Results: New Take On An Old Classic

In what seems to be a trend these days, Disney is once again redoing one of its classic movies as a live action film. After success with Beauty And The Beast, Dumbo, Aladdin and to be released July 19, and what will surely be the best of the bunch, The Lion King, Disney will next redo 1989's The Little Mermaid. And social media, as usual, is sounding off on the biggest change to this version -- Ariel, the mermaid will be played by actress and singer Halle Bailey, who just happens to be black. Did you see the original The Little Mermaid, and what do you think of this casting?

19-year-old Bailey, one half of the singing duo Chloe x Halle, received support from many – including Jodi Benson, who voiced Ariel in the original. "The most important thing is to tell the story," she was quoted, "As a family, we have raised our children, and for ourselves, that we don't see anything that's different on the outside. I think that the spirit of a character is what really matters. What you bring to the table in a character as far as their heart, and their spirit, is what really counts". Do you think roles should be cast regardless of skin colour or ethnicity?

Hollywood, and Disney in particular, has been accused of whitewashing characters for decades --Whitewashing is a casting practice in the film industry in which white actors are cast in historically non-white character roles or in roles which are scripted for non-white characters. Here are some examples of this over the years. Are you familiar with any of these movie roles?

More and more, movies and TV shows are being made with "ethnic" or "racial" casting that still has broad mass appeal. Last year's big hit, Crazy Rich Asians became one of the year's biggest movies, and showed that movies with diverse casts can still appeal to everyone, no matter what your race or ethnicity. How many of these movies or TV shows have you seen?.