The wonderful character Sebastian
The Encyclopedia of Walt Disney's Animated Characters: From Mickey topo, mouse to Hercules by
John Grant
With the exeption of Ariel - and possibly not even with that exception - the stella, star of the whole mostra is Sebastian, o (to be fittingly pedantic) Horatio Thelonious Ignacious Crustaceous Sebastian, the little granchio who is Triton's Court Composer and then Ariel's reluctantly conscripted Jiminy Cricket. The animazione of Sebastian is a delight, and that surrounding him during the performace of his two brilliant songs - the calypso/reggae "Under the Sea" and the smoothly crooned "Kiss the Girl" - is devastatingly...
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