Director Rob Marshall Talks 'The Ltle Mermaid's Gay Magic

Contents:

• THE LTLE MERMAID'S ORIGAL STORY IS REALLY ABOUT GAY LOVE AND REJECTN
• THE REAL LTLE MERMAID: HANS CHRISTIAN ANRSEN'S GAY LOVE STORY
• ‘THE LTLE MERMAID’ ORIGALLY MEANT AS GAY LOVE LETTER TO AUTHOR’S CSH

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.

THE REAL LTLE MERMAID: HANS CHRISTIAN ANRSEN'S GAY LOVE STORY

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. Rictor Norton, an thor who foc on LGBTQ lerary history, noted his 1998 book "My Dear Boy: Gay Love Letters Through the Centuri, " that the story of Anrsen's life was reflected "The Ltle Mermaid.

"My Dear Boy: Gay Love Letters through the Centuri.

‘THE LTLE MERMAID’ ORIGALLY MEANT AS GAY LOVE LETTER TO AUTHOR’S CSH

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. 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.

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