“There are some lyric changes in ‘Kiss the Girl’ because people have gotten very sensitive about the idea that [Prince Eric] would, in any way, force himself on [Ariel],” composer Alen Menken recently told Vanity Fair.
Now, we have another update about the upcoming live-action Disney film that has fans of the original movie, once again, scratching their heads.
“There are some lyric changes in ‘Kiss the Girl’ because people have gotten very sensitive about the idea that [Prince Eric] would, in any way, force himself on [Ariel],” Menken recently toldThe quote has confused much of the internet. However, in 2018, an all-male Princeton a cappella group, called the Tigertones, was“Kiss The Girl” from their setlist after critics described the performance as “misogynistic” and “non-consensual.
While Sebastian is instructing Eric to “kiss the girl,” it’s Ariel who primarily desires the kiss. Under Ursula’s contract, she must receive her “true love’s kiss” in three days to remain human, or else she’ll become the property of Ursula under the sea. In the scene, Eric is also very timid and hardly “forcing himself” onto Ariel.
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