Menken and Ashman also collaborated on Little Shop of Horrors with Ashman as director, lyricist, and librettist.
Along with Menken, Ashman was the co-recipient of two Grammy Awards, two Golden Globes and two Oscars. His second Academy Award in 1992 was awarded posthumuously for Best Song and was accepted by his partner, Bill Lauch. It was the first Academy Award given posthumously to someone who had died of AIDS.
Ashman died on March 14, 1991, at age 40, during the making of both Beauty and the Beast and Aladdin. Ashman and Menken had finished the songs for Beauty and the Beast, but Tim Rice was brought in to finish Aladdin songs with Menken. Beauty and the Beast was dedicated to him with the following:
To our friend, Howard,
Who gave a mermaid her voice,
and a beast his soul.
We will be forever grateful.
Howard Ashman
1950-1991
Best known works:
* Aladdin (1992) (lyricist)
* Beauty and the Beast (1991) (lyricist) (executive producer) (dedicatee)
* The Little Mermaid (1989) (lyricist) (music producer)
* Little Shop of Horrors (1982) (lyricist)
Part of Your World
Howard Ashman Lyrics
Jump to: Overall Meaning ↴ Line by Line Meaning ↴
Maybe there is something the matter with me
I just don't see how a world that makes such wonderful things could be bad
Look at this stuff
Isn't it neat?
Wouldn't you think my collection's complete?
Wouldn't you think I'm the girl
Look at this trove
Treasures untold
How many wonders can one cavern hold?
Looking around here you'd think
Sure, she's got everything
I've got gadgets and gizmos a-plenty
I've got whozits and whatzits galore
You want thingamabobs?
I've got twenty!
But who cares?
No big deal
I want more
I wanna be where the people are
I wanna see, wanna see 'em dancin'
Walking around on those, what do you call 'em?
Oh, feet
Flippin' your fins, you don't get too far
Legs are required for jumping, dancing
Strolling along down a, what's that word again?
Street
Up where they walk, up where they run
Up where they stay all day in the sun
Wanderin' free, wish I could be
Part of that world
What would I give if I could live out of these waters?
What would I pay to spend a day warm on the sand?
Bet'cha on land they understand
Bet they don't reprimand their daughters
Bright young women, sick of swimmin'
Ready to stand
And ready to know what the people know
Ask 'em my questions and get some answers
What's a fire and why does it, what's the word?
Burn?
When's it my turn?
Wouldn't I love, love to explore that shore up above?
Out of the sea
Wish I could be
Part of that world
"Part of Your World" is a powerfully introspective song from Disney's animated film, The Little Mermaid. The lyrics reflect the yearning and curiosity of Ariel, the mermaid protagonist, who dreams of exploring the human world beyond the sea. In the first verse, Ariel questions whether there is something wrong with her for desiring to leave her underwater home. She cannot comprehend how such a wonderful world could be considered bad.
The second verse demonstrates Ariel's fascination with the human world. She showcases her collection of found treasures and wonders how many more incredible things could be hidden in the human world. Despite possessing an extensive collection of gadgets and trinkets, Ariel acknowledges that material possessions do not fulfill her deepest desires. She sings about wanting to be part of the human world, to experience the joy of dancing, walking, and even mundane activities like strolling along a street.
Line by Line Meaning
Maybe he's right
Perhaps there is truth in what he says
Maybe there is something the matter with me
Possibly there is something wrong with me
I just don't see how a world that makes such wonderful things could be bad
I simply cannot comprehend how a world that creates such amazing things could be negative
Look at this stuff
Observe these objects
Isn't it neat?
Isn't it remarkable?
Wouldn't you think my collection's complete?
Do you not believe my assortment is whole?
Wouldn't you think I'm the girl
Wouldn't you perceive me as the girl
The girl who has everything?
The girl who possesses everything?
Look at this trove
Observe this treasure trove
Treasures untold
Countless treasures
How many wonders can one cavern hold?
What number of marvels can a single cave contain?
