Written to shock and celebrate, new musical Unfortunate is proudly rewriting the story of The Little Mermaid to serve the queer community.
The premise of the production stems from Disney's treatment of Ursula the sea witch in its 1989 film The Little Mermaid, where the company refused to admit that they had based the character on Divine – a bold drag queen adorned with blue eyeshadow and a white quiff. Rather than using this as a chance to celebrate the performer, it was as though they were making fun of her work, adding to the number of queer-presenting villains in Disney films.
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