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[johnsmith]

Whoa! I can't believe I missed that at first. Is that real and unaltered? If not, that's a great edit job!

It's shopped

 

[Engell]

this would be worse

 

[AndrewPL]

It would be the same as if they made Thor or Hercules fat (I don't buy that he has a muscle gut)

I grew up with Maui stories of him catching the sun and fishing up the north island etc and they are stealing that culture and ruining it....but that's not new for Disney.

 

[Skux]

You can't really ask to be represented and then complain that you weren't represented right.

And most Samoans don't look like The Rock, either.

 

[Subtle]

I think the complaint is about the "fat islander" stereotype. Just look at King Hippo from Punch Out!!

 

[AndrewPL]

Really? Huh....

I guess this guy is fat also

Compare the face of that guy and a fat guy...then look at Maui

 

[Oersted]

You can't really ask to be represented and then complain that you weren't represented right.

Eeeh... what? Who gave you the power to make up nonsensical rules?

 

[HP_Wuvcraft]

Any way you cut it, this is an incredibly sexist quote.

He skims right past the actual main character to go "but the man is fat!".
He skims right past the actual main character to go "but the male God figure isn't the stereotypical image of a male body!".

 

[grimmiq]

Any way you cut it, this is an incredibly sexist quote.

He skims right past the actual main character to go "but the man is fat!".
He skims right past the actual main character to go "but the male God figure isn't the stereotypical image of a male body!".

It is great that Moana is the lead. However, it is disappointing that Maui, one of our beloved historical ancestors from hundreds of years ago, who was a very strong man [and] a skilled navigator, is depicted to be so overweight in this kids’ movie.

He has no problem with the female lead and praises the decision.

Personally, I see nothing wrong with his body, his face on the other hand creeps me the fuck out and gets far worse when he does the people's eyebrow in the trailer.

 

[Messofanego]

The best canvas.

Oh wow hahahaha

 

[Fuzzery]

Dudes got some muscle gut. He looks cool as fuck.

Wonder if he posted that thread

 

[FunkyDealer]

The dude's got crazy big hands and feet. Either that, or the girl is seriously petite.

He's not fat though, he's big. That seems to be mostly muscle.

 

[G.ZZZ]

So western man arrive on pacific islands, make everyone there previously fit obese as shit. Centuries later Disney's movies with thicker characters have coincidentally no white ones , but only islanders who now suffer from the worst obesity epidemic in the world because of said white man, and sell them as "promoting their body image".

And those characters aren't even from the modern era, so it's not even nowhere accurate, it's simply a fat stereotype applied retroactively because reasons

 

[HP_Wuvcraft]

The dude's got crazy big hands and feet. Either that, or the girl is seriously petite.

He's not fat though, he's big. That seems to be mostly muscle.

He's also a God. He's supposed to be exaggerated. He carries around a giant fish hook that was used to create the Hawaiian Islands and turns into a hawk.