Disney's 'Lilo & Stitch' is getting the live-action treatment, but reports on a casting decision for a character originally depicted as a dark-skinned Native Hawaiian have set off a new conversation about colorism in Hollywood.
Disney’s animated hit “Lilo & Stitch” is getting the live-action treatment, but a reported casting decision has set off a new conversation about colorism in Hollywood. Some fans were disappointed after The Hollywood Reporter reported last week that Sydney Agudong was set to play Nani, Lilo’s overworked older sister and legal guardian. Born and raised in Hawaii, Agudong is mixed race.
But as Lilo’s companion Stitch causes chaos at her various places of employment, Nani struggles to hold down a job and is repeatedly warned by a social worker that she could lose custody of her sister. The storyline echoes the real-life crisis of Native children being removed from their homes, as well as the racial disparities in the US child welfare system.
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