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Original Little Mermaid director criticizes live action adaptation: “They didn’t play up the father-daughter story, and that was the heart of the movie”


The original 'Little Mermaid' director criticizes live action adaptation: 'Live animals in a zoo have more expression.'

For director and animator John Musker, the seaweed isn't necessarily greener in somebody else's lake. "The crab — you could look at live animals in a zoo and they have more expression, like with The Lion King," Musker complained. Jonah Hauer-King and Halle Bailey in 'The Little Mermaid'.Giles Keyte/Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures/Everett Collection

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