People dissolve, get stabbed, get oysters attached to them, and all manner of other charming fates. And, most importantly, it's a seriously gruesome tale. It is seriously scary.įor one, it's got a lot of religious subtext for another, the prince is a complete jerk, as opposed to Prince Eric, who's just kind of stupid. But the original version of The Little Mermaid, by Danish author Hans Christian Andersen, isn't the sort of thing you want to read to small kids enamored by the sea. Cute redhead with an obsession with the human world and some musical sidekicks rises to the surface, wins a prince's love after a series of obstacles, gets married, all is well.
The modern fairytale of the Little Mermaid we know from Disney is pretty charming, if a bit demented.
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