#Jodi Benson

[datshitrandom]

Darren Criss + Disney Adult

[nessa007]

"I had the chance to visit [Halle] in London a few times and I can't wait to see the film tonight and just give her the biggest hug and congratulations because I know that she has done an amazing job of capturing the heart and essence of who Ariel is in such a beautiful way." - Jodi Benson (aka the original Ariel) on Halle Bailey's perfomance in the The Little Mermaid live-action

[dommnics]

Ariel honey, I'm sorry that the human world is a mess-

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[experienceandobservation]

Halle Bailey and Jodi Benson | The world premiere of Disney's "The Little Mermaid" in Hollywood, California | May 08, 2023

[ericxariel]

Jodi Benson and Halle Bailey on set of The Little Mermaid!

[high-quality-tiktoks]

I LITERALLY CANNOT STILL I AM CRYING ALL OVER AGAIN💕🌊

[tampire]

Ariel's Treasures

[femininemenon]

[Jodi] Benson appears briefly in The Little Mermaid (now playing in theaters) within Queen Selena (Noma Dumezweni) and Prince Eric's (Jonah Hauer-King) Caribbean kingdom. Having transformed into a human by this point in the film, Ariel (Halle Bailey) explores the land world for the first time and gets lost amid the vendors of a local marketplace.

She stumbles upon a woman, who offers her a plate of food. But wait! She's going to need something to eat that food. This woman, played by Benson, hands Ariel a fork, which the transformed mermaid then promptly uses to comb her hair. "It's literally like passing the torch," Marshall says. In Scuttle speak, it's like passing the dinglehopper.

Passing the dinglehopper: Inside Jodi Benson's The Little Mermaid cameo by Nick Romano

[artist-issues]

I know we're all over this topic right now. But one of the main things I think was important in the original The Little Mermaid that the remake totally missed was that Ariel's faith was in a person.

She starts out having faith in an idea. A vague concept. "Humans might be wonderful and worth loving because they make wonderful things. They might not be barbarians. They might even understand me."

And that's great. She has some evidence to put her faith in. But that evidence is how kind and harmless a scatter-brained seagull is, and his nonsense explanations of human trinkets.

So she deduces that the humans might not all be bad and they might actually be wonderful. If they can make things, maybe they must be inventive--maybe they see the world as full of possibilities--just like she does.

And that's enough to make her argue with her dad, the king, and buck against the entire undersea worldview.

It's enough to make her spend her days collecting and dreaming.

It's enough to make her visit the surface despite the fact that it's forbidden and potentially a risk to her life.

But the collection, the good Surface-Seagull, and all her guesses about the Surface are not enough to make her leave her family and her world behind.

And the original movie's creators knew that the audience needed to see that, in Act 1.

She thinks about it. But she doesn't actually pull the trigger. She doesn't actually take the leap of faith, or make the big sacrifice.

Not until she meets a person who embodies all the things she's hoped were true after her experiences with trinkets and seagulls.

When Ariel discovers Eric, he brings all her dreams about what the Surface might be like to life. He makes it real.

That's why she's in love with him. There's a combination of "he's everything I hoped humans would be...and he's even better, because I know how he feels."

In the Script for The Little Mermaid, when Eric asks if Grimsby is still "sore because I didn't fall for the Princess of Glowerhaven," there's just one break in the dialogue before Grimsby responds. It says "Ariel listens closely."

Because that's important. It's not just because she thinks he's handsome and she's listening to learn more about what his love life is like. She's listening closely because there's a conflict, like the ones she has with her father, and she wants to see if this human is "reprimanded" for his way of thinking or not.

She not only finds a human who is brave, sacrifices himself for an animal, and free to explore--she also finds a human who has dreams that the people around him can't understand.

He makes her ideals real, and expands on them, just by being himself.

Ariel learns precisely what she needs to about him, in one scene, for her in-character response to be "falls deeply in love."

And he's the straw that breaks the camel's back. Suddenly it's all real to her. Now she can sacrifice. Now she has something powerful enough to put her faith in--now she has someone worth loving enough to take a big leap of faith to.

That's why having her forget that she needs to kiss him, and having her only decide to give up her life under the sea when Ursula specifically mentions "never leave home again," is not Ariel. It implies that most prominent reason for her sacrifice was so that she could be free to explore instead of imprisoned where nobody gets her. But that's not Ariel. That's not the most important reason behind why she left in the original movie. She left because she finally had someone to love, and put her faith in.

She left for love, not independence. She left for Eric, not just for herself. You can dislike that all you want, but then you're disliking Ariel. Because that's who she is; that's why she did it.

[roberrtphilip]

Enchanted (2007) // The Little Mermaid (2023)

[themakeupbrush]

Details from Jodi Benson’s custom Paolo Sebastian gown for the premiere of the live action Little Mermaid movie. The gown featured lyrics from “Part of Your World”

[nessa007]

Jodi Benson and Halle Bailey aka two iconic Ariels! THE LITTLE MERMAID (1989 | 2023)

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HISTORY

[experienceandobservation]

It was so special getting to see Halle and share this moment together! Such a magical night! 🫧 - Jodi Benson

Halle Bailey and Jodi Benson | The world premiere of Disney's "The Little Mermaid" in Hollywood, California | May 08, 2023 | 🎥 IG

[ericxariel]

Jodi Benson and Halle Bailey on set of The Little Mermaid!

[pureanonofficial]

Though my heart is breaking I'd give the world for that moment with you When we thought we knew That our love would last But the moment passed With no warning, far too fast

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