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Ubiquitous <
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> Reviews of Disney's remake of THE LITTLE MERMAID were mixed, with even the
> most generous viewers wondering if the film was necessary. But the review
> from movie critic Wesley Morris for The New York Times is getting attention
> for wondering about the "lack of kink" in the children's movie.
>
> "The new, live-action THE LITTLE MERMAID is everything nobody should want
> in a movie: dutiful and defensive, yet desperate for approval," Morris wrote
> in his review.
>
> "It reeks of obligation and noble intentions. Joy, fun, mystery, risk,
> flavor, kink-- they’re missing," he continued.
But they're not coming for your children. Don't worry. Those drag shows
in the elementary schools are just an attempt to relieve the children of
their appalling lack of kink.
> People immediately noticed that Morris chose to use the word “kink” for a
> PG-rated movie that was advertised for children and families. While the word
> has multiple meanings, it’s frequently used in pop culture to refer to
> offbeat sexual preferences.
>
> "The New York Times just put up a review of THE LITTLE MERMAID where the
> reviewer complains that KINK was missing from the film. The definition of
> kink: a person’s unusual sexual preferences. Same media denies the left
> sexualizes kids."
Exactly. The Times will run editorial after editorial lambasting the
"MAGA plot to turn innocent school-time drag shows into something
sinister", then run a movie review for a children's movie that says it
should have not only more sex but more weird sex in it.
> "The New York Times complaining about the lack of 'kink' in THE LITTLE
> MERMAID pretty much sums up where we're at. Corrupt perverts in charge,
> abject degeneracy proud on full display, their contempt for traditional
> values transformed into a seething hatred for ordinary people," the host of
> The Martyr Made Podcast shared.
>
> While many critics praised the film's lead, Halle Bailey, the rest of the
> movie left a lot of viewers disappointed.
>
> The NPR reviewer called the live-action remake "an artistic dead end" that
> "may make commercial sense" but is ultimately unnecessary.
>
> "Like a lot of its fellow Disney remakes, this THE LITTLE MERMAID too often
> feels like a dutiful cover version rather than an inspired reimagining,"
> the review says.
>
> "There is nothing innovative or reformist about what happens in this movie,"
> the Huffington Post reviewer wrote.
>
> "While the original THE LITTLE MERMAID dazzled with its beautifully