Is this art from Little Mermaid Cover not a ERECTION???
ScottF
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Dear Straight Dope:
I have heard of many perverted things "hidden" in various Disney movies.
Some of these include: the tower on the original cover of The Little Mermaid
that bears a stricking resemblance to the male genitalia, a scene in The
Little Mermaid where the priest has an erection, a part in The Lion King
where the dust rises spelling out SEX, and a scene in Aladdin where Aladdin
can be heard saying "good teenagers, take off your clothes." Are these
things for real, coincidental, or just little adult antics added in by the
animators? Please shed some light on these mysteries and inform me of any
that I missed. --Ryan from Castro Valley
SDSTAFF Euty replies:
Surprisingly, this is true. Sometime in the mid 70's, Disney discovered a
great market value in sabotaging their own work to appeal to the purient
interests of pre-pubescent youth . . .
OK, so I'm being cynical. It's one of the benefits of transitioning into
doddering middle age. But it is an interesting pastime to look for the
hidden secrets in certain Disney movies, as long as one doesn't look too
hard and begin to see and hear things that aren't really there.
There's a tradition of Disney artists and storymen trying to sneak stuff
onto the screen that goes back to the days of the early shorts. This stemmed
from Disney's refusal to share creative credit with anyone. The only
credited name on any of the shorts was Walt Disney himself (with an
occasional credit to Ub Iwerks in the late 20's). It wasn't until the mid
40's, as the result of an artists' strike against Disney, that specific
credits began showing up on the shorts. But the insult of being uncredited
hurt, and the artists tried to get their names inserted into their work in
devious ways. Either Disney didn't notice or didn't care at this point, as
his attention was taken up with the feature films. Most notably, in the
Goofy sports shorts, you'll find that most of the players' names are the
names of Disney artists....
3. The Little Mermaid (Category A): A couple of points we should cover here.
One is the infamous "penis" cover art that was supposedly done by a
disgruntled artist the day before he was scheduled to be fired. This is not
true--the artist was one of Disney's top layout artists who has worked on
and off for Disney since the fifties and still does. To quote my source, "He
did intend for the tower to look like a penis, but when he finished it, he
realized it was bit too obvious. (Artists often put hidden images in their
work . . . there are a lot of classical paintings with subliminal skulls and
sexual imagery in them. It isn't a recent thing at all.) The painter was on
a deadline to turn it in, so he didn't have time to fix it. He pointed it
out to the production person at Disney and offered to paint it out if they
wanted him to. The painting was sent up to a committee of marketing execs
for approval. The artist never got a call to change it, so he assumed they
liked it with the semi-subliminal penis in it."
The other question is about the "priests' boner" (Category C). During the
scene where Eric and Ursula are about to be married, it appears that the
priest is getting an erection. Closer inspection reveals that it is only the
priest's knee.
Another interesting non-subliminal feature of "The Little Mermaid" to look
for: Watch carefully at the beginning when King Triton swoops down over the
crowd. After he passes across the screen, below him and to his left Mickey
Mouse, Donald Duck, and Goofy can be seen sitting in the crowd.
John Jawbox
very good scott f
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