The film's heroine, Megara, is modeled after the characters played by Jean Arthur and Barbara Stanwyck in the Capra classics. She's tough and yet vulnerable. You have less of the kinds of songs that are built in and forwarding plot in a complicated way. The songs they like me to write and that make them really fun are production numbers, comedy numbers, and heavily stylized numbers. Because everything in this show has a twist.
Nothing is quite straight on, except for the emotions.
It sounded like Danny DeVito singing, and it really worked. Now we can. Understanding the difference between celebrityhood and genuine heroism is good for kids today. Hercules finally attains heroism when he's not trying to. That's when he learns a self-sacrificing attitude.