans: 👀

[@wowwhatausername3703]

as an indian, why can’t they just make a new princess? rapunzel’s whole signature is her hair. the whole story revolves around it

[@avan7ika]

@jjb58 they are not indian, one of them is native american and the other is arab

[@HyunjuDIVA]

​@jjb58 Pocahontas and Jasmin are not Indians 💀

[@cielizzy8860]

@jjb58 Neither of them are Indian, the closest they've ever gotten to an Indian princess is Esmerelda, but even then, it's a loose link and she's not *technically* a princess. They did tease an Indian princess by the name of Ananya a few years back, with her own movie, but made the excuse that "the audience just isn't ready for her yet." If you ask me, that's enough proof that the race-swapping nonsense is an excuse for lazy writing more than anything lol

[@DeviousFink]

Because Disney is 100% out of fresh ideas.

[@btb554]

Isn't rapunzel based on persian Princess Rudabeh?

[@wkeezz]

Let Dylan mulvani play Pocahontas! The world will be balanced again

[@Officialhxhlove]

THAT'D BE HILARIOUS (but horrible)

[@mypeeisred24]

that is outrageous ☠️

[@jasonfan906]

white people crying over a fan casting yall are racist snowflakes😂😂

[@nablamakabama488]

I would actually want to watch that. It would be hilarious.

[@alsoleve99]

I would go watch it because that’s genius!!

[@Qxeenanonymous]

Instead of them changing the race why don’t think make a new character 🙄

[@xavierramirez1911]

they aren’t that creative🤣

[@CoolPapaJMagik]

Because the point is to ha rm us. It’s Whte Erasure

[@CoolPapaJMagik]

Because the point is to ha rm us. Whte Erasing our stories is the point

[@marlena.]

Whats next, a giraffe as Mickey Mouse? At this rate there will be multiple versions of all characters running around the disney universe, intead of just one version of each character😅 (like it is already with the little mermaid) The girl has disney princess vibes for real but please give her, her own story.

[@paullangland6877]

I've asked that and on Facebook, no joke, they have said that such a comment is only something a racist would say and then they have gone on to try and explain away how race swapped version of the story already existed. I have also said that maybe they should go and read some classic African fairy tales and adapt one of those stories. There are a lot of unique African fairy tales that talk about brave warriors and even brave Princesses going through coming of age obstacles.

[@paullangland6877]

I like how your cat is laying there is the background and just chilling out.

[@dearthditch]

Yep. Fun to watch

[@marsoblivi0n945]

It’s what they do

[@Aufderr]

ngl at the start of the video thats all I could focus on 🤣

[@orionspur]

"Rapunzel, Rapunzel, let down your golden weave!"

[@reborka]

Omg too funny 🤣

[@SweetOrangeGirl]

Rapunzel, Rapunzel, let down thy golden extensions!

[@chrisrussell8245]

I'm so glad you said it so I didn't have to

[@Nezumi_Yasu]

😂😂

[@naynay2217]

Reminds me of that scene from Shrek when gingi went down Rapenzals hair and it fell revealing that she was bald and that it was a wig

[@CoolPapaJMagik]

Betcha the villain character isn’t Whte Erased… it never is. We get to keep the evil ones 👀

[@mypeeisred24]

Yep. Cant even have a black villain and a white hero, always a white villain and a poc hero.

[@thatHARVguy]

@@mypeeisred24 A white *male* villain. Females can't be villains, just misunderstood.

[@UnmodernDaughteroftheKing]

@@mypeeisred24literally

[@JB-mz3eo]

Yep, all the villains are blond now, Malfoy in Harry Potter and the characters in Game of thrones, all the bad ones are blond.

[@anjieobasa1871]

@@mypeeisred24I’m pretty sure Ant man had a Black villan

[@cherryhazard8002]

Rapunzel was a GERMAN tale, therefore Rapunzel is suppossed to look GERMAN. I'm sure that if they made Mulan or Pocahontas anything other than what they are, the world would burn in their eyes. Let's stop the unfairness.

[@KC-uf1rg]

Rapunzel was Amish 😂

[@Brackenlink]

It was the same way with the Little Mermaid

[@Yggdra666]

Can't wait for them to do Tarzan and cast a black guy.

[@flamewarrior599]

Create original stories Create original characters Create original plots Be creative and original Try that

[@CoolPapaJMagik]

@@flamewarrior599the Whte Erasure is the point.

[@hayleyparr6565]

I'll never forgive Disney for what they did to my girl Ariel. I'm really not even suprised they're race swapping Rapunzel now.

[@huma_____009]

But they are not.. this is just a fancast. Disney hasn’t said a thing that confirms this rumour.

[@courtneyminnis6222]

Making Snow White Latina.

[@PurpleTheTapricorn915]

I think representation is a good thing but why can’t they just make a new South Asian Disney princess. I’m Latino and I felt this way with Snow White, like just make new characters lol.

[@pizzapartytime1826]

Yes they can. They are being racist. Plain and simple.

