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The Little Mermaid

RedEyedAbyssRedEyedAbyss
edited 2014-04-01 23:52:31 in Media

Many people have already pointed out how screwed up it is that she tries to change everything about herself for a guy she's barely met. I have a feeling that Disney didn't think the implications through, as the original story ended in tragedy for this reason (aside from that going to heaven bit). Though the sexual undertones make it pretty screwed up on its own.


I'm intrigued as to how Sofia Coppola is going to interpret it.

Comments

  • InsanityAddictInsanityAddict
    Diet NEET

    The subtext makes for hilarious riffing material, though:

  • Central AvenueCentral Avenue

    I laughed, because I have the maturity of a 13-year-old

  • glennmagusharveyglennmagusharvey
    edited 2014-04-09 23:54:44
    Creature - Florida Dragon Turtle Human

    I still haven't watched that video, because I have the attention span of a 13-year-old

  • SchitzoSchitzo
    They're somethin' else.

    I thought Coppola was going to adapt the Hans Christian Anderson story?

  • RedEyedAbyssRedEyedAbyss

    Yes, that's what I meant. It reminds me of the 2003 Peter Pan, though I imagine it would be edgier.

  • ZennistradZennistrad

    What about Beauty and the Beast? The moral of the story is essentially "even if someone traps you in a castle and holds you hostage, it's okay because they're actually not so bad when you get to know them?"

  • InsanityAddictInsanityAddict
    edited 2014-04-10 16:15:38
    Diet NEET

    Belle obviously falls in love with Beast due to Stockholm Syndrome, but the way the others react is by deciding her own experience for her. It's a textbook example of how victims of emotional abuse often are in the double bind of having their friends decide her story for her and taking her agency away in the very same way her abusive partner does.

  • ninjaclownninjaclown

    I heard the VA for Ariel was homophobic due to Christian beliefs.

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