The Stories We Tell Our Children Have Consequences

The Fr. Mike Schmitz Catholic Podcast

Ascension

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality, Society & Culture

4.9 • 7.1K Ratings

🗓️ 12 January 2023

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

Stories matter. We tell them to help us understand the world around us. But what if the stories we tell don't mirror our Catholic morals? What if the lessons that they teach don't agree with our values? Should we keep telling those stories?

Today Fr. Mike wrecks your childhood version of the Little Mermaid and spoils the ending of the real story. Spoiler: It doesn't have a happy ending.

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0:00.0	Hi, my name is Father Mike Schmidt and this is a sense of presence.
0:02.3	So with the new live action version of Disney's The Little Mermaid coming out,
0:06.8	I want to make a couple of comments, not on the movie.
0:09.3	Well, yes, on the movie.
0:10.4	I want to comment on something that I noticed about The Song.
0:13.6	Did you see her?
0:14.8	Sitting there across the way.
0:16.4	She don't got a lot to say.
0:17.6	Hi, my name is Father Mike Schmidt and this is a sense of presence.
0:19.8	So with the new live action version of The Little Mermaid coming out relatively soon,
0:24.2	maybe it's already out, I want to make a couple of comments on the story.
0:27.9	No, two quick things before everything else.
0:30.3	There are some people online who are like really upset that in the original cartoon,
0:35.7	there was a light skinned girl with red hair who was aerial and in the new movie, the
0:40.7	live action movie, there's a dark skinned girl with red hair who plays aerial and they're
0:45.3	really upset about this.
0:46.7	I'm very happy for this actress.
0:49.8	I'm glad you got cast.
0:50.8	I mean, it's the goal of every actor or actress to get in a big movie.
0:54.7	She's in a big movie.
0:55.7	Go her.
0:58.5	That doesn't make any logical sense.
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