[@chrisrussell8245]

How about African? I complain about this all the time. They've never told the stories of the oldest civilizations on Earth to Americans, and black Americans suffer from an identity crisis because of it. You telling me that they don't have stories? Of course they do. They are so lazy.

[@EnvyDSin]

Because like Canada, they want more money. More money from where? We don't know, but yeah :P

[@PurpleTheTapricorn915]

@@CarlosSahajdacny nah they should get the Pronoun Gal instead 😂

[@poppitpop]

too much work for them i guess

[@TheMSS1977]

5:45 there were plenty of princesses in India throught time. Take for example the Mahabharat and Ramayan. Saying that, Disney would inject and infect their ethos and destroy classical history, as they're destrying their own classic stories.

[@mariacurtis9247]

Majority of the stories are not Disney originals, they are cultural folk lures from various countries.

[@TheMSS1977]

@@mariacurtis9247 true, but by creating the original motion pictures we all know now from watching when younger, we learned where the stories originated from. There are alternative stories that reflect the same lessons from other backgrounds and they could be used to create entertainment showing that the morals of these stories essentially are similar. I know you know this anyway so please don't take it as any sort of criticism. I'm drunk. Just airing my thoughts.

[@Baldwin10000]

No Indian wants a 🏳️‍🌈 Ram or a GurlBoss Feminist Sita

[@NoshikiYT]

Why can’t Disney just create a new character

[@DaveReithmiller1983]

When it comes to creativity, these people are bankrupt.

[@sapphireblue222]

The plan is to destroy our stories and to lower us, while elevating themselves.

[@AmberAmour]

They were never making this movie to begin with.

[@vindicator879]

are they stupid?

[@Gedoli]

lazieness

[@mirie7334]

As an Indian, first off let me say that the blonde wig on her looks so weird 😭 But what I don't understand is why not just write something original for an Indian princess?! OR if they've got no original stuff, just adapt an Indian story! We've got SOOOO many adaptable stories in our culture, that would ACTUALLY respect the Indian community if done well!

[@sapphireblue222]

The point is to denigrate and destroy White European culture.

[@thatHARVguy]

Us: "Instead of race swapping European stories, why don't you tell Indian stories?" Indians: "Yes! We have plenty of stories to share." Woke SJWeirdos: "That's cultural appropriation!" Us and Indians: 👀

[@dearthditch]

India prolly has more stories than Europe. They could just pick one and make someone a princess

[@orlitohostosperez9656]

It's a fan casting which is fake. How are you falling for something that is not even a big deal because Disney never even confirmed they are making a live action Rapunzel 😂

[@shawnrutherford8523]

​@@orlitohostosperez9656again. Why are you defending this then?

[@chrisrussell8245]

No, it doesnt matter that ariel was a "fish". This is a Danish Fairytale, and part of European culture. If we are going to respect the folk tales of one culture/people....we should respect them all.

[@BBiruntha]

Its actually Persian if you trace it back. Feel free to research

[@zeff8820]

​@@BBirunthabut in disney, it's based on western culture

[@lizafrench8455]

I know one disney movie they will not race swap... Tarzan.

[@cherryhazard8002]

Lol they wouldn't DARE.

[@reborka]

This one killed me 🤣🤣

[@kingagrabowska9366]

They would race-swap Jane.

[@lizafrench8455]

@@kingagrabowska9366 That would be a great look. A black woman goes to a jungle to find a white man. There would still be outrage. Lol Pass port bros hold my Cosmo.

[@aliceinneverland01]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@chibbyylol]

expecting new rapunzel to be hair dyed but buzzed PoC / trans character with super long armpit hair

[@IXSICNESS]

This clown is regurgitating a story was that demonstrated to be entirely fictitious several days ago. But the simple minded are blindly believing it

[@leonnunhofer3453]

Hahaha! The prince will climb up the armpit hair just to find out, she is trans 😂

[@Anonymous-uw4sr]

@@IXSICNESS oh really?

[@IXSICNESS]

@@Anonymous-uw4sr yep, the actress stated that she is not, nor was she ever, in the running for this role

[@JayLane193]

shut up

[@CoolPapaJMagik]

Guys, it’s not hypocrisy it’s antiwhiteism

[@CoolPapaJMagik]

It’s Whte Erasure

[@vasyear]

It's racisim

[@CoolPapaJMagik]

@@vasyear antiwhiteism

[@rainfriend8794]

It's both

[@IXSICNESS]

@@CoolPapaJMagik have you considered trying to be smarter?

