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I was drawn in by that first Hans Christian Anderson quote: “But a mermaid has no tears, and therefore she suffers so much more.” That’s how the movie started. But overall, I think it was really powerful. I wasn’t into the Lin-Manuel Miranda “Scuttlebutt” thing. Some of the musicality fell short compared to the original.
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I think there were also things that didn’t need to be done, where they tried to update it. Williams: Let’s jump into this new “Little Mermaid.” I’d like to hear your initial reactions.Ĭadet: It was powerful to see a Black live-action princess. To go to the movies this weekend and see this 2023 “Little Mermaid,” essentially it felt like I was seeing “The Little Mermaid” movie for the first time and I’m almost grateful.Īriel (Halle Bailey, right) shows Scuttle (voice of Awkwafina, left) and Flounder (voice of Jacob Tremblay) a fork in Disney’s live action “The Little Mermaid.” Disney Enterprises Inc. So I don’t have a memory of “The Little Mermaid,” and I think for me that was really interesting and powerful. The (1997 live-action) “Cinderella” with (singer and “Moesha” star) Brandy came out when I was really young, and then I remember finally seeing (the animated) “Cinderella” when I was like 18 or something. Kimiko Russell-Halterman : I actually had to call my mom about this because I did not have a memory of watching “The Little Mermaid.” And she was like, “OK, so I don’t know if I did this on purpose, but we didn’t really watch the white princess movies when you were growing up.” I also didn’t have the best relationship with my dad, so there’s those types of things that can pop up from it.īut for me, it was really being able to hear this music that I identify with with my own culture and my identity. I think the story of the teenager trying to find herself is something that, when you’re that age - I was 7 when I saw the movie - you’re looking to these things to show you what teenage life is like. I struggled because I loved Disney, but it felt like Disney didn’t love me.Īkilah Cadet: I’m Caribbean, so I just liked hearing the Caribbean accent (of Sebastian) on my screen. But at the same time, it was hard for me because I loved and adored these Disney princesses that looked nothing like me. I could relate with Ariel - I think a lot of kids can - in that she’s dealing with this father who has control over her life. I loved mermaids and I also loved Disney princesses. From a very young age, I felt very drawn to water and the ocean. It was probably one of my favorite movies when I was about 7 or 8. Maya Cameron Gordon: I grew up loving “The Little Mermaid” very much. Jessa Williams: What is your connection to the original ‘Little Mermaid’? Akilah Cadet (left), Kimiko Russell-Halterman, Maya Cameron Gordon and Jessa Williams.
This conversation has been edited for length and clarity.
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She sat down with three other Black women - free diver and Brown Girl Surf environmental educator Kimiko Russell-Halterman Akilah Cadet, founder and CEO of Change Cadet, an organizational development consulting firm specializing in diversity, equity and inclusion and anti-racism and Maya Cameron Gordon, a screenwriter and author of the new children’s book, “The Mermaid Princesses” - to talk all things “Little Mermaid.” They discussed what the new film got right (and wrong), why it’s important to see a Black princess on the big screen, and the challenges the film is still facing amid racist review-bombing. On that note, Kiss the Girl is suitably reframed for 2023 into less of a consent nightmare by letting Ariel’s pals gently encourage the fledgling romance in the song after Ursula (Melissa McCarthy) wipes the mermaid’s memory of the importance of kissing Eric in their bargain.Jessa Williams is the founder of INTRSXTN Surf, an intersectional surf collective that creates space for Black women and women of color to explore the outdoors through surfing, and the cofounder of Represent Collaborative. He also gets the chance to sing a new Alan Menken and Lin-Manuel Miranda song for the movie – Wild Uncharted Waters – and he and his dimples are swoon worthy in an appropriately PG way for a children’s movie. The rest of the performances are also strong, with Jonah Hauer-King doing well as sweet love interest Prince Eric with expanded backstory, even if his role really is just as foil to Ariel. Mermaid mythology is also nicely referenced in the movie too, with fleeting depictions of manatees and mention of the lure of siren song. Her casting, of course, also represents something incredibly important to Black fans, which Disney has happily encouraged in promotion of The Little Mermaid – but her abundance of talent proves she is anything but a diversity hire, as some insisted on claiming. The movie makes sure to pay appropriate homage to key favourite moments from the original animation (Picture: Disney)
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