Changes

One may argue that homosexual co-producer and lyricist Howard Ashman tried to put his personal life into the songs of the movie most notably with “Part of Your World” but the villain Ursula was not only based off the infamous Drag Queen Divine, but was also portrayed in a very demonic way, and was shown to lie and cheat in order to win despite Ariel playing by the rules for the bargain. Though modeling Ursula after Divine was Ashman’s idea.

One may argue that homosexual co-producer and lyricist Howard Ashman tried to put his personal life into the songs of the movie most notably with “Part of Your World” but the villain Ursula was not only based off the infamous Drag Queen Divine, but was also flat out demonic, and not shown to have any redeeming qualities (unless you count her taking time to mourn the deaths of Flotsam and Jetsam rather than ignoring them.) She was shown to lie and cheat in order to win despite Ariel playing by the rules for the bargain. Though modeling Ursula after Divine was Ashman’s idea.