[@Nanno888]

As aIndian Why can't Disney make a new princess for south Asians,Latin community like it doesn't even Make Sense Rapunzel being Brown Like Indian parents Are not Neglectant To leave they are babies Also There is a lot of folk Tales in India, Pakistan and Bangladesh, Srilanka, Afganistan, Bhutan,Mynammar of Princesses Being In love and being kickass for they are loved ones

[@thatHARVguy]

Us: "Instead of race swapping European stories, why don't you tell Indian stories?" Indians: "Yes! We have plenty of stories to share." Woke SJWeirdos: "That's cultural appropriation!" Us and Indians: 👀

[@leonnunhofer3453]

​@@thatHARVguyalso they don't have the talent to create something new and to really bring the sorce material to life. Instead they take popular things and change, what they see as "problemstic". They do it with everything, throw it at us, and hope, something sticks. And if you look at the high number of young activists, it sadly kind of works. We reject it, but it's far easier to influence children and teenagers. It's a slow process, but they do it for around a decade now, and it has negative effects on society

[@Nanno888]

@@thatHARVguy that's hella Truth like My culture is not Represented by Hollywood

[@drg598]

India pakistan Bangladesh was one...Indian subcontinent

[@Nanno888]

@@drg598 yeah

[@Flying_Spaghetti_Monsterr]

We Indians are completely against this race swapping.

[@Baldwin10000]

This makes us look bad anyway. It ends up fueling the racism, dividing communities instead of bridging the gap.

[@fan7708]

Speak for yourself

[@readandcoffee]

​@@fan7708 No they are right. Indians don't cry for Hollywood representation in this manner.

[@avan7ika]

@@fan7708 no he is right. none of us want avantika to play rapunzel

[@fan7708]

@@avan7ika this was literally fan chosen. It wasn’t even real it was based on the very high demand of ppl who want her to play Rapunzel.

[@berrymint6384]

Why can't we just be ORIGINAL? Being racist does not make you NOT be racist. It is just lunacy.

[@pizzapartytime1826]

Yes they are literally being racist 😂

[@thatHARVguy]

Right Side of History people: "But it's the right kind of racism!" 🤦‍♂

[@orlitohostosperez9656]

It's a fan casting not an actual casting plus the movie is not even in the works nor even in discussion by Disney

[@shawnrutherford8523]

​@@orlitohostosperez9656yet again. You pathetic tool. Just can't help yourself. Stop defending this if it doesn't matter

[@nisaabdahhalimah3436]

"Race swapping is fine as long as it's not anything to white even if the character is white", is their motto

[@orlitohostosperez9656]

It's a fan casting dude. Get over yourself over something that is not even in the works

[@nisaabdahhalimah3436]

@@orlitohostosperez9656 Whether it's a fan or not, it's still ridiculous. You can't just change the race of a character just for the sake of inclusivity, they have their own history too. It shows how lazy and uncreative they are but with "inclusivity" frills.

[@nisaabdahhalimah3436]

@@orlitohostosperez9656 Race swapping is still weird and kind of disrespectful, put it in your head.

[@nisaabdahhalimah3436]

@@orlitohostosperez9656 and yeah, nobody wants your same goofy ahh comments about fan casting. Poor her gets a lot of backlash because of these "fans". She deserves her own movie.

[@nisaabdahhalimah3436]

@@orlitohostosperez9656 Get over your "fan casting" thingy because I don't blame her, I blame the people who appointed her in this movie that they think race swapping is FuN.

[@ΚΥΡΙΑΚΗΧΑΛΥΒ]

I think you Misha should play Rapunzel!!🤩You look more like her tbh👍👍

[@kikijong4459]

Yeah exactly, actually have the same smile and shape of head a bit same too

[@xyeonjvnzx]

Shes not german and her hair isnt blonde so it wouldn’t work

[@blues05]

​@@xyeonjvnzx She's way closer to Rapunzel than the Indian lady. Rapunzel's white!

[@deannadanielle]

@@blues05 no. She's not German.

[@StarlightCastleShine]

@@deannadanielleYes she is, she is based off a germen tale and it takes place likely in Germany.

[@AbhiramN_1289]

Shakuntala, Chitraganda, Shashirekha, Prabhavati Gupta, Rudrammadevi, Rani Durgavati, Velu Nachiyar. So many Indian princesses and queens to take inspiration from. The last 4 were also independent regents and Chitraganda and the last three were warrior queens!! You have originality and genuine women empowerment!!

[@Alf-gm7tf]

But that will take time and effort and their too lazy.

[@orlitohostosperez9656]

It's a fan casting dude. Not even confirmed plus the movie was never discussed by Disney

[@shawnrutherford8523]

​@@orlitohostosperez9656loser

[@carlywarly222]

@abhiramn474 I want to know more about these Warriors Queens!!!! Can you suggest any books you recommend on these characters, for my own reading? Thank you!

[@AbhiramN_1289]

@@carlywarly222 There is also a martial art system in Kerala and Tamil Nadu that goes back to over 2000 years. It has influenced systems like Kung Fu. Both men and women were doing such martial arts!

[@ZoggFromBetelgeuse]

Coming up next: A live-action remake of "Hercules" with Lizzo as Hercules, Oprah as Megara and Elliot Page as Zeus.

[@ZoggFromBetelgeuse]

@AmintaR-hl7dd Dang, I was joking.

[@erinour596]

Come on Disney make live action Tarzan black !!!!

