![]() ![]() ![]() The characters, as presented in the movie, are very clear in their morality. ![]() What are you even talking about? It is a fictional movie for children. Here’s the thing: Do I actually think that Belle should have ended up with Gaston? No. Back in 2017, I wrote a piece for The New York Observer on all the reasons why Gaston from Beauty and the Beast was “actually” the good guy and the Beast was “actually” the villain, pulling from real history and pointing out that, pre-revolutionary France, an absentee monarch living in an elaborate palace while citizens sing about how six eggs are too expensive is someone who is probably going to end up with their head detached from the body. It’s something in which I have indulged during various stints as an online journalist. And pointing out that a nostalgic character is “actually” something other than what we assumed is a guaranteed formula to get people clicking. People are driven as individuals, each operating independently, all trying to get the retweets that have become our essential source of dopamine. Internet conversations are organic and decentralized - no one conscientiously controlling who or what gets the lion’s share of attention on any given day. Given the amount of oxygen that seemingly inane conversation has been given, it’s worth asking: Why? Surely, we all know, it doesn’t really matter whether or not the fictional character was a bad boyfriend to his fictional girlfriend. It’s existed as tweets, Tumblr posts, YouTube videos, TikToks, essays - a take so omnipresent that the director, screenwriter, and actors in the film have all been forced to comment on it. Ī monologue almost exactly like that has been repeating, ad infinitum, across every form of social media. What sort of boyfriend would be so dismissive of his girlfriend’s incredible career opportunity and so resentful of the challenging sacrifices it asked of her? Really? If you think about it? Nate is the real villain of The Devil Wears Prada. Have you watched The Devil Wears Prada recently? It holds up, right? Meryl should have won the Oscar, and Stanley Tucci’s performance is an all-timer… but did you pay attention to Nate? Andy’s chef boyfriend who spent too much on strawberries at Dean & Deluca? The movie itself surely wants us to see Andy’s transformation from baggy-sweatered journalist to size 4 fashionista as a Faustian bargain that ultimately distances her from her down-to-earth friends and doting boyfriend and thus her truest self, but actually? If you re-watch the movie? Her boyfriend was sort of a d*ck! And same with her friends! They should have been more supportive of Andy’s incredibly demanding job, and not making it about them all the time. ![]()
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