Why I Broke Up With the Little Mermaid

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Josh Rogosin
and
Alex Barron
The New Yorker Radio Hour | Apr 8, 2016

Why break up with the Little Mermaid? For one thing, all those thingamabobs can really clutter up a house. Jesse Eisenberg wrote his modern ending to a Disney fairy tale for newyorker.com's “Daily Shouts,” and performs the piece here, with his sister Hallie as Ariel.

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