Looking around here you'd think
If you surveyed this place
Sure, she's got everything
Certainly, she possesses everything
I've got gadgets and gizmos a-plenty
I possess numerous gadgets and gizmos
I've got whozits and whatzits galore
I have plenty of whozits and whatzits
You want thingamabobs?
Are you interested in thingamabobs?
I've got twenty!
I have twenty of them!
But who cares?
But who is concerned?
No big deal
Not a significant matter
I want more
I desire additional things
I wanna be where the people are
I wish to experience the existence of people
I wanna see, wanna see 'em dancin'
I want to witness them dancing
Walking around on those, what do you call 'em?
Moving about on those, what are they called?
Oh, feet
Oh, feet
Flippin' your fins, you don't get too far
By flipping your fins, you don't travel very far
Legs are required for jumping, dancing
Legs are necessary for leaping, dancing
Strolling along down a, what's that word again?
Sauntering along a, what is that word again?
Street
Street
Up where they walk, up where they run
Above where they walk, above where they run
Up where they stay all day in the sun
Above where they remain all day under the sun
Wanderin' free, wish I could be
Roaming freely, I desire to be
Part of that world
A member of that world
What would I give if I could live out of these waters?
What would I sacrifice to dwell outside of these waters?
What would I pay to spend a day warm on the sand?
What would I surrender in order to enjoy a warm day on the sand?
Bet'cha on land they understand
I bet on land they comprehend
Bet they don't reprimand their daughters
I bet they don't scold their daughters
Bright young women, sick of swimmin'
Intelligent young women, weary of swimming
Ready to stand
Prepared to rise
And ready to know what the people know
And prepared to learn what the people know
Ask 'em my questions and get some answers
Inquire with them to receive answers
What's a fire and why does it, what's the word?
What is fire and why does it, what is the term?
Burn?
Burn?
When's it my turn?
When will it be my chance?
Wouldn't I love, love to explore that shore up above?
Wouldn't I adore, adore to investigate that shore above?
Out of the sea
Away from the ocean
Wish I could be
Desire to be
Part of that world
A member of that world
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: Howard Elliott Ashman, Alan Menken
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
LOL Bruh
Yeah you're right. I don't like the live action, but especially for this song need to be considered carefully because I've watch lots of part of your world analysis and that's a thing that i can say that Disney really care about the movie and put their effort on it. This is also the best "I Want" song in the entire Disney universe. It's one of the most major changes that made this movie not so bad. Well both version actually work with their own way. Howard Ashman specifically asked for "Part of Your World" to be sung like a monologue, it's not meant for anyone else outside of the grotto to hear what Ariel was singing, the scene should be more intimate with a youthful wonder, more gentleness and love for the world on land, since the focus of the song is something she loves. In the original version, when Ariel sighs and the song ends slowly and gently with the last few verses, I can really feel the emotion there which is the things Ariel tells us what she wants to do in the song are just wishful thinking at this point.
Also an important part of maintaining that type of reserved passion is also that the original song does not change key. In the worlds of pop music and musical theater finishing off with a key change is a helpful tool for bringing songs to a heightened emotional level and when covering Part of Your World, some people have done exactly that but I don't really think that a key change is necessary because that wasn't the intent of the songwriters. Howard said that intensity is better than enormous in this song. In fact I think that's staying in the same key the whole time is what makes it work so well having it push and pull and eventually bring Ariel back down to where she started tells a story effectively it even ends with the same motif it began with showing the audience the life that she wants but then going back to the life that she has. As you can see in the first (look at this stuff) and last (part of that world) sentence the song doesn't change the key at all which really shows that the song is just a small wish from the bottom of her heart and then she realizes that it is impossible to achieve so she returns to the world/reality where she lives. So yeah the live action one is more like a current pop music imo because they change the key, making the highs feels higher and as a result the lows feel lower. But it still works as "I Want" song. From this you can know that Howard Ashman was a great lyricist that he can even tell a story from a song. He also made the song dynamically switching from singing to talking and vice versa but the transition between them is still unnoticeable. But in the remake, Halle looks like she is always singing. Well because im bad at explaining so here's the full explanation.
https://youtu.be/f004vevFZYQ
Idk why the directors and all the other fans keep saying the voice as the reason. That is useless if this movie goes worldwide. Many countries dubbed this movie in theaters so they can't hear Halle's voice. Maybe that's the reason why this movie flops in overseas box office. People are too overreact with the last scene when Ariel said the word "above". Bruh everyone can do that. All the dubbers from any countries can replicate the same thing even with more enhanced.
