Absolute cherry picking. The Little Mermaid remake did better than Cruella backstory, the Dumbo remake, not to mention the straight to Disney+ stinkers like Pinocchio and Lady and the Tramp, none of which messed with race elements (I could throw the Mulan remake in there but that got FUBAR’d by COVID so I’ll give it a pass). It’s also ignoring that audiences have gotten wise to these live action remakes being soulless cash grabs and so they’re checking out.
Absolute cherry picking. The Little Mermaid remake did better than Cruella backstory, the Dumbo remake, not to mention the straight to Disney+ stinkers like Pinocchio and Lady and the Tramp, none of which messed with race elements (I could throw the Mulan remake in there but that got FUBAR’d by COVID so I’ll give it a pass). It’s also ignoring that audiences have gotten wise to these live action remakes being soulless cash grabs and so they’re checking out.