Disney movies may be family-friendly but the release of The Little Mermaid caused controversy with its suggestive imagery on the VHS cover.
The original The Little Mermaid caused controversy in 1989 and its VHS cover was banned. Credited with starting the Disney Renaissance, The Little Mermaid stars the fourth Disney Princess, Ariel, and follows her quest to be part of the human world. The Little Mermaid was a huge success and two movies followed, The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea and The Little Mermaid: Ariel’s Beginning.
The VHS cover received backlash because the spires on King Triton’s castle contained phallic imagery. With the castle being the center of the image, it did not take long for audiences to call Disney out for the phallus and the VHS cover was recalled and replaced. The phallic imagery on a children’s movie cover caused a lot of controversy and many people believed Disney put the phallic imagery there on purpose.
However, rumors still circulated about the VHS cover being intentional, with some believing an angry who was about to be fired added it before their departure. Intentional or not, The Little Mermaid became the highest-selling VHS of 1990 and the use of phallic imagery has become part of an ongoing Disney narrative. Disney loves an Easter egg, but there is also a narrative that Disney animators purposely slip rude Easter eggs into their movies.
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