[@P.Whitestrake]

They should raceswap Terk from Tarzan with Leslie Jones.

[@GameFreakSucks]

Don’t give them ideas!

[@mypeeisred24]

@natmarelnam4871i always thought tarzan was indian

[@thatHARVguy]

One day they will, and they will use the most egregious and racist stereotypes when they do. Oh yeah, they'll give him the Killmonger haircut while they're at it.

[@aeclotic]

weirdo

[@CoZmicBluez12]

I'm tired of remakes.

[@Snake-ms7sj]

Sequels too. The writers today are just lazy and unimaginative.

[@orlitohostosperez9656]

It's a fan casting

[@AJ-zr5ls]

Mckenna Grace has said it’s her dream role. She’d be perfect! And she’s the right age!

[@Dbusdriver71]

Not only are the 'woke' crowd trying to revise history they are going after movies, books, and classical stories. Disney is becoming more and more Woke to the point Anything Disney is unwatchable.

[@orlitohostosperez9656]

It's a fan casting dude. Get over yourself and understand that not anything has been confirmed plus Disney never confirmed that they are even making a live action Rapunzel movie

[@shawnrutherford8523]

​@@orlitohostosperez9656get over yourself. If its just fan casting why are you so obsessed with defending it. Man get a life

[@2gpowell]

This is getting ridiculous.! I am proud to be Caucasian of German/Anglo-Saxon/ Slavic ancestry. We need to start calling this out big time!

[@orlitohostosperez9656]

It's a fan casting. Misha left that out so you can get fake outraged

[@kaitlynnchism9688]

If anything I think that girl looks like she would be great playing Jasmine from Alladin!

[@Marconius-SPQR]

Indeed, she does !

[@azulaisafunnylewdgirl]

I don't agree,Jasmine is arabian,Avantika is indian. Arabian and indian aren't the same thing and arabians would totally boycott the movie if that happened.Plus there's already Naomi Scott who played Jasmine.

[@P.Whitestrake]

​​@@azulaisafunnylewdgirl And Naomi Scott is British-Indian. I guess Hollywood still can't distinguish Arabs & Indians, just like they can't distinguish Japanese & Chinese.🤦‍♂️

[@SajetKumar-mn9lr]

​@@azulaisafunnylewdgirlyou're not wrong but not right too.coz if u search for it,yll see debates going on whether Jasmine's Indian or arab...some relate it to taj mahal influence on agrabah... additionally Naomi scott who played Jasmin in aladin is from Indian descent as her mother is Indian..so it's not really right to say whos right ...

[@thatHARVguy]

@@P.Whitestrake Or Vietnamese, hence China's outrage over Rose Tico in Disney Star Wars.

[@twasn]

The word Rapunzel itself is German. It's a German fairytale. It comes from German oral tradition, most prominently recorded by the Brothers Grimm in 1812, who were... OMG... German. The internet is stupid. The saddest part is that there is an immense wealth of folk and fairytales from every single culture that are totally ignored because it's easier to do a lazy, insulting race swap. I know this is a fancast, but it's not so farfetched. I hope it never happens, but Disney is a creatively bankrupt, money hungry company. So. Who knows.

[@lreneewell9154]

The Brothers Grimm fairy tale was based on a Persian story called Shahnameh, and there are other cultural adaptations of the story as well. Y'all don't own Rapunzel. What happened to "cultures are meant to be shared"?

[@orlitohostosperez9656]

It's a fan casting

[@twasn]

@@lreneewell9154 The story that is being considered in the fan casting is the German tale. The Ferdowsi connection is a modern interpretation based on a single phrase from an old Persian epic. Many myths, folklore, fairytales, and ancient religious texts hold striking resemblances across cultures, yet we can attribute which cultures they ultimately belong to and appreciate their importance within those cultures. This isn’t about “sharing cultures,” it’s about understanding the source material you are drawing from, in this case, the German text of Rapunzel.

[@twasn]

@@orlitohostosperez9656 I mentioned this in my original comment.

[@ChrisJericho22]

Racism against White is not Reverse Racism, it's RACISM. Woke Disney is just goofs now. Now I want Transgender non-binary pansexual man to play Flint in Tangle.

[@jstarASMR3103]

“Jojo siwa as Mulan” 🤣🤣🤣💀💀💀 IM DEAD

[@sharonator]

Fun fact about the pirates of the Caribbean, the Female Pirate is a historical figure, WHO WAS ENTIRELY IRISH.

[@Muf315]

I wouldn't mind if she plays Princess Jasmine, but why does Disney have to troll Rapunzel fans?

[@metalgrinch]

Call me crazy but I think Misha would make an amazing Repunzel! 😊

[@blues05]

She's what I imagine Rapunzel would look like in real life!

[@TheMSS1977]

0:29 I like your mini microphone cat accessory. So realistic!

[@MeganTyler-db2zq]

What a hypocrite that girl is. Ariel’s color hair was just as important to the character as rapunzel’s, if not more.

