Singer Paloma Faith Slams "The Little Mermaid" For Teaching Girls To "Give Up" Their Voice For Men: "Wtf Is This Sh*t?"

The Little Mermaid remake has faced countless criticism over the past year over its casting, awful CGI, plot, poor makeup, and unnecessary modifications. While it managed to rack up $117 million at the box office this Memorial Day weekend, many audience members were left disappointed – including British singer Paloma Faith.

The 41-year-old actress took to Instagram to criticize the film after taking her daughters to see it. "Just seen the new Little Mermaid with my kids, and while I think Halle gives an amazing performance and it's great casting, as a mother of girls, I don’t want my kids to think it’s ok to give up your entire voice and your powers to love a man," Faith said.

"Wtf is this sh*t?! Not what I want to be teaching next gen women at all," she added.
Faith, of course, is referring to when Ariel gave up her voice to Ursula to become a human (to be human. Not for a man), a plot in the popular fairy tale that people have taken far too seriously. Evie tweeted, "Before you scream in feminist... Ariel in The Little Mermaid doesn't give up her voice for a man. She gives up her voice to be human. Falling in love is one of her human experiences, but it wasn't the reason. 'Part of Your World' literally is all about this."

Needless to say, the singer's criticism of the film left most people puzzled: "it’s literally the same plot as the original what—" says @ronreup.

"Did she wait since 1989 to make that statement, or waited until the film had a Black lead and thought it needed bad press?" asks @ObatalaMartinez.

"arielle literally sings 'part of your world' before she even knows the prince exists. the original movie already had a stronk independent woman message. these people are so corny lmaoo," adds @shoe0onhead.

Strangely enough, social media users found an old tweet by Faith from 2009 where she said, "when i grow up i want to be the little mermaid." This obviously means Faith has seen the movie, so she either forgot this critical part in the movie or she thought it'd be a good idea to gain some attention.

It seems that outrage and hyper-sensitivity have become the norm, infiltrating even the plots of beloved Disney movies. I mean, The Little Mermaid is a fairy tale, and fairy tales frequently use metaphors and symbolic gestures to convey deeper messages that teach lessons. They shouldn't be taken so literally. Imagine if we had to cancel all films with plot devices that are "disempowering" toward women – we'd have to remove the entire Disney classics altogether.

Cinderella, the domestic slave? Canceled. Sleeping Beauty's nonconsensual kiss? Canceled. Rapunzel kidnapped and emotionally abused by her "mother"? Canceled. See how ridiculous this sounds? So let's all just go back to enjoying the Disney classics for what they are without attaching some woke perspective to them.

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