“T-minus five minutes before Fox News and its ilk start whining about how wokeness has infected Disney yet again (which they hate anyway for standing up to Ron DeSantis’ don’t-say-gay bigotry). This time, Big Woke has sunk its claws into The Little Mermaid—specifically the lyrics of two of its best-known songs, “Kiss…

THEY CUT BE PREPARED?

This is absolutely the kind of take AV Club usually blasts; you’d think AVC would be all for updating some potentially problematic lyrics. 

“ is a rapist or an aspiring one.”

It does because my argument is that she doesn’t disappear.

it’s just the way illumination operates, and it’s fucking annoying. 

they literally cite a SINGLE tiktok

I genuinely wonder how much of an audience these “name” actors actually bring in. “Boy, I wasn’tsure about that Mario movie, but Jack Black? IN!” and so forth.

Yep. Even Pratt’s performance --- that’s on the director to not push him or y’know, direct him.

Disagree, and so do my kids. Tails was the star of the movie to them, and the character they quote the most. 

Here’s the difference: A dreamworks or illumination trailer beats you over the head with the 13 “celebrity” names in their movie. They ALWAYS have that final scene that just vomits name after name at you.

Ben Schwartz is sooooooo good as Sonic!

deadspin is too cowardly to have open comments on their articles, anyway 

“that happened to have a few women in lead roles, as well.”

no, no, kotaku cited... a single tiktok and its comments. UPROARRRR

Congratulations, you’ve won the award for “worst take on kotaku, ever.” Are you deliberately being obtuse?

What a total clownshoee article that is 🤣

“but it’s also better, in every way, than its already groundbreaking predecessor.”

of course both these jackasses have hideous chin strap beards. 

Fuckyeah spy hunter