[@davidcavinder2150]

I hope the never remake Hansel and Gretel. Please leave the classics alone Disney.

[@Marshmallow_Trees]

A lot of people forget, Disney considers what China wants first. It’s hard to edit out certain features of people, and that’s what they have to do. Why was Princess Tiana a frog most of the time? Or why was Paul (from Soul) mostly an amorphous blob? Why was the live-action Ariel blue on the ad poster for China? And, even if someone not white is cast to play a white character, they’re going to, essentially, have to put her in whiteface. Give her blond hair, straight hair etc. because it’s not acceptable to look another way. This isn’t China’s fault, it’s DISNEY, its the American media, it’s all of us as Americans, it’s the people who support them, who support this whole movement of replacing notable white people and characters. The truth is, media is race swapping because they don’t want to take a gamble on exploring TRUE black princesses, true Latino politicians, true heroes of other cultures. The media race swaps because the media doesn’t give a sh!t about anyone. Everyone keeps fighting amongst themselves without considering where the true racism is. Where people are being pandered to, used to boost a company’s image or someone’s campaign. There most definitely IS systematic racism in the US, but it’s the people supposedly fighting it that are only encouraging it. And it boils down to one thing: Money.

[@utrelf]

Seriously though a new indian princess would be so good! All the outfits, jewellery, music everything!!

[@CampTunes]

As a German, why can’t they just ACTUALLY make a good live action movie? They may be adding they may be adding “representation” BUT WHAT ABOUT THE ORIGINAL REPRESENTATION?? 😭😭

[@stunnawhirl]

It’s a fan cast…yall aren’t very bright

[@americathefree3708]

Thanks!

[@realmishapetrov]

Thank you so much!:)

[@realmishapetrov]

Thank you!!

[@alanfan8941]

I dropped Disney as an entertainment option when they started doing live action remakes. Seeing real humans in the roles that were animated in the original sort of degrades the story in my opinion.

[@Snake-ms7sj]

Only good live action movie Disney has done in the past 10 years was the 2016 Jungle book. No political correctness, no race swapping, no BS. Neel Sethi was outstanding as Mowgli.

[@AsurmenHandOfAsur]

A mass unsubscribe BOYCOTT of Disney is needed! PS. Lovely cat Misha! What is its name?

[@Nezumi_Yasu]

​@gr-os4gdme to 😎

[@xyeonjvnzx]

So u can boycott disney over not casting a yt girl but not supporting genocode?

[@Whysoserious648]

​@@xyeonjvnzxstfu they didn't even mention it

[@Whysoserious648]

Boycotting the Western media in very needed 😍🥰

[@AsurmenHandOfAsur]

@@xyeonjvnzx Go Woke Go Broke. Wokeness must be ended. You do realise that Hamas uses the Palestinian people as human shields don't you? Also Israel is the only true democracy in the region and is surrounded by Dictatorships and Terrorist groups that want it's total destruction.

[@RobinM2054]

Hear me out, Michael B Jordan as Disney's live action Tarzan

[@Mochiidumpling]

It isn’t real this is a fake news story 💗🫶🏼 the people have been sending hate to that random woman when she isn’t going to be rapunzel

[@SweetOrangeGirl]

Ok, thank goodness.

[@noha3739]

they just want an excuse to be racist assholes

[@P.Whitestrake]

Fingers crossed. Usually this type of story ends up true when it comes to Disney movies. Marvel had "rumours" in the past & most of them ended up actually happening.

[@aesthetix3398]

Damn I don’t think she should play rapunzel but why are they sending hate to her? People are so idiotic.

[@OnyxTank]

It’s a fan cast please don’t believe i.

[@emmsya]

It wouldn’t be surprising if it was true tbh that’s why so many people actually believe it

[@noha3739]

​@@emmsyabecause most people are dumb

[@emmsya]

@@noha3739you’re either in denial or delusional

[@mickeymouse7222]

I'm Indian and while I love the thought of people who look like me being princesses, I think it shouldn't be the official Disney version of it? Like, that version of Camila Cabello as Cinderella. That was great. I'd like to see Indian versions like that. But... the actual Disney films should be just the way the cartoons were or the way little kids think they're supposed to be. It's for the kids after all. I support the point that representation should be made by making *new* material. There are so many beautiful stories out there that nobody in USA's probably heard of. Look for them and make movies from that.

[@hoibsh21]

Avoid all race swaps.

[@kxiiishere]

Personally I disagree with you but I respect your opinion!

[@kxiiishere]

@@Kaipiewith3nines literally like it’s so crazy how people care about what other people believe in

[@ntontouu]

Ngl was focused on that unit of cat of yours in the background for the entirety of the video

[@Marconius-SPQR]

Rapunzel, Rapunzel, let down your hair, That I may climb the 'corn row' stair......???

