Into It: A Vulture Podcast with Sam Sanders

‘The Little Mermaid’ and the Black Princess Test

May 23, 2023

37:52

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Episode notes

Introduction

4min

Princeton in the Frog on ABC 97

2min

Cinderella: A Different Narrative

4min

The Princess in the Frog

2min

The Princess and the Frog Prince

5min

The Shadow Man: The First Animated Black Princess

4min

The Anti-Feminism of Ariel

2min

The New Prince Ericmore

2min

The Colorblind Diversity of Cinderella

2min

10.

The Little Mermaid's Diversity Test

3min

11.

The Limits of Diversity

2min

12.

How to Prepare Your Child for a Let Down

2min

13.

Spider-Man: A Spider-Verse Story

2min

14.

The Last Song of the Night

2min

Halle Bailey stars as Ariel in the live-action remake of the classic Disney animated film. Casting a Black actress in the role caused quite a splash — which inspired us to look back at two of Disney’s forays into Black princess movies.

Dr. Aria Halliday studies cultural constructions of Black girlhood and womanhood at The University of Kentucky. She and Sam break down the 1997 made for TV ‘Cinderella,’ starring Brandy, and 2009’s ‘Princess and the Frog.’

Then, Vulture’s baddest film critic Angelica Jade Bastién tells us whether 2023’s ‘Little Mermaid’ has legs.

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