September 26, 2013
The Three CommentEARS
Episode 9: The Little
Mermaid
Welcome back to From Screen to
Theme's monthly series: The Three CommentEARS!
Your commentators for a journey under the sea
are Gamer Tuesday writer Pedro Hernandez,
Saturday Matinee writer Albert Gutierrez, and
Once Upon A Recap writer Kelvin Cedeno. For this
episode, we take a look at 1989's The Little
Mermaid, a film that heralded a new age of
animation for Disney. Each of us share our
memories of this era, in addition to analytical
and historical perspectives, as we discuss the
production of the film, the inner struggles and
outward action of heroine Ariel, literary
comparisons to the Hans Christian Andersen tale,
the model and structure of the film in
comparison to previous and future Disney
Animated Classics, the film's place within the
1980s teen movie genre, and our own personal
views towards the film in both a childhood
context and as revisited nostalgia.
Instructions on Syncing Up This
Commentary with Your Copy of the Film:
To maximize your enjoyment of
this commentary, press play on your copy of the
film first. Press play on your mp3 as soon as
Prince Eric's ship breaks through the mist, as
seen in the screen capture below - approximately
43 seconds in. Your commentary should begin just
as the music itself enters the crescendo. Then
sit back, relax, and enjoy the show!
You can also right-click here and select
"Save As" to download our mp3 of this commentary
for portable listening.
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you think! E-mail the CommentEARS by sending
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