tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4060372686205861977.post2563973955059022197..comments2024-03-26T05:32:30.698-05:00Comments on Tonia Says: Review: The Little MermaidTonia Sayshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11406280143637741965noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4060372686205861977.post-43055886238857174952017-12-14T14:29:26.416-06:002017-12-14T14:29:26.416-06:00Adelaide Dupont,
I have never seen the musical ve...Adelaide Dupont, <br />I have never seen the musical version on stage but I saw clips of it on youtube where Eric and Ariel use dance etc to communicate. Look it up on youtube. Sorry for the late reply. Crip Video Productionshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13892178609759325663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4060372686205861977.post-6972253334630351702017-11-24T09:13:06.297-06:002017-11-24T09:13:06.297-06:00The 8 minutes of the movie was actually missing in...The 8 minutes of the movie was actually missing in the version I watched, so I had to rely on summaries and assumptions to fill in the gaps.<br /><br />Thanks for commenting and reading <3 Tonia Sayshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11406280143637741965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4060372686205861977.post-88348072471904289542017-11-24T01:35:49.936-06:002017-11-24T01:35:49.936-06:00No, Ariel wasn't a patient mermaid.
She wante...No, Ariel wasn't a patient mermaid.<br /><br />She wanted to live and get on, especially in the Disney version.<br /><br />In the Hans Christian Andersen version she's very passive; melancholic. And she has these seven sisters who are almost more important characters than she is.<br /><br />And I love that Ariel tires out Sebastian. Very relatable. I have tired out lots of people.<br /><br />"Your pretty looks - the importance of body language". Ursula!<br /><br />My very favourite song from THE LITTLE MERMAID is probably Under the Sea.<br /><br />And what a first nightmare to have, Tonia!<br /><br />I do not remember seeing this on film. I think I saw it as a video in 1990 - 1991.<br /><br />And I can see why the 8 minutes were missing in your mind and in your memories.<br /><br /><i>Sebastian: We could get the sea witch to give you back your voice! Then you could go home and live with all the normal fish, and just be...just be...just be miserable the rest of your life. <br /><br />For so many of us, there is no going back. Going back is not an option. So it very much is "be isolated, disabled and miserable" or "be among nondisabled people and try to assimilate." (Until you find "your people" at least...</i><br /><br />Margot: would love to experience this musical version where we learn about Ariel and her alternative and augmentative communication with Eric.<br /><br />And Flotsam and Jetsam are *electric* eels with the maximum sting. Too many jellyfish on my last beach visit - good to get some pictures of city views.<br /><br /><i>To be honest, I had completely forgotten that at the end, King Triton changes Ariel back to a human. I remembered the wedding and her family being there, and I've been assuming that it happened with Ariel as a mermaid and Eric as a human. That, somehow, they made it work. After all, he did say to her, when she was a mermaid, "I won't leave you."<br /><br />I can see why this movie resonated with me so much as a child. I wanted nothing more than for my disability to just disappear so I could walk and run like the song suggests. As a little girl, I could not fathom that other people needed to change. Needed to treat me better. So the idea of being changed so I matched everyone else sounded like a dream come true to me. The idea that I was wrong as I was - and Ariel was wrong as she was as a mermaid - made sense to me. That Ariel at least, had the chance to be accepted, was something to celebrate when I was a kid. A happy ending, to be sure. As an adult, though, this ending just makes me feel sad.<br /><br />Because the movie is called The Little Mermaid, but in order to get the acceptance she craves, Ariel must be changed completely (once via coercion and a second time without her knowing) into a human. Those around Ariel are never forced to confront why they treat her differently with legs but without a voice than they do with a tail.<br /><br />I wish I had seen a movie where walking and running were not the goal, but where Ariel learned that having a tail was an asset. That it gave her strength she does not possess with working legs. I wish the end of the movie had shown Ariel accepting herself, tail and all.</i><br /><br />And in myths mermaids either live a long time or not so very long. And I am thinking of sirens and Lorelei.<br /><br />Like Ariel, I was probably impatient that other people didn't change or change quickly enough for me. Or sometimes people changed too fast and/or not in the right ways.<br /><br />That confrontation was needed.Adelaide Duponthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01490123934889071074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4060372686205861977.post-11995967019127888272017-11-13T18:46:19.669-06:002017-11-13T18:46:19.669-06:00Not a big fan of sequels generally so I haven'...Not a big fan of sequels generally so I haven't seen The Little Mermaid 2.Tonia Sayshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11406280143637741965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4060372686205861977.post-7233221357679060092017-11-13T18:10:07.317-06:002017-11-13T18:10:07.317-06:00This is a very interesting review Tonia. Ironicall...This is a very interesting review Tonia. Ironically this was the first movie I saw when I was recovering from surgery. I didn’t really like it on my first viewing,(maybe because I already viewed myself as being able to walk and run Ariel didn't speak to me as much) but I came to appreciate parts of the movie later, especially the scene where Ariel rescues Eric. I think that scene is fantastic. As a kid I never saw any parallels whatsoever between disability themes and the messages of the movie, but I do totally get your connection to Ariel not having a voice and disability. I will point out a few interesting tidbits, in the musical version I am told Eric does try to find alternate modes of communication with Ariel in other scenes without Sebastian doing the work. <br /><br />Have you ever watched “The Little Mermaid 2”? Do you see any disability themes in that one?? Crip Video Productionshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13892178609759325663noreply@blogger.com