#Alan Menken

[adaptationsdaily]

Little Shop of Horrors (1986) dir. Frank Oz

#filmedit #little shop of horrors #frank oz #theatre #musicals #alan menken #howard ashman #chewieblog #userbbelcher #dailyflicks #userpavlova #userkraina #userrobin #cinematv #filmgifs #musicalgifs #horroredit #horror tw #ours #by hana

[pickypickypeak]

the category is. alan menken deep emotional solos in disney remakes sung by the love interest who had none in the original movie but definitely deserved one cause they have their own story to tell and it really puts them on the same level as the main character

#AND THEY! SLAP! SO! HARD! #this man I swear😭 #alan menken #the little mermaid #prince eric #beauty and the beast #prince adam #aladdin #jasmine #batb 2017 #aladdin 2019 #tlm 2023 #jonah hauer king #naomi scott #dan stevens #the little mermaid spoilers #disney

[weirdgirl92]

Alan Menken when he was called in to compose the music for Hunchback of Notre Dame

#rewatched the movie last night #still has one of the best Disney soundtracks of all time #possibly top 5 best Disney soundtracks of all time #alan menken #the hunchback of notre dame

[personinthepalace]

I am OBSESSED with Drew Sarich's performance of Poor Unfortunate Souls. Also while you're here, go check out the full concert celebrating the works of Alan Menken (Hollywood in Vienna 2022)

#poor unfortunate souls #the little mermaid #alan menken #disney #ursula #disney renaissance #drew sarich #broadway #hollywood in vienna 2022 #halloween #video #disney music #I don't think I've been obsessed with a performance in such a long time #and of this song as well?? #love their mannerisms #and the audience's reaction #love that they touch the pianist's head when they walk out #and then when they come back! #one of the few encores of this concert #I've been looking for this concert bc I knew susan egan and adam jacobs were in it #but oh wow this is just everything #anyway #music that I'm obsessed with #video that I'm obsessed with #videos in the palace

[bestmusicalworldcup]

#best snubbed musical world cup #best musical world cup #best snubbed musical world cup finals #musical theater #musical theatre #best musical #broadway #musicals #theater #theatre #polls #newsies #falsettos #alan menken #disney

[artist-issues]

And another thing.

The original The Little Mermaid is about understanding. One of the main plot devices is that the witch takes what from Ariel, ladies and gentlemen?

Her voice.

Ariel did not leave the sea “for a boy.”

Ariel left the sea to be understood. Because for the whole first part of the movie, we’re shown hints of what her life is already like, and how she’s tried to be understood but nobody’s listening or communicating.

She’s introduced by describing a ship as amazing and wonderful, while her fish friend clearly does not understand and wants to get out of there.

Even her best friend doesn’t share her love for another world.

Her first interaction with her father, count how many times he’s speaking over her.

He has this prejudice against humans, and because she’s disobeyed him, he won’t listen to any of her evidence that they may not all be bad.

Even when she has a voice and a cavern full of proof that humans aren’t all barbarians, her father won’t listen to her, so he can’t understand.

And the truth is, she doesn’t have that much proof. She knows that humans are clever and make “wonderful things,” and that’s what she bases her belief in them on. But those beautiful objects, and her pretty ideals, are not enough to make her abandon her family and culture and world.

When she sings and talks about why she wants to be Part of That World, it’s because she wants to understand it. And, subconsciously, Ariel also hopes to be understood up there. Where they make cool devices, and maybe daughters can stand instead of being reprimanded. There’s this hope for freedom and being known associated with the surface.

But it’s not until she meets Eric that those ideals are really, actually, proven true.

Ariel sees Eric out on the sea exploring instead of staying in a palace on his birthday. He gets a gift from the closest person to him, and it’s clear that even the closest person to him doesn’t understand his tastes—he doesn’t want an over-dramatic statue of himself. He sticks to his ideals in an argument that somewhere out there, is the right girl for him. But he doesn’t have to leave the argument in frustrated tears. In the end, he risks his life to not only watch out for his friend, but nearly dies going back to a burning ship to save his dog.

Eric personifies everything Ariel has always idealized about the Human World—AND he might understand her.

In her one observation of him, she finds out that he, a human, is:

A Prince, but nobody can tell him what to do.

More interested in activity and exploration than palace ceremony.

Unable to relate to his closest companions.

Handsome—beautiful, not a savage.

Criticized for “silly, romantic notions” but sticks to the idea of something wonderful out there in the great beyond.

Brave, self-sacrificial, and compassionate to animals.

Eric is, all at once, everything Ariel always hoped a human could be, and yet still so like herself. They have twin souls.

She’d rather be exploring human ships, he’d rather be out exploring the sea. She believes the surface world is good and beautiful, he believes in the girl of his dreams, no matter what anyone says. She has nobody who gets excited about new adventures, and he has nobody who gets excited about new adventures.

When she sees him, she falls in love not just with his upstanding character, or even the human world he represents—she falls in love with the hope that he might understand her in away nobody under the sea does.

Then the ironic thing is, she’s got to make him understand who she is and what she should mean to him without a voice. And unfortunately, that’s really hard because he is suddenly associating his dream girl with a voice and a magical rescue.