The live action is more cheerful and hopeful and also the orchestration supports that adding a new wonderful intensity to the song. I don't think the remake version capture the emotions of the original but yeah everything doesnt need to be the same since this is live action remake so I hope that there's some improvisations too. In the animated version, Ariel wishes to be part of the human world, she felt sad that the ocean was trapping her in a way that no one else seemed to understand, but in the remake version, they made Ariel sound like she hate the fact that the ocean is trapping her (that's showed by she emphasized the words 'stand' and 'above'), feeling sad about something isn't the same as feeling hate towards something. The reprise in the remake should sound hopeful, but here it just feels like repeating the same kind of singing of the first part, which adds no new emotion to the song. One thing that's interesting in the live action is it actually has a lots of imperfection, because that's how this song should be sing. Even though Halle sounded strained in the first few lines, she did manage to make the ending sound natural so she wraps it up pretty nicely. So which is the best? We all know that the original Part of Your World will always win not just because the nostalgia vibe but also Jodi Benson (original Ariel's voice actress) is really well and carefully directed by Howard Ashman, the legendary lyricist who made Disney rise from its downfall and started the renaissance era of Disney, who recently returned from his huge career in musical broadway theater world that time, that even her breaths, stress and pause on each syllable are really well and gently cared for. That's one thing that Halle didn't had. But if we judging them with Howard's standards, I dont think that this is fair. So if we see this as "I Want" song, the original is more gentle and intimately that showings desperate hope while the live action one is more cheerful and hopeful. It depends on your perspective to determine it. The original is about a little hope, wish and dream from your heart that you want to say but you dont want everyone to know about while the live action shows your hope, wish and dream that you want to shout to everyone to let the world know. Well Im not good at explaining so here's the full explanation.
https://youtu.be/9glDYFL5VkM
Some people say that Jodi sings the song as a character and Haile sings the song like she is in front of America's Got Talent's juries. Well i can agree with that. Actually, directors (I mean Ashman) do direct them in a certain way. When Jodi Benson was recording, the director specifically told her that she had to sing like she was saying something intimate instead of belting it like she was in front of thousands of people, that's why all her big notes don't actually sound big and powerful but sweet and dramatic. While I believe in Halle's version they did quite the opposite.
Im not judging her style because I mostly prefer someone who bring the og song with their own style instead of trying to imitate the og, like what Will Smith does as a genie in Aladdin. I think he should bring the songs and the character by himself instead of struggling to imitate Robin William because Robin's personality is so unique and no one can does the same performance as a genie the same as he did. But Idk man maybe because as a disney nerd/historian, Im too in love with all of Howard's legacy. If you ask me which is better between Jodi or Halle then I mostly prefer the demo version sung by Howard himself.
Also you can see that Ariel in the live action version is a sligthly less interacting with the environment around it. But the most sadly that the live action lost the cute interaction between Ariel and Flounder, like Ariel clutching its fins and dancing together, which shows that Ariel has more personality (well because you know Flounder here looks very hyper-realistic in live action, almost like a normal thropical fish so i dont think it will works). But I'm still grateful because they removed some of the scenes that disturbed this intimate moment, such as the part where Sebastian screams and winks. And I really hate the fact that the live action one make the surroundings become darker just to attempt to be more realistic. The consequence is that we are not shown how many and unique objects in Ariel's cave which is a quite important part in showing how interested she is in the human world. Now they are all covered by the darkness. The interactions make it more dynamics and shows her more personality even though this is her "I Want" song but no one's gonna watching her doing nothing except singing right? Also the song is supposedly to be dynamically switching from singing to talking and vice versa but the transition between them is still unnoticeable like what Howard said. But in the remake, Halle looks like she is always singing (except for the first line). I think that's a big potential wasted here.
