The Little Mermaid's Original Story Was Dark, Disturbing, And Absolutely Bonkers

Disney's "The Little Mermaid" is a story about love conquering all, but Hans Christian Andersen's original fairy tale is much ...
Yahoo

23 Details From The Original "The Little Mermaid" Fairy Tale That Will Shock Anyone Who Hasn't Read It

On Friday, Disney's live-action adaptation of The Little Mermaid is hitting the big screen, and I could not be more excited. As someone whose favorite Disney princess has always been Ariel, I know the ...
Huffington Post UK

How Disney's 'Little Mermaid' Turned A Disturbing Fairy Tale Into A Children's Movie

Today "The Little Mermaid" turns 25 years old. When it came out, in 1989, Disney had gone three decades without a big hit: "Sleeping Beauty," the last major success, was released in 1959, six years ...
Orange County Register

Hamburg Ballet’s dark ‘Little Mermaid’ tells fairy tale in new ways

John Neumeier is American-born but he has made his mark in Germany, principally as the founding artistic director of the Hamburg Ballet, where he has served for 40 years. Neumeier’s more than 150 ...
National Post

Mermaid: Fairy tale amending

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The New York Times

Watery Fairy Tales

Trung Le Nguyen’s “The Magic Fish” and Jerry Pinkney’s “The Little Mermaid” recast the classics. By Jen Wang THE MAGIC FISH By Trung Le Nguyen THE LITTLE MERMAID By Jerry Pinkney Like most American ...
Daily Mail

We're real-life fairies - we have 'spectacular' powers and knew we were different from a young age

Two fairies in human form have revealed how they learnt they were 'different' from other people. Karen Kay, based in Cornwall, and fellow real life fairy Tish McKinley, spoke to This Morning ...