The end of this story always breaks my heart. If she falls in love with the Beast, why does he have to turn into a handsome prince? Why can’t he just be who he is? Further, this picture came out at an awkward time in movie history. Disney was trying to make the transition away from princesses who wait helplessly for their princes to arrive and toward a more reasonable portrayal of women. It kinda works, but then it kinda doesn’t. Of course it didn’t help to start with the screwed up sexual politics of a story about a monster who changes and becomes a good man because a woman loves him. It seems like setting up a generation of girls with abusive relationships with monsters who just get worse because now they know they can get away with it. On the other hand, the musical numbers are cute. Mildly amusing
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