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Never in a million years would I expect be here, with each of my reviews currently getting up to ten or so likes each, and so many wonderful comments from such funny, caring, and genuine people who share the same passion as I do. I am seriously the luckiest guy in…

The Little Mermaid marked the beginning of Disney’s renaissance under the stewardship of Katzenberg and proved to be the template for practically every Disney film that succeeded it in the following decade. However, with it fast approaching its 25th anniversary is it beginning to show its age? Sadly, the answer to that question is a yes, but then I’ve never been a huge fan of this particular animated adaptation.

Based on Hans Christian Andersen’s famous fairy tale it tells the story of Ariel, an inquisitive and free spirited mermaid, who falls in love with a human prince. Making a bargain with an evil sea witch she is offered the chance of a new life with her two-legged love, but at…

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1989, a wonderful year for Disney; a moment where they have broken through their two decade slump, unable to make a film that captures the pure magical essence that universally captured the hearts of youths and adults. Enter the Disney Renaissance, a wave of films that brings Disney back to the top tier level that they were once known for. The wait was definitely long, but given the products that they have throughout the final decade of the 20th century, it was without a doubt, worth it. Starting off the Renaissance is The Little Mermaid, a film that I once dismissed as one of the worst films of the era, given…

"Part of Your World" stands out as perhaps the pinnacle of Disney's canon of musical bildungsroman (yes, I'm playing fast and loose with that word). It's the culmination of decades of work trying to find the right formula to tap into the fantasy "every" girl has of being a princess mixed with the demographic tendency to want to see more explore more experience more. It is the basis of a formula that would continue with "Belle" and "How Far I'll Go," to name but two examples. And the key to it is that, of course, coming of age stories/feelings extend far beyond their demographic; everyone wants more feels more wants to grow wants to change. For trans people, the transformation…

The Little Mermaid actively resists being a "children's movie" It's erotic and vulgar and violent and romantic and scary. The lead is a complex character making major life decisions witg huge leaps of faith, the character with the major arc if a father figure learning to let go, and the sidekicks characters are adults with serious psychological hangups.

It's not about throwing away your life and voice for a boy. Her decision to go to the human world and be brave and trust her gut that her passion will be rewarded, and that Eric is the vehicle through which she obtains what her heart actually wants, is a brave, deeply human journey. Ursula's song deflates the anti feminist argument by…