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Aladdin is getting a spin-off and people are upset.

posted 4 years ago by samoanjoes (51224)
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A small character from the first film (played by Billy Magnussen) is getting his own spin-off and people are upset that it happens to be a white actor getting this role. People are bringing this up because Mena Massoud, who played Aladdin, said a few days ago that he hasn't gotten an audition since the film came out.
Are people really that stupid to think that the guy who played Aladdin deserves an Aladdin spin-off? And to make things funnier, Billy Magnussen pitched the movie himself. People are complaining for nothing.

https://news.yahoo.com/apos-aladdin-apos-spinoff-series-013614764.html

[–] actionkamen (23176) 4 years ago

People are always complaining.

[–] [deleted] 4 years ago

I have no objection to the spin off idea with Billy Magnussen, but I would like to see Mena Massoud got more opportunities. I really liked the new Aladdin movie and thought Massoud did a good job.

[–] samoanjoes (51224) 4 years ago

He'll definitely get more roles. He's actually going to star in a show but he landed it before Aladdin was released.

[–] McQualude (4231) 4 years ago

You fell for an old trick, the contrived controversy.

[–] [deleted] 4 years ago

I think the SJW pre-bombardment campaigns hurt their films more than help them.

[–] kuku (3510) 4 years ago

Bad idea.

Woke people are gonna hate it because they'll call it white privilege and bullshit.

Non-woke people won't like it since the character was added just to portray white people as stupid. Just watch the clip
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QW4-8VlvIls

[–] Mrmojo4700 (20510) 4 years ago

That clip reminds me of 95% of the commercials on television in the past 5 years. The white person is always the idiot or the comedy and that’s odd because that is not what’s reflected in actual society.

[–] samoanjoes (51224) 4 years ago

I saw the movie and I don't even remember him in it.

[–] croft_alice (12180) 4 years ago

Oh humanity 🙄

[–] [deleted] 4 years ago

For a segment of the community that love saying "First world problems" SJW's sure seem to complain about a lot of first world problems.

If you look at the comments for that article a majority of the readers don't see it as a big deal at all.

[–] samoanjoes (51224) 4 years ago

I saw other articles where people in the comments were complaining about it more. I copied that link because it was the last one I read before I decided to post it here.

[–] [deleted] 4 years ago

All good I wasn't knocking you. I was pleasantly surprised by the comments and how many didn't see what the fuss was. I haven't seen Aladdin and never will but from the comments it appears the Middle Eastern actor wasn't very good anyway and the white actor helped develop the role for a spin off.

[–] Stratego (29287) 4 years ago

"Are people really that stupid to think that the guy who played Aladdin deserves an Aladdin spin-off?"

Why would Aladdin even get an Aladdin spin-off? Wouldn't that just be a sequel?

[–] samoanjoes (51224) 4 years ago

Exactly. I don't think people really thought their argument out.

[–] Furienna (3322) 4 years ago

I don't feel that people are complaing over nothing.
I mean, why would they make a spin-off about a random extra anyway?
And the fact that this is one of the few white people in the movie gives this a heap of unfortunate implications.

[–] samoanjoes (51224) 4 years ago

Because he went to the producers and pitched the idea himself. But again, this is about people saying Mena Massoud hasn't got an audition since. What's that got to do with this guy getting a spin-off?

[–] Furienna (3322) 4 years ago

It is probably just a case of bad timing, that the spin-off with Magnussen (white actor) was announced just as the news about Massoud (Egyptian actor) having problems had emerged.

Still, I do get why some people wondered what was going on.

[–] samoanjoes (51224) 4 years ago

Timing is a factor, but people are also quick to judge anything.