LOL Bruh
Mad respect for Howard! Disney always had "I want" songs since Snow White but only after The Little Mermaid and "Part of Your World" that it has been the formula ever since, thanks to Howard Ashman. The little mermaid, beauty and the beast and Aladdin's songs was written by Howard Ashman. Alan Menken is the one who composed the music. It's a shame that just few of disney fans that recognized and talked about him. He was literally the reason why disney is still exist now. Howard Ashman is a legendary lyricist who made Disney rises from its downfall and started the renaissance era of Disney, who recently returned from his huge career in musical broadway theater world that time. He is the one who directing Jodi Benson to sing Part of Your World. We all know that the original Part of Your World will always be the best "I Want" song in the entire disney universe. Not just because the nostalgia vibe but also Jodi Benson was really well and carefully directed by Howard Ashman, that even her breaths, stress and pause on each syllable are really well and gently cared for. When he directed Jodi, he always said "don't focus to the song, now you're telling a story". Howard wasn't focusing of the song and what makes the song sounds good or what makes it a song but how it tells a story. That's why there are many imperfections in the song, because it's the main part of it. An important part of maintaining that type of reserved passion is also that Part of Your World does not change key. In the worlds of pop music and musical theater finishing off with a key change is a helpful tool for bringing songs to a heightened emotional level and when covering Part of Your World, some people have done exactly that but I don't really think that a key change is necessary because that wasn't the intent of the songwriters. Howard said that intensity is better than enormous in this song. Howard said that intensity is better than enormous in this song. In fact I think that's staying in the same key the whole time is what makes it work so well having it push and pull and eventually bring Ariel back down to where she started tells a story effectively it even ends with the same motif it began with showing the audience the life that she wants but then going back to the life that she has. You can know that Howard Ashman was a great lyricist that he can even tell a story from a song. He also made the song dynamically switching from singing to talking and vice versa but the transition between them is still unnoticeable. And it didn't happen once, literally he directed every songs in those 3 films. If you really search on youtube, there are many videos that show behind the scene of the songs making. Like in beauty and the beast, he directed Paige O'Hara the same way too. Just search "Howard Ashman demo" on youtube, you can see how may songs he sung really containts much emotion than current disney songs.
Also this is how Jodi's said to him
https://youtu.be/itaEZeJoqK0
Hard to believe that this beautiful song, Part of Your World, was almost cut from the movie. Jeffrey Katzenberg hated it and thought that it not only slowed down the movie but was boring. Howard fought hard to convince Katzenberg that this song belonged in the movie. And I'm glad he did. Disney renaissance is mostly known by their songs. Before the little mermaid project, Howard gathered the whole disney crew for a meeting. He tell about broadway history to all the crew and they all were impressed at him. Fun fact: Howard did much more than write the songs on this movie, he also brought on board Jodi Benson, directed her during this song, changed an English butler crab named Clarence to be a Jamaican crab named Sebastian, wrote the dialog in the scene where Triton gives Ariel her legs, and also produced the movie with John Musker.
After The Little Mermaid released and became a biggest success in box office, Howard Ashman and Alan Menken was going to make movie called Aladdin. They've come up with several of ideas and musical numbers but Jeffrey Katzenberg then dragging them to a new project, Beauty and The Beast. Unfortunately, Ashman passed away 6 month before beauty and the beast was released and that movie was dedicated to him that even in the credit scene you can see that they gaved him credit to honor him because of how important he was. After beauty and the beast released, Jeffrey then took away all of Ashman's idea and script, almost 99% of them. But sadly some of the songs were removed in the final film
He is the one who bring the new element broadway musical to the movie. This is the bright spot where everyone started to watching to animated movies again, previously no one was at all interested in animated movies. That's why every single disney movie now has a song in it. Disney keep using this formula until now (but not as effective as in the renaissance) because it's Howard's legacy. You can tell how they respect Ashman that even in Beauty and The Beast credit scene, there's a statement to honor him
"To our friend, Howard,
who gave a mermaid her voice
and a beast his soul,
we will be forever grateful."