[@ritaehm3828]

avantika isn’t black she’s indian.. even your insults are ignorant

[@ReviewwattpadbokLook]

Ayo that's racist black women and men and children have the cornrows hairstyles, not Indians

[@ReviewwattpadbokLook]

@@ritaehm3828 I agree with you

[@dearthditch]

I think they’re just mashing the end part of the video about braids and cultural appropriation in movies together

[@CatraKinne]

she indian not black

[@niemamnog7888]

You haven't had a single real problem in your entire life and it really shows

[@MeghanMartin]

YOOOOOOO I'VE NEVER BEEN SO EARLY!! NEW MISHA VIDEO, YAYYYYYY!!! :3 :3 :3

[@JasonJake-x5p]

This was a fan cast and was never even considered by the Disney. Why are people so pressed about this

[@Lonovavir]

And this is one reason why older/foreign/independent media is enjoying a resurgence.

[@amnahpanakkat584]

This is a rumour guys it’s not true and the racism is very telling in the comment section mocking the actresses features and her ethnicity. Plus the German story took an inspiration from a Persian folk tale, I would like it if you fact checked before claiming something.

[@leonnunhofer3453]

I like the background cat in the video. Pls more of that! 🥰

[@Burns_RED]

I always love that cute kitty in the background 😂

[@silashurd3597]

Yes. Yes they will. This is not a shock anymore. Disney will keep on repeating it again, and again, and again. So when they do it, people better not be shocked. The most you can hope for is that this woman isn’t like Rachel Z

[@poogissploogis]

Yep. This isn't Disney stupidly making the same "mistake" over and over again. This is a humiliation campaign against whites by taking away all of our cultural stories and giving them to minorities. I've learned to reverse the old adage when it comes to the system: "Don't attribute to stupidity what you can attribute to malice".

[@IXSICNESS]

The actress in question has already, several days ago, come out and said these rumours are false and she is not, nor has she ever been, intended to play this role. Race baiters are guna race bait and you fell for the bait

[@taejasper1343]

What do you mean "isn't like Rachel Zegler"? Come on, bro! She's not annoying or anything, she didn't do anything to you, so why are you mad, yo? Come on! Have a heart, man!

[@mypeeisred24]

⁠@@taejasper1343Rachel Zegler is a narcissist and shes annoying honestly.

[@orlitohostosperez9656]

It's a fan casting. It's fake plus Disney never even confirmed they are making a live action Rapunzel movie

[@christianwriterguy]

All I ever wanted was an Indian Rapunzel, Gay Flynn Rider, Drag Mother Gothal, and a Furry as Maximus and Pascal.

[@Robisquick]

Now you’re smokin that good shit 💩

[@brackthomasfischer6139]

I just wanted to say yes I wish Disney would stop with remakes because they’re so bad, but also this is a fan casting guys! It’s not even confirmed by Disney so idk why people are getting so mad about something that isn’t even true and people need to stop sending Avantika hate!

[@Auunes]

I don't remember being the biggest fan of The Little Mermaid, but I grew up with H.C. Andersens Fairy Tales, seing how they treated the story (which is based on his fairy tale), is just awful. Sure the movie was inspired by his story, but still taking someones culture and ruining, it is just awful. I also grew up with the brother Grimms fairy tales, so seing Rapunzel being treated like this it just feels like "well we don't care about your culture, because it doesn't fit our beliefs and you're white sooo you're awful people".... had to get that off my chest

[@Hanako-Kun-t9b]

Ariel is white Tinkerbell is white Snow White is white Rapunzel is white Misha is Tiana

[@Jennifer-yy8op]

“Tiana” is also supposed to be WHlTE. Princess & the Frog is an ancient German fairytale

[@Wezwolf]

Rapunzel! Rapunzel! Throw me down a Bud Lite!

[@huma_____009]

I don’t know why everyone is making such a big deal out of this when Disney hasn’t even said anything as such about giving her the role. Get a life, people

[@Bj-xf6jy]

It’s soo sad that you guys don’t understand colorblind casting. It’s literally soo sad. Repunzles race can be any color. Repunzle being white has nothing to do with the story at all. Repunzle being German doesn’t mean she cannot be Indian. There’s Indian Germans as well.

[@amy-rose7090]

You realise that would mean that King Frederick and Queen Ariana would also have to be of Indian descent, as well as mother Gothel, for a start. But also, the rest of Corona would also have to be, because otherwise, Rapunzel would have realised she was the lost princess while she was out with Eugene, before going back to Gothel’s tower for the finale. I mean that’s if you set aside the fact that she HAS to have BLONDE hair

[@AynRKey]

Christian Bale as Obama. Ryan Gosling as Martin Luther King. Kat Denning as Rosa Parks. Mark Wahlberg as Muhammad Ali. Anthony Hopkins as Nelson Mandela.

[@derkaiser420]

I hear Hercules is going to be black now too. It is just laughable at this point.

[@mypeeisred24]

i doubt ancient greeks even knew what black people were when they created the hercules myth ☠️☠️

[@alexchapman3260]

I want Ryan Gosling as Martin Luther King...

