If you’ve seen the original Little Mermaid, you know that the suspense really ramps up in its last 20 minutes. And for good reason, it seems! “The Scuttlebutt” is a tune so terrible, it almost snares the movie’s overall quality in its talons.
It turns out, I was correct: All of the original songs in the live-action Little Mermaid are either equally as good or better than the versions on the 1989 soundtrack.īut I am only referring to those original songs.īroadway’s biggest offender, Lin-Manuel Miranda, penned three entirely new selections for the remake, which range from “just alright” to “sonic waterboarding.” The worst of them all is “The Scuttlebutt,” a Hamilton-style sing-rap led by Awkwafina, who voices Scuttle the seagull, a character who didn’t sing in the original movie. After all, the film stars the uber-talented Halle Bailey as Ariel the only way Disney could make Ariel’s songs better would be to put one-half of the women behind “ Ungodly Hour” behind the mic. Naturally, I was anticipating hearing these old favorites with new arrangements in the live-action adaptation of The Little Mermaid. In my humble, queer opinion, The Little Mermaid has Disney’s best collection of original songs, which perfectly stroll along the intersection between magical and theatrical. I do, however, fall prey to the tunes from The Little Mermaid, because, before I am human, I am gay. It’s impossible to deny-even for those like myself, who have mostly scrubbed their childhood affinity for the House of Mouse.
However you first came to hear them, Disney has the hits. Either that, or you learned to love them when Disney Channel stars like Ashley Tisdale did ear-splitting pop-rock covers of them in the early 2000s, wearing the worst outfit you’ve ever seen, for some compilation CD collecting dust in your parents’ basement. When it comes to creating original songs that are catchy and downright unforgettable, Disney’s track record is unparalleled.
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