Sunday, April 16, 2006

Little Mermaid


Watched Little Mermaid this morning, and i was shocked to see how much more disturbing this cartoon has become to me....

In a nutshell, a young girl searching for herself, fascinated with the world she can not have, and in that process falls in love with a prince....

By far, the most interesting scene is Arial and Ursela first encouter, Ursela, bad evil witch tells Arial, men dont like a girl who blabbers, on the land its much prefered for ladies not to say a word. True gentlemen are not impressed by conversation, and it is she who holds her tongue who gets a man. In context it was made in the late eighties...

Arial signs this contract to become human, and pays the price of her voice, and has three days to make this Prince fall in love with her, and give the passionate kiss of Love. Is love just a kiss, and can you fall in three days? :S

Arial is daddy's little girl, who leaves moves her heart into the heart of another man. But she does take a risk, and sacrifies for love of Eric...

Interesting how when the prince met Arial she was first human, he didnt notice her until she was dolled up. Brings back to this saying "Men fall in love with their eyes, while women fall in love with their ears."

Love only happens in the perfect setting, the music, lightening, and the whole atmosphere... You know you want to KISSSsss the girl..

Cartoons condition the minds of our society, and I am a product of those cartoons, except as much I emotional feel that could love could happen, rationally, my mind does not allow it. Humans are incapable... To many variables need to be excluded, but if they were, we wouldnt be living this life we do now...

10 Comments:

DTD Time Traveler said...

You are a product of the cartoons? I'm curious...which cartoons did you watch growing up?

2:07 AM  
MASRY said...

hmmmmm so u will be back to Egypt
I guess that will be great..
On other hand I will use that, as I really need your opinion about living in Vancouver again! But not now
When you r back and already spent some time…
By the way
What do you study?

5:19 AM  
amal said...

My all time favs in Disney were Beauty and the Beast, Jungle Book and Mulan. It is no wonder i turned out the way i am!!!

Love is true but in this world, u just can't allow it, allow to give up so much for a feeling. The prevailing rationale doesn't give room for that, can't say i disagree.

Miss u :)

7:20 AM  
Mai Daoud said...

I always loved Little Mermaid and I grew up on Disney...I have ALL the videos. I was obsessed...but I too had to realize the sad truth which is that they plant superficial ideas in your mind. I actually took a course in canada where the professor tore Disney apart...he ruined Disney for me!! Haha

2:16 PM  
Thea said...

I loved little mermaid too..... hmm Yassie you gave a totally new perspective I had never thought about.... I think I want to watch it again and all the other cartoons I loved.... i'll probably look at them differently now!!!.... he he might shatter all the childhood dreams! :PPP

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