As close as they may get when she finally does meet him face to face and gets herself human legs, Ariel and Eric can’t be together until he knows who she is, for real. After all, how can love be true without understanding?

And we’re not DONE with understanding. Because even after he learns what and who she is and still commits to her and saves her and loves her, Ariel’s back to having a tail. She’s back to being in a world where he can’t be.

Except now, Triton is the one who understands. He finally sees what they’ll do for each other—and that Eric, ”savage, spineless, harpooning fish eater with no regard” saved his daughter. He sees that they love each other and are each worthy of the other’s love.

It’s not until Triton understands what Ariel has known and felt all along that he gives her human legs the right way.

That’s the point of Disney’s The Little Mermaid. “True love is found in understanding and sacrificing for one another.”

Triton had the sacrificing idea down, but he didn’t have understanding. Eric had understanding, but he didn’t have the chance to sacrifice for it.

Ariel has both. She understands that Eric’s world is not only barbaric, but beautiful, and she’s willing to sacrifice her tail to be understood in that world.

That is what this movie is all about. And because they’re probably willing to sacrifice critical scenes, like the Prince saving the day (which is important because it provides Triton with a new understanding of humans) or the girl leaving the ocean to be with the boy (which is important because what she really wants is to be understood) the creators of the Live Action Little Mermaid are going to miss the point and ruin the movie.

#The little mermaid #the little mermaid live action #live action little mermaid #halle Bailey #Eric #Ariel #little mermaid #Tom #tlm #Howard ash man #alan menken #part of your world #under the sea #Sebastian #flounder #Disney #Disney meta #Disney discourse #live action hate #live action remake #Disney live action

[dearest-alexander]

🎶And you’re finally real, here beside me.🎶

“The Kiss” (the score in this scene) started with “Wild Uncharted Waters” an ode dedicated in finding her. Then it ended with “Part Of Your World” thus, telling us that she is now part of his world.  I just realized that their songs are titled: 

“Wild Uncharted Waters” (the sea where she lives) “Part of your World” (the above world where he lives)

#Alan menken #lin manuel miranda #you're a fucking genius #goddamn it #ariel and eric #they found each other your honor #the little mermaid #the little mermaid spoilers #tlm 2023 #tlm #the little mermaid 2023 #ariel #prince eric #halle bailey #wild uncharted waters #part of your world #the kiss #couples #disney couples #jonah hauer king

[fishygeek]

rough animation of ariel in poor unfortunate souls before some changes were made (like the design of her top, as well as the overall shape of her face and body type)

#little mermaid #disney #1989 #animation #disneyanimation #the little mermaid #ariel #walt disney animation #disney concept art #poor unfortunate souls #ursula #mermaid #glen keane #alan menken #howardashman

[glimeres]

Disney's Hercules - Das Musical (2024)

#i have not giffed anything that wasn't animation in ages so it looks not that great...but i had fun lmao wanna do it again #hercules #hercules das musical #disney #alan menken #david zippel #musical #musicals #musicaltheatreedit #musicalgifs #theatreedit #my gifs #posted

[ghoulishtomato]

I can't wait for the Night at the Museum musical to come out and for Jedediah and Octavius' duet song to have western guitars or violins contrasted with march-style bold and brassy trumpets and tubas until both music styles come together flawlessly

#I hope they do something like this #Alan Menken I'm trusting you #also make them gayer #They could always be gayer #night at the museum #natm #natm fandom #natm jedediah #natm octavius #jedtavius #natm jedtavius #natm musical #alan menken

[salaciouscrumbb]

yeah 😭

#galavant #alan menken

[nopefer-art-tu]

I havent been in the groove of drawing lately so i decided to do a screenshot redraw of one of my favorite musicals ever <3

#little shop of horrors #little shop of horrors musical #lsoh fanart #little shop of horrors fanart #seymour krelborn #audrey fulquard #lsoh #seymour lsoh #audrey lsoh #rick moranis #ellen greene #howard ashman #alan menken #screenshot redraw #my art

[doyouknowthismusical]

#musical theater #do you know this musical #poll #newsies #alan menken #jack feldman #harvey fierstein #language: english

[sunshine-photo-frame]

guys would percy like disney hercules. because I feel like for me, annabeth would hate it for being crude and inaccurate, but grover would kinda dig it because Phil is a bro's bro and he asserts his stayr boundaries and grover appreciates fun media.

but would percy like it or NOT. I'm undecided. would he like snuggle up and watch it w grover and popcorn or would it annoy him too much. IDK

#idk if hercules is the right kind of zany for percy #because theres obviously their experience with real mr hercules #but maybe it would he funny theyd be like “haha ik that guy he is NOTHING like that lmao” #pjo #percy jackson #grover underwood #annabeth chase #grover pjo #annabeth pjo #grover and percy #hercules #disney hercules #alan menken #the true loml because he doesnt miss

[bestmusicalworldcup]

#league of musicals #musical theater #musical theatre #broadway #musicals #best musical #theater #theatre #polls #great comet #little shop of horrors #dave malloy #alan menken #howard ashman

[dorothy16]

via noel macneal’s instagram story.

#darren criss #alan menken #james lapine #evan rachel wood #noel macneal #little shop of horrors #little shop backstage #noel macneal ig #me edits