It's a proven fact that most Disney films are pretty gay. Although the only overtly gay character is "The Fool" om the live-actn Bety and the Beast, movi like Mulan have challenged genr bari, and movi like Frozen have drawn parallels to the queer experience. But Disney's foray to queer…
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- THE LTLE MERMAID'S ORIGAL STORY IS REALLY ABOUT GAY LOVE AND REJECTN
- WAS HANS CHRISTIAN ANRSEN’S ‘THE LTLE MERMAID’ A METAPHOR FOR UNREQUED GAY LOVE?
- THE LTLE MERMAID IS GAYER THAN YOU EVER ULD HAVE IMAGED, SAY HISTORIANS
THE LTLE MERMAID'S ORIGAL STORY IS REALLY ABOUT GAY LOVE AND REJECTN
The Ltle Mermaid's Origal Story Is Really About Gay Love and Rejectn. However, Disney's animated movie is self an adaptatn and actually has several differenc when pared to the origal story, which scholarly terpretatns have analyzed may actually be a metaphor for unrequed gay love. Let's take a look at Anrsen's fairy tale and the symbolism embedd the story, and see how uld very well reflect a gay thor feelg out of place a heterosexual world.
WAS HANS CHRISTIAN ANRSEN’S ‘THE LTLE MERMAID’ A METAPHOR FOR UNREQUED GAY LOVE?
And to ny the prence of diverse voic and fac on-screen, ni the efforts and talents of diverse voic behd the screen, cludg que a number of LGBT artists who ntributed to Disney’s repertoire such as gay and Jewish songwrer Howard Ashman, the poser behd the animated versns of The Ltle Mermaid and Bety and the Beast, and Andreas Deja, a proment character signer.
It's tertg when you take to acunt Anrsen's supposed unrequed gay love story behd the beloved tale and also remember that the song 'Part of Your World' was wrten by a gay man, seems The Ltle Mermaid, has always been a lot gayer than we thought. Image a gay mermaid of lour?
In some ways, the 1830s Europe marked an “enlightenment” perd for gay activism; although was still not publicly acceptable (or legal) to pursue a same-sex romance, private romanc were another matter.
THE LTLE MERMAID IS GAYER THAN YOU EVER ULD HAVE IMAGED, SAY HISTORIANS
” In a piece for the Atlantic tled “It’s Not Jt Frozen: Most Disney Movi Are Pro-Gay, ” Akash Nikolas wr, One of the most poignant exampl of the pany’s tolerant atmosphere is the se of lyricist Howard Ashman, who was openly gay and died of AIDS 1991. The rabow has long been a symbol of peace and of the bridgg of two worlds (sunlight and ra), but ’s also been a gay pri symbol sce the 70s, long before Disney’s The Ltle Mermaid me out.