[@isopowered5004]

Porcelain skin and black hair 🔥🔥

[@jakeg3427]

I think Ryan gosling should play Malcolm X in a new movie about the Nation of Islam

[@ThatProverbs31Girl]

Yall realize everything about avantika being rapunzel is a RUMOR. yall worked up, calling each other racist or anti everything! Be kind please❤ (That said, rapunzel is German and white. If Disney puts on anything else, that are in the wrong. No drama, just facts).

[@Snofey1]

About one year ago I told some woke activist that no one will remember Halle Bailey’s Ariel and movie is pretty much forgotten before summer 2024. Turned out I was right. If Disney does this, the same thing will happen all over agin and they will lose all the remaining fans. I’m starting to think they are doing this on purpose because there is no way they are thos dumb. The question is why would they do that? There is just something fishy about this 🤔

[@mashedpotatoes4849]

I personally don't care much about the race swaps, but this one actually irks me, solely because of the fact there are so many actresses who look like Rapunzel and could easily portray her. Quickly, i can think of Meg Donelly, Florence Pugh, Dove Cameron (maybe), Amanda Seyfried if it happened to be made when she was younger. They all easily have that bubbly energy and look just like Rapunzel, which just goes to show even further that the race swaps are nothing but a marketing strategy.

[@ritaehm3828]

well you don’t have to be irked bc she isn’t cast in fact there’s no confirmation for a movie either. dove has distanced herself from disney, and florence doesn’t look 18. i agree that amanda would’ve been perfect (she sounds like her and can act rly well) if she were younger.

[@orlitohostosperez9656]

It's a fan cast. Disney never even confirmed they are going to make a live action Rapunzel movie, people got mad for no reason and sending racist comments towards Avantika over something that is fake

[@lovelle263]

As an indian growing up watching hindi dubbed rapunzel it will feel strange if i saw an indian girl playing rapunzel. Rather it wud be so great and beautiful to have indian origin story with our own history, indian aesthetic and culture . That wud be justice and be proper representation. Let rapunzel be white !!!!!! Shes perfect

[@BotchuLeeSim]

I feel like they could’ve extended their movies and add more characters for diversity instead of switching the races of characters.

[@NoshikiYT]

Fr

[@Meta9871]

Don't add anything to classics, it's a shoehorn and ruins the original. Actually come up with new stories. Oh wait, that's right, American culture is now dead and all they do is milk old IPs.

[@ds82wrestling]

They did that with Aladdin live action...they stuffed it with extra characters that did nothing for the plot but pad it out and take away time for more important characters.

[@BotchuLeeSim]

@@Meta9871 it’s an adaptation, it’s not supposed to be exactly the same

[@BotchuLeeSim]

@@ds82wrestling no, I mean ones that have significance to the story

[@jstarASMR3103]

Bretman is 100 percent conservative, I just knowwww he is lol. And he got that body in check, you know he doesn’t stand with body positivity either 🤩 honestly I love him

[@cielizzy8860]

Tbh, that actress is gorgeous, I think she'd make a great princess, but NOT RAPUNZEL!

[@RabiyaRavenclaw]

She could play Estrella, who is a Romani princess, and Romanis have origins in South Asia

[@cielizzy8860]

@@RabiyaRavenclaw Yeah, she'd make a great Esmerelda! Heck, there are a lot of Indian princesses that could have their own movie, if Disney stopped being lazy and wrote something original XD

[@RabiyaRavenclaw]

@@cielizzy8860 Yeah, Esmeralda, I always messup her name lol, and India has its own Film industries with more than enough Queens and Princesses. We don't need representation from HollyWeird lol.

[@cielizzy8860]

@@RabiyaRavenclaw Good point lol, I was thinking just with Disney specifically to make a point. Like, they even teased an Indian princess a while ago, Princess Ananya, but claimed "the audience isn't ready for her" and backed off. ...If that isn't proof that this "representation" bid is just an excuse to be lazy writers, I don't know what is lol

[@orlitohostosperez9656]

It's a fan cast plus Disney never confirmed they are making a live action Rapunzel movie

[@Jellieisbi]

Had my hair braided when I was younger, full head of braids. The lady doing it was super happy with the results and kept saying I was really pretty ❤

[@gingercatqueen4368]

Why do we need a live action of tangled anyways? 😭 what’s wrong with what we have?!

[@orlitohostosperez9656]

It's a fan casting. The movie isn't even in the works or confirmed to be made. It's all fake outrage

[@ricksanchezsflask8794]

Disney is hurting for $$$

[@NeirCorvin]

If any skin color can play any role in any culture, since...i guess for disney culture doesn't matter. I want Shaq to play Snow White.

[@TheMSS1977]

3:58 the "great replacement" continues

[@Anastaecia]

Who cares? If your life is so pathetic that you care about the color, race, etc of a character, you need to reevaluate. If Disney should be reprimanded for anything, it's turning cartoons into live action money grabs that no one asked for.

