Part of Your World

I think I know which one's winning.

Um, from the 2020s, The Little Mermaid, Part of Your World.

Ooh.

Gadgets and gizmos a-plenty.

Okay, I have mine

Three, two, one.

Part of Your World.

Part of Your World.

I almost said The Little Woman.

The opening motif is used in a sequence for the beginning of Part of Your World, going up as Ariel looks up to the world she wants to join.

This motif is important in two ways.

It reflects her desire to learn more, especially in the human world, but it is also the melody for her voice that is captured by Ursula, spoiler alert, as she sacrifices her voice to be with the humans and fulfill that wish.

Whitney.

In Part of Your World, Ariel sings about her collection.

She's got gadgets and gizmos appellant.

A plenty.

The film's soundtrack, composed by Alan Menken with lyrics by Howard Ashman, is a standout feature.

The songs are catchy and memorable, with Under the Sea and Part of Your World becoming iconic Disney tunes.

These musical numbers not only enhance the storytelling, but also capture the emotions and aspirations of the characters, particularly Ariel's longing for a different life.

Critics have praised The Little Mermaid for its strong female protagonist.

I'm going to like the songs.

Like, is it going to really like impact me? And then Ariel starts singing part of your world.

And I did start crying like it fully.

like crushed me this time i was like goddamn this mama wants to be not where she is she wants to go through a gender transition she wants to go find some other part of life like who among us has not wanted to explore the shore up above like it hit like a

And I think also on this watch, I respected it a lot more from the place of actually Ariel has her own wants and desires.

And yes, she does sacrifice, you know, her voice for a man.

But I think where the film succeeds is like part of your world.

Her main want is not like, him like if it was the part of your world she just desires a man I'd be like okay but the desire for her is to be a human and to go up above and like yes a man becomes a part of that but like a lot of it stems from trying just shutting her off from humanity and I think like your kids study

The last topic.

Okay, so I saw a few posts recently about the true meaning behind Part of Your World from Little Mermaid and that it was a queer song.

To be honest, I couldn't find any truth to this statement from researching, but I still wanted to chat about it.

Have you heard that this room about Part of Your World is written from a gay point of view?

I think we've briefly touched on this when we were actually talking about Somewhere Over the Rainbow and the meanings that people derive from lyrics, especially when it's lyrics that are representing being on the outs or being an outsider.

and the impression of their being on the outside and looking in.

Because everybody, once they're inducted, they get to come up and have a little speech up on the stage for everybody.

And he had rewritten the words to Part of Your World, which he spoke saying to us.

And it was really quite endearing because you could tell that this was a guy that was just genuinely so excited to have this honor and to be a part of this group of people.

So I loved it.