Howard Ashman
1950-1991
No wonder why The Little Mermaid be the first disney animated classic who get an oscar nomination. Also Beauty and the Beast is Disney's 30th animated motion picture, a dedication to Howard Ashman before he had passed away and the only classic movie to be nominated for an Academy Award for Best Animated Feature and Best Picture.
He was the one who brought “I Want” song to another level! I Want song is literally every disney movies now. "In almost every musical ever written... the leading lady usually sits down on something... and sings about what she wants in life, and the audience falls in love with her and roots for her to get for the rest of the night." - Howard Ashman.
He and his partner, Alan Menken, is the greatest duo that anyone have ever recognized in animated movie history. Also gain respect to Alan Menken, The little mermaid is actually his first score yet he can bring the magic with that scores. You can said that Part of Your World orchestra in the opening scene is the best choir you have ever seen and heard.
Have you ever heard about the quote
"There are three kinds of pianists: Jewish pianists, homosexual pianists, and bad pianists."
-Vladimir Horowitz
That quote actually referring to Ashman because he was Jewish and gay but still doesnt changed the fact that he really put his care and love the the movies
It's hard not to hear the parallels to his own life. To be a gay man in that day and age (and to be literally dying of AIDS) and to wrestle with that kind of longing, that kind of loneliness, that kind of confusion, that kind of self-hatred... The message comes loud and clear even when it's not sung by a mermaid. Tremendous achievement, brilliant man. RIP.
I can't imagine how much more greater and better Disney would have been doing today if this great man was still alive. It hurts to actually wonder.
Alex
Look at this stuff, isn't it neat?
Wouldn't you think my collection's complete?
Wouldn't you think I'm the girl
Girl who has everything?
Look at this trove, treasures untold
How many wonders can one cavern hold?
Looking around here you'd think
Sure, she's got everything
I've got gadgets and gizmos a-plenty
I've got whozits and whatzits galore
You want thingamabobs?
I've got twenty
But who cares?
No big deal
I want more
I wanna be where the people are
I wanna see, wanna see them dancing
Walking around on those
What do you call 'em?
Oh, feet
Flipping your fins you don't get too far
Legs are required for jumping, dancing
Strolling along down a-
What's that word again?
Street?
Up where they walk, up where they run
Up where they stay all day in the sun
Wandering free
Wish I could be part of that world
What would I give if I could live
Out of these waters?
What would I pay to spend a day
Warm on the sand?
Betcha' on land, they understand
Bet they don't reprimand their daughters
Bright young women, sick of swimming
Ready to stand
I'm ready to know what the people know
Ask 'em my questions
And get some answers
What's a fire and why does it-
What's the word?
Burn?
When's it my turn?
Wouldn't I love, love to explore that shore up above
Out of the sea
Wish I could be
Part of that world
Elliott Folds
It's hard not to hear the parallels to his own life. To be a gay man in that day and age (and to be literally dying of AIDS) and to wrestle with that kind of longing, that kind of loneliness, that kind of confusion, that kind of self-hatred... The message comes loud and clear even when it's not sung by a mermaid. Tremendous achievement, brilliant man. RIP.
Christopher Homsley
He certainly is an inspiration. I know a lot of gay guys look toward people like Cher, Lady Gaga and the like as examples of being fierce and strong role models....Howard has been an inspiration for me for the longest time, not just as a member of the lgbt community, but as an artist and person. Wish he was still with us.
Benjamyn Gardner
I don't understand how Cher is an inspiration to gay men?
Jordan Serchuk
The more you think about it, the clearer the parallels are between Disney's "Little Mermaid" and a coming out story. A heroine who doesn't fit in to her community, who feels drawn to a forbidden world and eventually falls in love with a forbidden person, and whose greatest passions and longings are deemed wrong, even and especially by her own father. A heroine who eventually makes the hard choice of leaving behind her family and the entire life she's known, not to mention putting herself in danger, to enter the forbidden world she's yearned for, because the only other choice is to spend her life denying her true self. I'm not saying the story is an allegory, per se, only that there's applicability. But the common view that it's just about a girl sacrificing everything for a man is so reductive!
