It may not really be a tale as old as time, but Beauty and the Beast is still a seminal
Disney favorite.
The 1991 animated film remains one of the studio's most beloved classics, and the 2017
live-action iteration proved just as popular.
But for audiences above the intended age range, some parts of the movies can land a little
differently than they did when it was first released.
Here's what you might only notice about Beauty and the Beast as a grownup.
Lefou wants who?
When you watch Beauty and the Beast as a kid, the major love story is between Belle and
the Beast.
As an adult, however, you can appreciate the side eye that Lefou is constantly throwing
Gaston's way.
Lefou singing about Gaston's charms might be a little more than a faithful sidekick
trying to boost his friend's morale.
The song definitely seems like an ode to all of that unresolved tension that's built up.
"You're everyone's favorite guy."
The 2017 live action remake of Beauty and the Beast certainly accelerated the obviousness
of his feelings for Gaston, but it was still there in cartoon form too.
It's probably no coincidence that his name in French means "crazy" — because he's madly
in love.
The cursed child
From the brief images we get of his pre-curse form, the Prince looks old enough to have
to pay for his misdeeds, but if you do the math, something doesn't add up.
In the film, he has until his 21st year to reform his ways — or be stuck in his beastly
form forever.
But Lumiere reveals that no one has visited the castle for a decade.
"Ten years we've been rusting, needing so much more than dusting."
That means the Beast couldn't have been more than 10 years old when he was first cursed.
This seems like a pretty harsh punishment to lay onto a kid, let alone everyone else
living in the castle.
Speaking of which ...
Forever young
While Beast and many of his servants appear to have aged through the curse cycle, the
toothy kid Chip seems to remain a child the whole time.
And when everyone is transformed back into their human bodies in the end, Chip still
appears to be around five or six years old.
Mrs. Potts, on the other hand, looks old and wise enough to be his grandmother by then.
Was Chip somehow the product of a late-night liaison between dishes and born while the
castle was under the curse?
Or was he cursed as an infant?
If not, perhaps it's a bit of mercy that he should get to wake from the curse with his
childhood still intact.
But being stuck looking after a very precocious and breakable five year old for 10 years?
No wonder Mrs. Potts' hair turned gray.
"Of course my dear.
Of course."
Suspension of disbelief
Although they have a hard time believing that the Beast exists at first, the villagers sure
seem unfazed when they see the magic mirror.
And considering they haven't just screened Snow White to find out that magic mirrors
are pretty ordinary in their fairy tale world, it's surprising how little response the mirror
elicits from the crazy crowd.
It's clearly not because they're, like, a laid-back group of people, either.
Look how eager they are to storm the castle and kill the Beast.
It's just a wonder they didn't turn all those pitchforks against Belle for bringing it.
Brutal business
Like a lot of Disney movies of its generation, there were some pretty brutal moments contained
throughout Beauty and the Beast.
For example, when Belle wanders through the West Wing, she sees a bunch of destroyed objects,
which could mean the Beast got angry at his cursed pals and took it out on them in furniture
form.
Then, when Gaston is thrown off the side of the castle, his eyes light up with the image
of a skull just to drive home the point that he's about to float off to the great beyond.
That's all pretty dark stuff for a kid's movie, to be sure — especially when you think about
the fact that this is all just a an elaborate romanticization of Stockholm Syndrome.
That's enough to ruin your childhood right there.
But, hey, at least the songs were cool.
"As you were!"
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