Talk:Part of Your World/@comment-1672596-20141013145827

I have no problems with the song itself, but due to The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea's songs in the original release as well as KidsWB's socka party commercial giving me trauma related to most kinds of singing, something that will be very difficult for me to overcome, I can't say I'll be listening to it anytime soon.

That being said, the film itself, not to mention this song, was extremely lucky to retain it, especially when Jeffrey Katzenberg nearly had it removed due to it being "boring", and even resorting to something as petty an excuse as a kid spending more time picking up popcorn he spilled than actually watching the sequence during a test run. While there were hints at Ariel having some degree of fascination for humanity in terms of collecting trinkets, this song is what sealed it regarding Ariel's motives of actually being among humanity. Cut this song, and let's put it this way, it actually would have probably resulted in the audience thinking Ariel only desired to become a human because of Eric, even with the earlier scenes and hints at her getting objects and surfacing multiple times. In other words, had Katzenberg done what he said he would have done and cut it, it would have ruined Ariel's character as the creators intended, especially when the entire point behind her fascination for humanity was specifically so there wouldn't be any implications that Ariel only wanted to become a human because of Eric. That actually made her a better character than her original self, who didn't give a crap about the prince and only became human to gain an immortal soul, and even if she did, she had even less of a reason than Ariel did regarding Eric, literally only falling for the prince because he looked like a statue she had.

And honestly, not counting Red October, The Little Mermaid was my first film, and it certainly didn't go over my head.