In case you don't remember, the original animated Disney film was a train wreck of leftist shit that completely stripped the source material of everything that was culturally significant in it.
No longer did the lead become a saint who watched over and interceded for her siblings from heaven, but instead she ascended beyond her nature, like a transhumanist wet dream, leaving behind her penis-towered palace beneath the sea to be married to a vapid billionaire by a priest sporting a boner.
Sure, you may have really fond memories of its catchy tunes and cute sidekicks. That's expected of unthinking children.
So, yes, they race swapped a main character. But before they did that they raped a Christian fairytale of everything that made it good and turned it into trash. It was an entertaining cartoon for kids. It was not a significant part of western white heritage.
I guess you make a good point to read the original
I just ordered his stories.
Fair warning: it does have a bittersweet ending.
I vaguely remember. Haven’t read it since early 90s