Did you know that Ursala from The Little Mermaid was based on the 👑 Drag Queen 👑 Divine?

[Smashingdoozy]

Ursala

Divine

[JustinTheGreat]

Yes I knew that. they also originally wanted Bea Arthur (Dorothy from Golden Girls) to voice her

[Clara06]

How you know that?

[JustinTheGreat]

@Clara06 I read the fun fact somewhere. I guess Beas agent turned the role down for her cause she thought they were implying that Bea was a witch

[Clara06]

Ok where are you from if i may ask?

[Anonymous]

Yes, Divine. Back in the day, when people had no problem being entertained by men in drag, before everyone turned into sooks and bigots.

[PBandJ_Nerd]

No, I did not know that. But that is a very interesting fact about Ursala for sure.

[smahala1991]

I did read a news article on that yes. Divine was also in Hairspray

[Clara06]

Really

[Kaneki05]

I think that's more a insult than a compliment as Ursala is ugly as hell which needless to say if it's based on someone so are they.

[Smashingdoozy]

It's based off a persona, drag is a costume

[Kaneki05]

Very ugly persona then. I don't know what person would want to look like that lol.

[exitseven]

I did not know that. Maybe because I never heard of devine.

[Smashingdoozy]

Divine was popular in the 70s and 80s. Was in the original '88 version of Hairspray as Edna Turnbald (which influenced the use of actors in drag for the character in future adaptations) along with many other films. Also had a music career and influenced other musicians even had sings dedicated to him.

[exitseven]

You were not even kicking slats out of your crib in the 80s.😊😊😊😊

[AngryCarl2]

No, I make a point of not knowing stuff like that.

#wokeDisney

[Smashingdoozy]

Not sure how that's woke 🤔

[AngryCarl2]

It's a Disney movie so it's woke.

[Christoff92]

It's not surprising. They made everyone believe that Divine is a natural born female

[clampfan101]

Wow. I can really see the resemblance…
Is that why Triton banished her? rofl

[nudeNhorny]

I just know one thing, Disney is so fucked up

[PointTaken]

What the? I had no idea.

[Smashingdoozy]

You're welcome 🤗

[PointTaken]

Yeah I had to look up Divine. There are other pictures that really show Ursula was based off him

[gothbxtch]

i did! love them both.

[Bklynbadboy12]

Damn I didn't know there wad a person that hideous

[Smashingdoozy]

You don't understand drag do you?

[Bklynbadboy12]

No I don't. I'm definitely not into that

[Minahh]

That's an interesting fact

[CubaPirate]

No but it makes sense now

[GOLDFISH_smile]

Yep.

[mommymommymommy]

Likely not

[Smashingdoozy]

Likely you didn't know?

[Sparkie460]

I didn't know that.

[Clara06]

Hey Sparkie how are you doing today?

[Sparkie460]

I'm doing well. How are you

[In_Trance]

not surprising