[@Wezwolf]

Yes I'm totally against the exploitation of cartoon characters. Especially Mickey Mouse. Maybe animal protection should get involved. We need to stop being so pathetic, and focus on this.

[@rl9817]

Sorry, Misha. You are mistaken. People are not starting to wake up.

[@eddyspecter]

I just read there isn't a live action movie coming out and she was not cast, but this wouldn't surprise me.

[@thepunisher191]

baby girl thank you for standing up for truth you are a fighter and have that fire in you keep making grate videos👍

[@Lily-barbosa]

Tbh little mermaid is not fair at all!

[@evasolovey4723]

The cat messing with the bed is so relatable

[@rais6036]

You could play Rapunzel

[@aluzza2541]

avantika is gorgeous i hope they dont do her dirty like that, she deserves to be a princess who is indian not white. race swapping is insulting to everyone.

[@Malum09]

I’ve read of several blonde actresses that would love to play the role like: Dove Cameron, Sabrina Carpenter & Mckenna Grace. Disney could have a million dollar winner in their hands if they weren’t run by idiots.

[@dafilmqueen556]

I’ll take Sabrina or McKenna any day. The question is who would be cast as Eugene/Flynn in those cases? Cause McKenna is basically a baby, only 17 going on 18, so she needs an actor to match up with her age range, old enough to fit the age dynamic between her and him but young enough that it isn’t creepy. We might need to kick off Zachary Levi if that happens. For Sabrina, I would love to see Brenton Thwaites as her Eugene (I know he’s already played a Disney live action prince before, but they replaced him, and he’s a handsome beauty with a humorous side too large for a depressing film like Maleficent). For Mckenna, I think Milo Manheim (aka Zed from Z-O-M-B-I-E-S) would be perfect. The power? My favorite..

[@chaltrs]

That actress also played Karen from mean girls and did a terrible job🙄 She completely missed the entire character of Karen.

[@bojanbabovic111]

Erasure of w.h.t rase. Count Coudenhove Kalergi (Venetian B. Nobility) Misha, you should play Rapunzel 😊

[@travishsw]

I’m so tired of Race Swapping! If it was all new movies np. And people who say it’s racist wanting to keep a beloved character the same race when they where created. They need to grow the hell up. This is ridiculous. I’m tired of the live action version of great Disney Animation movies too. They suck. The only good one I enjoyed was Beauty and the Beast. Great video Misha

[@NanakwameMensah-ct7is]

The way y'all care about your Disney princesses as adults is very wild and funny to me and y'all saying"Rapunzel's German"why are you FANCASTING white American girls which shows you care less about accuracy and the most white princesses don't emphasize heavily on culture,nationality and race well except Merida but the POC princesses emphasize heavily on culture and race so you can't do that if you'll do then you have to completely change the plot

[@NanakwameMensah-ct7is]

Y'all can make a whole white cast of the princess and the frog but not in Disney's version besides there are many white princess and the frog y'all should know the famous ones;Princess Fiona's parents from Shrek and y'all shouldn't get me started with Princess Jasmine who was played in the live action Aladdin movie by a HALF WHITE and was voiced in the animation version by a white lady when there's no whiteness in Jasmine when you white folks play POC characters you don't see colour you don't care but when POC play your white characters you see colour and it becomes a huge offense and death sentence don't tell me you're not racist when you don't want a POC play Rapunzel y'all don't care about accuracy y'all are just COLOURISTS and RACISTS

[@NanakwameMensah-ct7is]

White folks my question for y'all;WHY DID THE TWO MEN NOT GIVE PRINCESS TIANA THE BUILDING?????TELL ME WHYYY

[@NanakwameMensah-ct7is]

You white folks have played POC characters for hundreds of years you don't see colour you don't care but when POC play your white characters especially your white princesses OOHH it's a huge offense and a death sentence y'all shouldn't get me started with Princess Jasmine who in the live action was played by a HALF WHITE even though Princess Jasmine is a POC princess from an imaginary place from the Middle East and has been played on Broadway for hundreds of years by a WHITE LADY and still voiced to this day in the animated version by a WHITE lady WHERE'S THE ACCURACY THERE???you care less about accuracy y'all are just COLOURISTS and RACISTS

[@UNOwen-gg9uq]

emphasis on fancast. these people are losing their shit over the HYPOTHETICAL scenario of a desi girl playing rapunzel

[@NanakwameMensah-ct7is]

@@UNOwen-gg9uq White people don't see colour when they play POC characters/princesses and they'll go on to say "Oh it's an actor's job so why should you care"but when POC play their white princesses/characters oohh it's a huge offense and a death sentence and they shouldn't get me started when Princess Jasmine in the live action was played by a HALF WHITE,broadway(WHITE lady)and even the animation world by a white lady,Scarlet Witch originally a Romani has been played by white people as well as Doctor Doom

[@MiLadyShayttv]

Your kitty cat is so cute behind you! Just needed to state that fact. 😆🥰

[@mypeeisred24]

i mean, at least disney is losing money and soon theyll get their shit together.