The 1989 Little Mermaid introduced Disney's first dynamic princess, but the film's dialogue proved that the studio still had a long way to go.
The 1989 The Little Mermaid was revolutionary for many reasons, but a closer look at the film's dialogue reveals a fundamental issue with Disney's classic movies. Ariel was the House of Mouse's first Princess with a strong personality all her own, making her a feminist icon of the time.
The Little Mermaid Gave Significantly More Dialogue To Male Characters Ariel may have had a lot more to say in The Little Mermaid than her Disney Princess predecessors, but it was still nothing compared to the film's male characters. Linguists Carmen Fought and Karen Eisenhauer, who have analyzed the dialogue of Disney's movies, noted that 68 percent of the lines spoken in the 1989 The Little Mermaid were from the males.
How Disney Movies Have Changed Since The Animated Renaissance Disney's Renaissance princess films, like The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, and Aladdin popularized the use of male characters, whereas those from the 1930s - 1960s were predominantly female. This could have been in an attempt to bring more young boys to theaters to see Disney's new era of animation or could be a simple reflection of the cultural norm of males being the default.
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