I would *love* Peter Cushing as Andrew Ketterley, and I would love Tilda Swanson as Jadis when she was vivid, rather than drained of color as the White Witch (though she was a good White Witch. Though don't get me started on those films, as I really don't like them.)

I like your thoughts on outing in Splash. It always struck me as mysterious and forced that he was so horrified by her mermaidness. He had **seen** her as a kid. And didn't he ever read fairy tales? How can anyone who's ever heard of mermaids, let alone seen a real one as a kid, find the concept so apparently offputting? But yeah, discovering something unacceptable about your sexuality and then coming to terms with it--that I could buy.