It's a beautiful tragedy of unrequited love and self-sacrifice, wouldn't sell well by Disney, king of the happy ending.
Same "happy ending" treatment for the Pied Piper story. Those children were never seen again.
Same "happy ending" treatment for the Pied Piper story. Those children were never seen again.
If I reread the story of the Little Mermaid today, I would probably like it a lot better than I did when I was a kid. I saw Walt Disney's Bambi when I was around six and enjoyed it. But when I saw it again as an adult, it made me angry that Disney had made hash of Felix Salten's classic book Bambi: A Life in the Forest.