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How Gay is The Little Mermaid? | READUS 101
🕑 Added 2023-05-09 16:00:59 +0000 UTCThe Little Mermaid, Hans Christian Andersen’s fairy tale about a mermaid princess, is a story about queer yearning that heteronormativity allowed Walt Disney Studios to market it to girls. But with Disney bringing on board Howard Ashman for its music, the audience it formed solidified the queer millennial fanbase that would spawn from the Disney Renaissance. So here’s how the queer yearning of Hans Christian Andersen’s The Little Mermaid worked hand-in-hand with the heteronormativity of the Disney classic adaptation.
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Velocirection
Just wanted to say I love your videos! I was never a big fan of the Little Mermaid but I have a lot more appreciation for it after watching this and learning more about the background of it.
