2017
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Anyone else weirded out by Mica's pronunciation of Aaron?
not really its a key and peele thing very outdated but meh not to much of a bother
AH ok, never seen Key and Peele.
So Disney can't find a Middle Eastern or Indian guy in his 20's who can dance and sing...have they ever HEARD of Bollywood!?!?!?!
Apparently a lot of Bollywood's singing is dubbed over which is part of what's keeping them from finding someone easily
And at 1:45 I fell in love with the editor.
So I get Hollywood having a hard time finding a Middle Eastern male to fill the role of Aladdin. The only middle eastern actors i can think of are Oded Fehr, Arnold Vosloo, and I guess Ben Kingsley is technically a small percentage jewish. I liked him as the Vizier in Pop sands of time. But something tells me they're all a bit too old to play a 20 year old. So yeah good luck finding someone young enough that can put butts into seats. My question though is why an Indian guys? Doesn't aladdin take place in the fictional middle eastern city of Agrabah? I feel like casting an Indian guy in a middle eastern role makes the whole "Hollywood is racist" argument stronger.
In their defense, northern India was ruled by Islamic monarchies at the time the movie will probably be set. So it's plausible, though highly unlikely, that someone like Aladdin could make it that far west if he thought he could have a better life. Not that that'll be mentioned in any way, but if that's all they can find then they can work it into the story in a compelling way.
"Tim-oh-thee"
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