The Ltle Mermaid has always been for the gays.
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THE LTLE MERMAID'S ORIGAL STORY IS REALLY ABOUT GAY LOVE AND REJECTN
The ept origs of The Ltle Mermaid are actually gay, but that don’t mean havg a Black mermaid pursug a heterosexual relatnship is an accurate reprentatn that stroys the story any said, a movie about Anrsen’s own life wh a foc on his queer yearngs — and keepg as chaotic and msy as sounds like actually was — sounds like the next bt move for Hollywood. And then maybe a gay adaptatn of The Ltle Mermaid to go along wh . And the film’s most proment mil number, “Part of Your World, ” is now a queer anthem, which was sred by Alan Menken wh lyrics om the late, great gay songwrer Howard to 2023, and Disney, now celebratg a banner year wh the stud’s 100th anniversary, is releasg the highly anticipated live-actn versn of The Ltle Mermaid starrg Halle Bailey, Melissa McCarthy, Jonah Her-Kg, Awkwafa, Daveed Diggs, and Javier Barm.
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Although the directors ially felt should be a love song aimed towards Prce Eric, was lyricist Howard Ashman (himself a gay man, who was diagnosed wh HIV halfway through productn) who suggted Part Of Your World should be an outlet for Ariel to vent her tratns about her life and her both s them and early placement the film, the song n be pared to Over The Rabow om The Wizard Of Oz – a pot Ashman ma when fendg the song to Disney boss, who wanted to cut . Molled on the legendary drag performer Dive, her dialogue was also heavily spired by Joan Colls’ character Dynasty, a mp favoure of gay men the 1980s. ”Jennifer agre that if there is anythg tentnally gay about the film, ’s “fely found the character of Ursula”.