For anyone who missed out on ABC’s live production of The Little Mermaid, take heart: One of the show’s best songs is ready to be streamed.
The Little Mermaid: Live starred Auliʻi Cravalho, Graham Phillips, John Stamos and Shaggy, though the biggest scene-stealer of the night should come as no surprise. Academy Award-nominee Queen Latifah stepped into the tentacles of the sea witch Ursula, and proceeded to win the evening.
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The highlight for Latifah came with Usula’s barnburner number “Poor Unfortunate Souls,” which gave the singer/actress ample opportunity to show off her dramatic and vocal ranges. Aided by some great special effects, lighting and inventive puppetry, Latifah slid and slunk around the stage belting out the song to cries of joy from the audience.
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If nothing else, The Little Mermaid: Live raises the bar on what fans can expect from Disney’s forthcoming live-action remake of the classic animated film. Awkwafina, who will play Ursula in that version, has a tough act to follow.
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Am I the only one bothered that she sang “don’t forget to underestimate the power of body language” ?
Bob LaBlah
No.
youarebetterthanthat
After seeing Tituss Burgess sing this on YouTube he’ll always be my Ursula.
RIGay
>Tried< to watch… stomach… the schlock that was "Disney Presents: The Little Mermaid – LIVE!" and barely fast forwarded to Queen Latifa. I was not at all impressed; her outfit looked like it was made from Dollar Store pool floats. The show was annoying; the cutaways to the animated movie were so wrong, and honestly, back in the day when my niece was a toddler and we sat through nightly viewings of the video – I swore if I ever had to see that ____ movie again, I would scream.
I screamed.
I wanted something fresh. What I got was 30 year old fish.
Jack Meoff
Meh
jcoberkrom
This show was a bomb. No not the bomb, a bomb!
GentlemanCaller
Well she’s no Pat Carroll.