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  • Live-Action MOANA: Cultural Accuracy is Suddenly Important

    From BTR1701@3:633/10 to All on Mon Jul 13 08:15:31 2026

    https://variety.com/2026/film/features/moana-creatives-polynesian-culture-traditions-1236807177/

    Being culturally accurate was of no concern whatsoever to Hollywood when
    making THE ODYSSEY, a movie based on white/western culture. But they go to great lengths to honor Polynesian culture and make sure everything's as accurate as possible with MOANA. And there are a grand total of zero race-swapped actors playing Polynesian roles. Nicole Kidman isn't Moana's mom or Mel Gibson as the chief of the tribe or anything like that.

    Weird how that works, huh?



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  • From Adam H. Kerman@3:633/10 to All on Mon Jul 13 09:10:44 2026
    BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> wrote:

    https://variety.com/2026/film/features/moana-creatives-polynesian-culture-traditions-1236807177/

    Being culturally accurate was of no concern whatsoever to Hollywood when >making THE ODYSSEY, a movie based on white/western culture.

    Can a human play a Greek god without beinh smited?

    But they go to
    great lengths to honor Polynesian culture and make sure everything's as >accurate as possible with MOANA. And there are a grand total of zero >race-swapped actors playing Polynesian roles. Nicole Kidman isn't Moana's mom >or Mel Gibson as the chief of the tribe or anything like that.

    Weird how that works, huh?

    Does anyone realize that the word literaly means a polyglot of
    ethnicities and culters? Anyone of any race can play such characters!

    Is Moana even a real name or a Disney trademark?

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  • From anim8rfsk@3:633/10 to All on Mon Jul 13 13:52:04 2026
    Adam H. Kerman <ahk@chinet.com> wrote:
    BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> wrote:

    https://variety.com/2026/film/features/moana-creatives-polynesian-culture-traditions-1236807177/

    Being culturally accurate was of no concern whatsoever to Hollywood when
    making THE ODYSSEY, a movie based on white/western culture.

    Can a human play a Greek god without beinh smited?

    But they go to
    great lengths to honor Polynesian culture and make sure everything's as
    accurate as possible with MOANA. And there are a grand total of zero
    race-swapped actors playing Polynesian roles. Nicole Kidman isn't Moana's mom
    or Mel Gibson as the chief of the tribe or anything like that.

    Weird how that works, huh?

    Does anyone realize that the word literaly means a polyglot of
    ethnicities and culters? Anyone of any race can play such characters!

    Is Moana even a real name or a Disney trademark?


    A Disney trademark. It wasn?t a name before Disney came up with it.

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    The last thing I want to do is hurt you, but it is still on my list.

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