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Beauty and the Beast (R)
Disney flick opens today....The repulsive Beast informs Beauty that long ago a fairy turned him into a hideous republican monster after he refused to let her in from the rain...
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NYT film review:
"...Gaston is sweet on Belle, and his excitement at her unambiguous refusals makes him the film’s avatar of nastiness. No redemption here.
"He goes from annoying to evil when he stirs up the anti-intellectualism and xenophobia of a populist mob to serve his own egomaniacal ends.
"The residents of the castle fight back because their humanity is at stake..."
"...Gaston is sweet on Belle, and his excitement at her unambiguous refusals makes him the film’s avatar of nastiness. No redemption here.
"He goes from annoying to evil when he stirs up the anti-intellectualism and xenophobia of a populist mob to serve his own egomaniacal ends.
"The residents of the castle fight back because their humanity is at stake..."