Shaune Pelkey
If it's any conselation, Hans Christian Anderson wrote The Little Mermaid because of his unreturned love for another man.
Gerry Tonella
Jordan Serchuk THIS
Fadi Naim
Now that I've learned about Howard Ashman, I believe that this version of the song is the most heartbreaking and emotional one. Jodi and Halle's versions are nevertheless brilliant, but hearing it from the songwriter himself and knowing about his personal life, this rendition truly tugs at the heart strings like no other one.
LOL Bruh
Yeah you're right. I don't like the live action, but especially for this song need to be considered carefully because I've watch lots of part of your world analysis and that's a thing that i can say that Disney really care about the movie and put their effort on it. This is also the best "I Want" song in the entire Disney universe. It's one of the most major changes that made this movie not so bad. Well both version actually work with their own way. Howard Ashman specifically asked for "Part of Your World" to be sung like a monologue, it's not meant for anyone else outside of the grotto to hear what Ariel was singing, the scene should be more intimate with a youthful wonder, more gentleness and love for the world on land, since the focus of the song is something she loves. In the original version, when Ariel sighs and the song ends slowly and gently with the last few verses, I can really feel the emotion there which is the things Ariel tells us what she wants to do in the song are just wishful thinking at this point.
Also an important part of maintaining that type of reserved passion is also that the original song does not change key. In the worlds of pop music and musical theater finishing off with a key change is a helpful tool for bringing songs to a heightened emotional level and when covering Part of Your World, some people have done exactly that but I don't really think that a key change is necessary because that wasn't the intent of the songwriters. Howard said that intensity is better than enormous in this song. In fact I think that's staying in the same key the whole time is what makes it work so well having it push and pull and eventually bring Ariel back down to where she started tells a story effectively it even ends with the same motif it began with showing the audience the life that she wants but then going back to the life that she has. As you can see in the first (look at this stuff) and last (part of that world) sentence the song doesn't change the key at all which really shows that the song is just a small wish from the bottom of her heart and then she realizes that it is impossible to achieve so she returns to the world/reality where she lives. So yeah the live action one is more like a current pop music imo because they change the key, making the highs feels higher and as a result the lows feel lower. But it still works as "I Want" song. From this you can know that Howard Ashman was a great lyricist that he can even tell a story from a song. He also made the song dynamically switching from singing to talking and vice versa but the transition between them is still unnoticeable. But in the remake, Halle looks like she is always singing. Well because im bad at explaining so here's the full explanation.
https://youtu.be/f004vevFZYQ
Idk why the directors and all the other fans keep saying the voice as the reason. That is useless if this movie goes worldwide. Many countries dubbed this movie in theaters so they can't hear Halle's voice. Maybe that's the reason why this movie flops in overseas box office. People are too overreact with the last scene when Ariel said the word "above". Bruh everyone can do that. All the dubbers from any countries can replicate the same thing even with more enhanced.
The live action is more cheerful and hopeful and also the orchestration supports that adding a new wonderful intensity to the song. I don't think the remake version capture the emotions of the original but yeah everything doesnt need to be the same since this is live action remake so I hope that there's some improvisations too. In the animated version, Ariel wishes to be part of the human world, she felt sad that the ocean was trapping her in a way that no one else seemed to understand, but in the remake version, they made Ariel sound like she hate the fact that the ocean is trapping her (that's showed by she emphasized the words 'stand' and 'above'), feeling sad about something isn't the same as feeling hate towards something. The reprise in the remake should sound hopeful, but here it just feels like repeating the same kind of singing of the first part, which adds no new emotion to the song. One thing that's interesting in the live action is it actually has a lots of imperfection, because that's how this song should be sing. Even though Halle sounded strained in the first few lines, she did manage to make the ending sound natural so she wraps it up pretty nicely. So which is the best? We all know that the original Part of Your World will always win not just because the nostalgia vibe but also Jodi Benson (original Ariel's voice actress) is really well and carefully directed by Howard Ashman, the legendary lyricist who made Disney rise from its downfall and started the renaissance era of Disney, who recently returned from his huge career in musical broadway theater world that time, that even her breaths, stress and pause on each syllable are really well and gently cared for. That's one thing that Halle didn't had. But if we judging them with Howard's standards, I dont think that this is fair. So if we see this as "I Want" song, the original is more gentle and intimately that showings desperate hope while the live action one is more cheerful and hopeful. It depends on your perspective to determine it. The original is about a little hope, wish and dream from your heart that you want to say but you dont want everyone to know about while the live action shows your hope, wish and dream that you want to shout to everyone to let the world know. Well Im not good at explaining so here's the full explanation.
