Re: Emma to Headline Guillermo del Toro's Beauty and the Beast

On Sat, 23 Jul 2011 12:51:26 -0400, Chan Welbourne wrote:

VD presented the following explanation :
On Wed, 20 Jul 2011 17:20:29 -0400, Sirius Black wrote:

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wow

Emma Watson wants to be a "warrior princess and that there should be
be more strong role models for young girls, rather than them just
being taught to be pretty and polite.

Emma: "I feel like young girls are told they have to be this kind of
princess and be all this sweet stuff.

"It's all *bullshit.* I identify with more of being a warrior
princess, so if I had to be a princess, I'd have to kick some ass
first. That would have a lot of people terrified."

Foreshadowing? I think so.

There are several certainties you can regarding Ms. Watson. She is
intelligent beyond her years, she has great media counsel and
she/media have had in depth conversation with the Beauty that del Toro
sees in his mind's eye.

Another Disneyesque adaptation about AIDS and its sufferers?

There is a spectacular part for Emma; Belle the feminist, "bell" of
religious knowledge, rejuvenation and regeneration, the circularity of
life? Belle the asskicking, role model...perfect?

We shall see what we shall see. ;)

There is a potential for great sexual passion in this fable. >:|

Heartily agree. Much of what Harry Potter is could be found in del
Toro's version (if he so chooses). Life is the intersection of faith
and doubt.

Aside: From the beginning of the l7th century, most women had not been
allowed to study religion, philosophy and the law, and so they had
developed an interest in fiction instead, especially fantastic and
romantic writing. Ironically, that fiction upended the rules and
laws dreamt up by the male authorities. When aristocratic and upper
middle class girls were told the ancient folk tales by their nurses
and maids, these tales were often violent and sexual, quite at odds
with what the men would have had them learn. These tales were
forerunners of what all women would encounter in their adult lives
when they had to contend with forced marriages, unwanted pregnancies
and disappointing husbands. The wild magic enabled women to look
past the ugliness of men. ;>)
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