‘The Little Mermaid’ and the Black Princess Test
Into It: A Vulture Podcast with Sam Sanders
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The Anti-Feminism of Ariel
Halle Bailey gives a very sweet, sincere, caring performance that really foregrounds Ariel's curiosity and her sense of adventure. But everything around her really fails. I want to kind of go through what the biggest changes to the plot are because I've heard that a lot of it has been reimagined to empower Ariel as a woman more. Oh shit. I need people to come.
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