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Halle Bailey plays the lead character, Ariel, in 'The Little Mermaid.'
has stirred online outrage by faulting Disney's new live-action remake of '
The Little Mermaid', a children's movie
, for not including any "kink" in the storyline.
Times film critic Wesley Morris began his
review by saying the movie had "noble intentions,"
dutifully checking various diversity boxes to gain approval. However, he added that Disney erred by trying too hard to avoid offending audiences: "Joy, fun, mystery risk, flavor, kink - they're missing."
Controversy over the review bubbled up earlier this week, when the newspaper
posted a Twitter message promoting the piece. It came amid a wave of conservative boycotts against major corporations over alleged sexualization of children and promotion of transgender ideology.
US retailer Target, for instance, has lost more than $13 billion in market value over the past two weeks amid public pushback over a "Pride Month" campaign that featured merchandise for babies and other children.
Comment: It's notable that, Boikov, an Australian citizen, is currently holed up in the Russian embassy. As for the death of his colleague, whether his death, his activism, and the relation to Boikov are merely coincidental, or are related to his death, remains to be seen.
When compared to other Western nations, it seems that there's is a rather vocal and visible group of Australians who have been featured in the national media over their support for Russia; less attention seems to be given to their denounciation of the West and its proxy war in Ukraine.
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