Bailey’s casting in the role was both embraced and met with racist backlash. “The Little Mermaid” has changed since Hans Christian Andersen’s original rendering, thanks to Disney’s intervention (for one, now it has a happy ending). “They have to adapt to survive.” Ginger Minj says she thought Ursula was 'the most gorgeous creature' she had ever seen.
“Adaptation is such a huge part of fairytales’ survival in society,” says Bee Eldridge, a doctoral candidate at the University of London focusing on representation in fairytales and a blog editor for the Disney, Culture & Society Research Network.
