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Originally Posted by P_RABID
Disney did it with Alladin too, the Genie is Will Smith, u can't tell me he ain't a funny dude. Don't see what the issue is with replacing the original white characters with black ones. SMH
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Genie was not white. He was a fantastic creature of an unknown race. Perhaps his fantastic race was based on Arabians (since the story was written there), so black is the most closest color for this character in the movie. Will Smith must be ok, IMHO.
E.g. here is an Arabic-style Genie from some old Soviet movie of 30s:
He's being played by a white actor, but his skin is darkened. Because... Arabian Genie can not be white in a same way as Clint Eastwood or Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim can't be black.