"That was step we needed in drag to really help what we have today.” He said he’s grateful for Divine and her character helping the gay community and drag find acceptance. “I always love Ursula and now I understand why,” said Codey Odachowski. Schwarz said if Divine was alive and knew of any possible connection with the Sea Witch he would have wanted to play her. She died when she was 42 years old in 1988 of a heart attack, one year before The Little Mermaid was released. Ursula was simple created at a time when Divine was very famous. "Then when you’re talking about a whole culture that inspired, that inspired Divine, Hairspray, Little Shop but also The Little Mermaid.” “It was a little disappointing to not be able to like tie that knot but honestly it’s a little more interesting,” said Pasulka. Pasulka didn’t find evidence he knew Divine directly but believes he knew of him. Songwriter Howard Ashman was said to inspire the connection. "When I see something that’s surprising and I can’t find an easy answer, that’s what draws me in.”Īnimators and writes for Disney acknowledged Ursula does look a lot like Divine and even said it when they were drawing and creating her but never confirmed a direct intentional connection.
“You need a big snarly drag queen to snap you out of it and to move the plot along quite frankly,” said Nicole Pasulka, a New York Journalist who wrote an article on the connection between the Sea Witch and Divine. There’s even a theory Divine inspired Ursula from Disney’s The Little Mermaid. Schwarz stressed he constantly referred to Divine as he during the interview because Glenn loved being a man and Divine was just one of his characters.Īn inspiring character for so many throughout the country. “Dive was somebody who it took him a long to time to love himself and once he created that character of Divine, that really projected that love out into the world and gave people confidence to be who they are,” he said. He said Divine also fit his common theme to cover journeys of self-acceptance. Schwarz loves created documentaries about larger than life personalities, which Divine definitely fit. He wanted to take everything that society says is wrong with you and kind of throw it back at them and say this is who I am and I love myself and you better love me too,” said Schwarz. So that’s my job to go out there and shock them.” He added, “people forget that it was a really radical thing to dress in drag and Divine really enjoyed shocking people and enjoyed pushing the envelope.” In the documentary Divine said, “people loved to be shocked, I think. “Divine was an underground superstar,” said Jeffrey Schwarz, the director of the documentary I am Divine.
Glenn Milstead created this loud, unapologetic character at a time when you could go to jail for dressing in drag. BALTIMORE - Divine is a famous Baltimore drag queen.
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