Mermaid: Queen of a Renniscance

Rating: 10/10 (6 August 2008)

Before 1989, Disney had not had a successful animated film since the Rescuers in 1977. Disney entered a dark age in which I knew they would escape. But prospects seemed grim. Failures continued with Fox and the Hound and the Black Cauldron. In 1985, The animation staff began production on Hans Christian Anderson's, The Little Mermaid. They decided to turn Mermaid into a Broadway like musical. I think they began to build on to Mermaid by releasing the successful Great Mouse Detective, and Oliver and Company. The songs in Mermaid including Part of Your World, Under the Sea, and Kiss the Girl will never be forgotten. Mermaid was released in November of 1989 and became one of the most successful films of the year. I own both the 1990 VHS and the 2006 DVD. Mermaid is the foundation in which an entire renniscance was built. Soon Disney would release the Huge hits, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, and The Lion King all that might not have existed without the musical 1989 smash hit of The Little Mermaid.