Beauty and the beast (1987)
Chosen by me as part of my musical week
and because I fell a little for Carmela Marner in Puss in Boots
A story of a woman going from one co-dependant relationship to another.
Again, like Puss in Boots the songs are almost an afterthought and add nothing to the rather dull plodding affair.
There is no level of Christopher Walken-like performance here, no sense of fun.
The Beast's make up is not too bad but John Savage brings nothing to the role that would explain why Rebecca De Mornay would finally answer yes to his repeated request for marriage.
I'm not sure what the message of Beauty and the Beast is meant to be? It seems to suggest it is about seeing beneath surface values but instead mostly just rewards everyone for not changing at all (here have another bucket of coins) and being ok with the imprisonment of an innocent woman.
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