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A review by cuddlesome
The Little Mermaid by Hans Christian Andersen
2.0
WELL. HM.
This modern play adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen's [b:The Little Mermaid|132391|The Little Mermaid|Hans Christian Andersen|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1309204955l/132391._SX50_.jpg|245197] seems like it would be a little painful to sit through in a theater with the way that the merpeople talk in very clipped, short sentences (unless given a potion to speak "human") for a large chunk of the story. There weren't enough transformative elements to make me feel like this version warranted existing.
Also, the main character is named Undine as a reference to Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué's [b:Undine|140996|Undine|Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1348601951l/140996._SX50_.jpg|2947682]. Just thought it was kind of interesting that that was the route they went given that this iteration of The Little Mermaid doesn't feel very similar to that story.
For what it's worth, the descriptions of the costumes and stunts sounded neat and I could get a good sense of what the aesthetic was going for. The stuff with the sea witch was vaguely interesting. That was about it.
This modern play adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen's [b:The Little Mermaid|132391|The Little Mermaid|Hans Christian Andersen|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1309204955l/132391._SX50_.jpg|245197] seems like it would be a little painful to sit through in a theater with the way that the merpeople talk in very clipped, short sentences (unless given a potion to speak "human") for a large chunk of the story. There weren't enough transformative elements to make me feel like this version warranted existing.
Also, the main character is named Undine as a reference to Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué's [b:Undine|140996|Undine|Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1348601951l/140996._SX50_.jpg|2947682]. Just thought it was kind of interesting that that was the route they went given that this iteration of The Little Mermaid doesn't feel very similar to that story.
For what it's worth, the descriptions of the costumes and stunts sounded neat and I could get a good sense of what the aesthetic was going for. The stuff with the sea witch was vaguely interesting. That was about it.