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On Sat, 23 Jul 2011 13:11:20 -0400, Chan Welbourne wrote:
> VD submitted this idea :
>
>> Another Disneyesque adaptation about AIDS and its sufferers?
>
> 8-o
There's a strong contingent of critics, of which I am one, that
believes one of the strongest if not the main focus of Disney's BATB
is about homosexuality and AIDS, both beasts of mental and physical
burdens.
I kid you not. ;)
Some telltale signs are obvious: the film is dedicated to Howard
Ashman, the song lyricist and creative genius behind it, who died of
AIDS before the film was released. Then there was that song ´Kill the
Beast,ˇ which seemed like an indictment of the vigilante mentality
that had taken root in America in the early 90˙s as parents lashed out
at the AIDS-afflicted children in their neighborhood schools. And
what was the Beast˙s affliction exactly? He wasn˙t a werewolf. And
what about Gaston, that hyper-masculine figure who seemed to satirize
the vain, gay bodybuilder and bathhouse culture of the 80˙s? Finally,
there was that evocative red rose, with its petals falling, that
seemed like the life blood ebbing away in the lives of AIDS and HIV
patients in our communities.
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