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A fun parody of Disney's The Little Mermaid, set to various Ariana Grande songs.
Sapphire of Snarled retells Andersen's haunting tale.
Clips from the revived Broadway musical Once on This Island, adapted from Rosa Guy's novel My Love, My Love: or The Peasant Girl.
Cruz, Rachel, Devers, A.N., Kuhn, Sarah, & Mlawski, Shana. (2013, June 23). Body or Soul: On Versions of "The Little Mermaid". LA Review of Books. Retrieved from https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/body-or-soul-on-versions-of-the-little-mermaid/#!
One essay and three reviews make up this "roundtable" of discussion on various fairy tales. Devers takes a look into the dynamic between body and soul that "The Little Mermaid" presents while the reviews look at different novel and movie adaptations.
Heiner, Heidi Anne. (2011, February). The Annotated Little Mermaid. SurLaLune Fairy Tales. Retrieved from http://surlalunefairytales.com/littlemermaid/index.html
Librarian and researcher Heidi Anne Heiner has collected resources for many fairy tales. Her Little Mermaid collection includes the annotated tale and its history, popular illustrations from retellings, modern interpretations, and a working bibliography. This website is a great place to start exploring retellings and their origins.
Weiser, Jason (Writer) and Weisder, Carissa (Producer). (2015, September 7). 7 Little Mermaid - Cry With the Saints. Myths and Legends. Podcast retrieved from https://www.mythpodcast.com/350/7-little-mermaid-cry-with-the-saints/
Weiser retells Andersen's story with his own asides - namely, critiquing the issues that "The Little Mermaid" presents, including a lack of names for characters, an emphasis on changing yourself for "true love," and other plot holes. In later comments he admits to being harsh on the story, but his initial concerns are valid (and create the basis for creative changes made in current retellings).
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