It seems that in order to popularize the colorful world, the reshaping of history and fairy tales and narratives is also allowed, and even mandatory in cultural areas controlled by liberals! This is how the Norwegian queen from the 10th century, who was probably suddenly blonde, was doing the same!

Vikings: Valhalla will be released on Netflix on February 25th. The series deals with the adventures of the great Viking warriors of the past, so Jarl Haakon, who was the actual ruler of Norway between 975 and 995, also appears. The role of the white warrior viking was given to a black woman in an unusual way.

Netflix's Vikings: Valhalla is a sequel to the History Channel's Vikings, set a century after the story of the original series. The first episode of the series will debut on Netflix on February 25. As reported by Mandiner, the role of the tough Haakon Jarl is played by a black dance singer, Caroline Henderson.

The new series follows the adventures of a new generation of Viking warriors, including Freydis Eriksdotter,

“Jarl Haakon was one of Norway's chief defenders against foreign influence and control over Scandinavia. Netlfix thinks it's a good idea to have a black woman play her. It's like a white woman playing Nelson Mandela. It insults Scandinavian history," one Twitter user blurted out.

However, this is not the first "progressive" casting: for example, the 18-19. In the series of the Bridgerton family set at the turn of the century, several black characters appear in the ranks of the British nobility, and the British Queen Zsófia Sarolta also appears on the screen as a person of color.

In Disney's new production, the film version of Snow White, the half-Polish, half-Colombian Rachel Zegler was given the lead role. The choice was met with a lot of criticism, several Disney fans criticized the work, asking how the actress could be Snow White because she was "not white".

In addition, according to Peter Dinklage, the star of Game of Thrones, the inclusion of dwarfs reinforces negative stereotypes. In response to the criticism, Disney immediately issued a statement in which they promised to avoid stereotypes in relation to the "seven characters" (so they even avoided the word dwarf). Based on these, it may even happen that Snow White is left without dwarves. It is interesting that Dinklage's criticism was also responded to by dwarf actors, who complained that because of their colleague's speech, they might lose roles that they could otherwise get. According to a previous poll by hirado.hu, 90 percent of our readers would think it silly if there were no dwarves in Hófehérke.

Source: mediapiac.com

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