Monday, April 28, 2014

Beauty and the Beast

Such a wonderful love story, two people fall in love with looks not being the key factor. It may be possible that Disney set up Beast to represent an African American man, thus assuming that African American males were angry and abusive. However in the end of the movie the beast turns into a white man. This could have been to protect themselves from having a biracial couple and the underlying issues shown. 

Racist issues against the minority aren’t has relevant as the issue of the typical innocent white girl. All her outfits fully cover her entire body, and she never has a hair out of place. She always has a book in hand excited to learn and read more.



Before this movie became popular Disney representatives publicized Belle as a true feminist, the complete opposite of Ariel from the little mermaid. Compared to Ariel Belle is a lot more feminist because she is fully clothed, and does not change herself for true love. 

However Belle is responsible for forcing the Beast to change from an angry cruel beast to a loving man. This is basically saying that a women tries hard enough she can change an abusive man into a caring one. If real women were to follow this message and try to change their abusive partner they would most likely end up in the hospital. 

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