I watched The Little Mermaid the other day for the first time in years.
Wow. It is different when you’re an adult. (I still feel strange thinking of myself as an adult, ps. But I’m about to be 24, much to my chagrin, so I suppose that I am.) Also I fell asleep for a good portion of it, so I’m not sure what adult Erin thought of those parts. But falling asleep during an hour long movie is pretty grown up, if you ask me.
The point is--I found myself agreeing with King Triton way more than I ever thought I would. So you don’t want your 16 year old daughter to go lusting after a sailor? Sounds good to me. You think it’s a really bad idea that she had a witch take away her voice and give her legs, just so she could go find some dude she hasn’t actually met? Word. And I remember when I was little, the part where he destroys all her human stuff is so sad, culminating in the destruction of the statue of Eric. And this time I found myself lamenting not the fact that he was ruining her stuff, but the fact that he didn’t want his daughter to expand her mind and learn about other cultures and peoples. WHAT? Did I really have that thought? What happened to me? When did I get so grown up? My gosh.
And then TODAY I heard “My Grown Up Christmas List” on the radio and cried, so I’m pretty sure the transformation is complete.
5 comments:
I watched little mermaid in October with my little sister and I kinda had the same experience! Same with quite a few Disney movies. It pains me that I not longer identify with the rebellious 16 year old....
Growing up is hard to do. I went to Miamaids the other day with Becca and they were buggin.' Oh man, they were annoying. I was them. I know I was. I wonder if my 30-year-old self will think my 23-year-old self is annoying. It is quite possible.
One time, in high school, Eric and I watched Dumbo. We wanted to watch it because we loved it as little children. Anyway, did you all know that Dumbo gets drunk and starts hallucinating? What? Pink Elephants on Parade? Yeah.
and did you further know that dumbo's Mom gets chained up for defending her kid, and dumbo is outside crying for his mom in jail and she sticks her trunk out to rock him and sing to him?!!?!!? she can't even be next ti him? I could cry just thinking about it.
you grow up super fast when you're a mom. it's redic.
I was listening to Moulin Rouge soundtrack...doing the dishes, singing, and throwing in a sweet-awesome dance move here and there. Grace likes to join in on these kinds of girly parties we have while Dad is at work...and so we were jammin, when the words hit me: voules vous couche avec moi, se soir?
it may be in french, but I still didn't like seeing my 2 yr old strutting her stuff to those lyrics.
the CD was quickly replaced with Primary songs, in which case she got bored and went and played in her room. perhaps I didn't grow up fast enough. I am too immature still.
can you please just write a book already?? honestly, i could read your thoughts and ideas all day and be perfectly entertained.
if it makes it easier, i won't even mind if you don't edit or publish it. i'll take the raw material. christmas present?
p.s. shelly's comment cracked me up. so true! how did disney get away with such things??
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