Disney India unveiled the new poster for “The Little Mermaid," helmed by Rob Marshall, yesterday. The film's trailer will be unveiled during the 95th Academy Awards.
Our current conceptualisation of race derives heavily from the last couple centuries of European imperialism.
Thanks to 2023's The Little Mermaid, Black and brown girls can finally see themselves as princesses in a film where the protagonist's skin colour is not as instrumental to the story as the princesses' heritage was in Aladdin, Mulan, and The Princess and the Frog.
Disney India unveiled the new poster for “The Little Mermaid," helmed by Rob Marshall, yesterday. The film's trailer will be unveiled during the 95th Academy Awards.
Our current conceptualisation of race derives heavily from the last couple centuries of European imperialism.
Thanks to 2023's The Little Mermaid, Black and brown girls can finally see themselves as princesses in a film where the protagonist's skin colour is not as instrumental to the story as the princesses' heritage was in Aladdin, Mulan, and The Princess and the Frog.