“It’s about herself, her purpose, her freedom, her life and what she wants.”
“It’s way bigger than that,” Bailey added. “I’m really excited for my version of the film,” she explained, “because we’ve definitely changed that perspective of just her wanting to leave the ocean for a boy.” #NotMyAriel trended on Twitter, with explicitly white supremacist posts, while the comments section of the official trailer on YouTube exploded with unhinged bigotry.Ĭontroversy erupted anew last month when Bailey, in an interview with Edition, criticized the 1989 iteration of Ariel. Most notably, instead of a white, red-headed mer-girl, audiences will see brown-skinned, brunette Halle Bailey as the title character herself.īailey, a Grammy-nominated musician who has credits on television as well, faced swift and severe racism when her casting was announced.
Original composer Alan Menken worked with Encanto and Moana songwriter Lin-Manuel Miranda to write new songs and craft new lyrics for beloved songs “Kiss the Girl” and “Poor Unfortunate Souls” to better fit the times. In revisiting the adaptation of the Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale, Disney isn’t holding back on making (arguably much-needed) updates to the 34-year-old movie. OL788946W Pages 14 Ppi 300 Republisher_date 20191202182357 Republisher_operator Republisher_time 113 Scandate 20191128171540 Scanner Scanningcenter cebu Scribe3_search_catalog isbn Scribe3_search_id 9781570826290 Tts_version 3.In the latest of a series of live-action remakes of its beloved animated films, next month Disney will premiere The Little Mermaid, the 1989 classic that revived a moribund studio and ignited a firestorm of creativity that audiences are still enjoying today. Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 06:55:58 Associated-names Heinzen, Kory, illustrator Yamada, Kenny, illustrator Boxid IA1717523 Camera Sony Alpha-A6300 (Control) Collection_set printdisabled External-identifier
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