The fact that the new Ariel would be black already caused many reactions in 2019. The remake of “The Little Mermaid” will hit theaters in May 2023.

Apparently there are some people who are bothered by the fact that Arielle is now portrayed . Under the hashtag #NotMyAriel, some people are extremely upset about the fact that Ariel, the mermaid, has to have pale skin and red hair!

Regarding the “female James Bond” mentioned in a tweet, just mention: This is wrong. Bond (played by Daniel Craig) quits his job and a younger, dark-skinned agent gets his famous agent number “007”. However, Bond is still Bond and will be the lead in the next James Bond film.

But back to Black Ariel: Let's take a closer look at why it's nonsense to get upset about it.

Disney and fairy tales

Disney has become famous (along with Mickey Mouse, of course) with animated versions of fairy tales. But if we compare the original versions of fairy tales with the Disney versions, we will quickly notice that Disney almost never stuck to the original story, but instead made its own, child-friendly versions.

Let's start with Snow White : In Grimm's fairy tales, the mother-in-law had to dance in iron, red-hot shoes until she dropped dead.

Or The Frog Prince : He didn't turn into a prince through a kiss, but because the princess threw the frog against the wall in disgust to kill it.

Or Sleeping Beauty : no awakening through a prince's kiss! The prince raped her in her sleep, she had twins, and the daughter sucked the poisoned thorn out of her mother's finger. Sleeping Beauty encourages the prince, his new wife becomes jealous and cooks the twins for dinner.

Or Ariel : The best-known version comes from Hans Christian Andersen in 1837, which was written in a child-friendly way. Older versions, on the other hand, are more tangible:

Ariel's tongue is cut out and every step she takes hurts, as if she were walking on broken glass. Besides, she doesn't get the prince, can't become a mermaid anymore until she kills the prince, doesn't have the heart to do it, dies and turns into sea foam. However, she can go to heaven if she helps sailors in need as a spirit for 300 years... which is also the reason for the legend that mermaids help sailors.

What is it really about?

First of all, it should be said that the appearance of mermaids is never precisely defined; at that time they were usually with light skin and blonde hair . The fact that Ariel has red hair in the Disney version is a dig at a belief that was already prevalent in the Middle Ages : people with red hair have no soul. And in the original fairy tale, Ariel wants, among other things, to become human so that she can have a soul, but that is only possible if a prince falls in love with her.

Appearance is completely irrelevant !
It's about someone giving up their species, their origins out of love! It's about overcoming boundaries! That it doesn't matter what someone looks like or where someone comes from!

A dark-skinned Ariel will likely make this even more noticeable, especially if the prince will be light-skinned. Not only is it a beautiful story (at least in the Disney version), but it's also a lesson: love doesn't care about skin or hair color.

So people who are upset that Ariel looks different than she did in the 30-year-old cartoon version have never understood the message of the story!

Also interesting:

Surely everyone has an idea of ​​what a mermaid looks like: sweet smile, long hair that modestly hides the breasts (virtually Facebook-compatible), and a glittering fin.
Then get ready for something, because here you can see what a mermaid really looks like.The mermaid with a fish head and four breasts


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