Disney's Ltle Mermaid Remake Should Honor the Tale's Gay Legacy

Contents:

• THE LITTLE MERMAID’S GAY MAGIC
• THE LTLE MERMAID'S ORIGAL STORY IS REALLY ABOUT GAY LOVE AND REJECTN
• THE LTLE MERMAID IS REALLY ABOUT UNREQUED GAY LOVE
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• THE LTLE MERMAID CHARACTERS RANKED BY HOW MUCH FUN THEY’D BE AT A GAY BAR
• THE LTLE MERS — A GAY LTLE MERMAID RETELLG

THE LITTLE MERMAID’S GAY MAGIC

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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Now, another gay creator, director Rob Marshall, sprkl fairy dt on the timels tale of Ariel, Eric, and UrsulaThe Ltle Mermaid has always been for the gays.

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 . 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.

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. Heartbroken and homosexual, Hans Christian Anrsen wrote this story about his Art of ‘The Ltle Mermaid’ by ThkAnneThk (Instagram Acunt)Hans Christian Anrsen was many thgs.

THE LTLE MERMAID IS REALLY ABOUT UNREQUED GAY LOVE

One YouTuber is givg the gays everythg they want wh his queer reimagg of The Ltle Mermaid's Ariel. Animator Mark Srnanr's "Part of Your World — Male Versn" vio, upload last week, se the female protagonist of the Disney classic rest as a gay man. Creds asi, Srnanr offered this explanatn for his gay sp on The Ltle Mermaid the vio's scriptn: "I have to please the gays.

It’s a proven fact that most Disney films are pretty gay.

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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. Unable to exprs his homosexual feelgs of love toward the young Coll, Anrsen ed this story as an allegory for his experience. ” In this se, the most vehemently homophobic people are the on who are terrified of their own homosexual sir.

The rabow that Tron pats the sky is as gay as looks. But The Ltle Mermaid me out 1989, and the rabow beme a proment symbol of the gay rights movement the 1970s.

THE LTLE MERMAID CHARACTERS RANKED BY HOW MUCH FUN THEY’D BE AT A GAY BAR

Ashman, who was the lyricist for both Bety and the Beast and The Ltle Mermaid, was an openly gay man who died of AIDS right after fishg Bety and the Beast 1991. Which is puzzlg, bee the origal fairy tale by Hans Christian Anrsen is one of the sadst (gay) love letters of all time. A five rankg of the Ltle Mermaid character posters, based on how much fun they’d be at a gay bar (Disney/ Getty/ PkNews).

The Ltle Mermaid character posters are here – so ’s time to rank our aquatic acquatanc based on nothg more than how much fun they’d be at a gay bar.

THE LTLE MERS — A GAY LTLE MERMAID RETELLG

Several new look character posters have also dropped, so ’s time to very scientifilly rank them based on some very specific creria: how much fun I thk the characters would be a gay bar.