A Hot Crustacean Band


My daughter is blasting the Little Mermaid soundtrack and I'm reminded how much I love Sebastian, the wise, funny, very Caribbean crab.  Watching the video, I realize what amuses me so much about Sebastian and his underwater world is that he actually reminds me of people I know and places I've been.   I've met a lot of bossy characters in seemingly mythical countries in my travels.  Eventhough it's just a cartoon, art really does imitate life in a lot of ways.  It also doesn't hurt that the steel pan rhythm is hot. Check it out:


Comments

Wendy said…
I have to say Disney does a good job of making things appealing to adults also. Very clever from a biz perspective.
April 30, 2010 at 1:55 PM
Fly Girl said…
Tiffany, I love the song too.

Wendy, you're right. And I'm not a huge fan of Disney but this is one of my favorite Disney films.
April 30, 2010 at 2:16 PM
Ekua said…
This was always my favorite Disney cartoon growing up. I would rent the video over and over again until I convinced my mom to just buy it :)
April 30, 2010 at 4:45 PM
eden said…
I watched the video with my kids many times and never get bored of it.This is one of our favourite Disney Movies.I love the song too.

Have a great weekend!
May 1, 2010 at 3:08 AM
Rachel Cotterill said…
Can you believe I've never seen this film? I've just never 'done' Disney.
May 1, 2010 at 7:23 AM
A Cuban In London said…
Sebastian, with an accent on the second 'a' in Spanish, always cracks me up. I saw The Little Mermaid both in the English original and in the dubbed Spanish version and I was pleased that the guy doing Sebastian's voice in Spanish got it right. Thanks for the memories! And thanks also for your contribution to the debate on feminism, it's been a pleasure reading your insights. :-)

Greetings from London.
May 1, 2010 at 7:32 AM
Fly Girl said…
Ekua, it's been in our video library for quite some time.

Eden, I know, it's a movie that always manages to entertain!

Rachel, yes I can believe. As I've said I'm not a huge Dinsey fan in general but this is an exception.

Cubano, so glad that you got the bilingual Mermaid experience!
May 1, 2010 at 8:38 AM
Fly Girl said…
Jean-Luc, there's nothing like a melodic babd of sea creatures!
May 3, 2010 at 3:54 PM
Unknown said…
Haven't seen this movie, will have to order it from Netflix.
May 6, 2010 at 7:28 AM
Fly Girl said…
Cate, you must, must, see it!
May 6, 2010 at 8:07 AM
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