https://youtu.be/9glDYFL5VkM
Some people say that Jodi sings the song as a character and Haile sings the song like she is in front of America's Got Talent's juries. Well i can agree with that. Actually, directors (I mean Ashman) do direct them in a certain way. When Jodi Benson was recording, the director specifically told her that she had to sing like she was saying something intimate instead of belting it like she was in front of thousands of people, that's why all her big notes don't actually sound big and powerful but sweet and dramatic. While I believe in Halle's version they did quite the opposite.
Im not judging her style because I mostly prefer someone who bring the og song with their own style instead of trying to imitate the og, like what Will Smith does as a genie in Aladdin. I think he should bring the songs and the character by himself instead of struggling to imitate Robin William because Robin's personality is so unique and no one can does the same performance as a genie the same as he did. But Idk man maybe because as a disney nerd/historian, Im too in love with all of Howard's legacy. If you ask me which is better between Jodi or Halle then I mostly prefer the demo version sung by Howard himself.
Also you can see that Ariel in the live action version is a sligthly less interacting with the environment around it. But the most sadly that the live action lost the cute interaction between Ariel and Flounder, like Ariel clutching its fins and dancing together, which shows that Ariel has more personality (well because you know Flounder here looks very hyper-realistic in live action, almost like a normal thropical fish so i dont think it will works). But I'm still grateful because they removed some of the scenes that disturbed this intimate moment, such as the part where Sebastian screams and winks. And I really hate the fact that the live action one make the surroundings become darker just to attempt to be more realistic. The consequence is that we are not shown how many and unique objects in Ariel's cave which is a quite important part in showing how interested she is in the human world. Now they are all covered by the darkness. The interactions make it more dynamics and shows her more personality even though this is her "I Want" song but no one's gonna watching her doing nothing except singing right? Also the song is supposedly to be dynamically switching from singing to talking and vice versa but the transition between them is still unnoticeable like what Howard said. But in the remake, Halle looks like she is always singing (except for the first line). I think that's a big potential wasted here.
Anastasia's Secret
@nut4ku This is not the time nor the place. Halle did amazing as Ariel. She honored Jodi, Alan and Howard. She introduced his work to a whole new generation. No one is reading your novel. The movie has been made and millions disagree with you. Go comment hate about her somewhere else and stop disrespecting the dead.
LOL Bruh
@Anastasia's Secret you should read my full comment to understand. Idk why you are so offended at anything. Hell bro people now are so aggressive at defending Halle. That's just comparison. Even the skin color has nothing to do with the song and I never mention it. You can praise Halle's version as much as you want. I never hate Halle's version. Making it to your own version is okay. Im not judging her style because I mostly prefer someone who bring the og song with their own style instead of trying to imitate the og, like what Will Smith does as a genie in Aladdin. I think he should bring the songs and the character by himself instead of struggling to imitate Robin William because Robin's personality is so unique and no one can does the same performance as a genie the same as he did. But Idk man maybe because as a disney nerd/historian, Im too in love with all of Howard's legacy. If you ask me which is better between Jodi or Halle then I mostly prefer the demo version sung by Howard himself. You probably don't watch any analysis video about part of your world. Also more millions of people agree with me
I bet she doesn't even know about Howard and Jodi will be called a racist bigot if she didn't accept her