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"Beauty and the Beast," which was originally released in 1991, will follow in
"Cinderella's" footsteps with a modern live-action reboot.
Disney should revamp, not retell
Live action classics fall short
■1^^ eauty and the Beast is the next
Disney movie scheduled to be
I ’W brought from its animated world
into a live action movie. Cinderella,
which came out in March, was met with
much hype and ecstatic fans. After seeing
the movie, I was not a fan, so hearing that
B&B was next did not excite me. While
Ewan McGregor and Stanley Tucci have
been added to the star-studded cast, I’m
still wary of Disney’s decision.
I will be the first to admit that half of
the reason I went to see Cinderella in the
movie theater was for the “Frozen Fever”
sketch in the previews. The classic ani
mated story, while one that took up space
on my VHS shelf as a child, was not one of
my favorites. Not for any particular reason
other than it never seemed to appeal to me,
and the song during the waltz scene was
creepy. They weren’t even singing.
For the live action movie, I was excited.
The next generation for children has ar
rived, meaning more Disney movies for me
to watch. And to the movie’s credit, the
cinematography and costuming were beau
tiful. And the decision to reduce the musi
cal numbers was one I could get on board
with. But the storyline, well, it bored me.
The movie was a remake, plain and
simple. The only things that really changed
was that (spoilers) the king is sick and
Cinderella and the Prince actually meet
before the ball. But that was it. Still love
without conversation. It’s the 21st century
— the least Disney can do is have them go
on a few dates before wedding bells start.
They did try to make it work by giving the
Prince a deadline to find Cinderella, but it
wasn’t enough.
So now there’s Beauty and the Beast.
Scheduled to be released in March 2017,
the film is beginning to develop what
looks like a stellar cast. Emma Watson, Ian
McKellan, Emma Thompson, Kevin Klein
among others are slotted for top roles in
the film. The likelihood of song seems a
bit more likely with B&B, as several of the
actors have appeared in musical movies or
stage productions.
But the description on IMDb reads, “In
exchange for her father’s freedom, a young
woman agrees to live with a monstrous
beast in his castle, and she may hold the
key to his salvation.” Not promising in
terms of a revamp.
I think telling the classic Disney tales is
a wonderful idea, but by simply retelling
the exact same story while only changing
the cast list and the filming process, the
end product feels lazy. Not everything has
to be changed, but give it a new element,
something we’ve never seen before as a
fairytale loving audience. A plot twist, a
new character trait, something to update
the films for the time we live in now, not
what audiences and society expected to see
in the ’80s.
Will I see the movie? Very likely, if only
to support the actors I adore. But I wish
that there was more to look forward to
than that. I’m not saying B&B will follow
in the footsteps of Cinderella, and for this
Disney-loving fan, I hope it doesn’t.
Jennifer Reiley is a communication senior and
assistant managing editor for The Battalion.
BALTIMORE
CONTINUED
in the process.”
Psychology junior Jamal
Piper said while the physical
and economic effects of riots
are clearly damaging, it is ir
responsible to focus on the
portion of the demonstra
tions involving looting and
irrational actions.
“Baltimore has a reported
history of power abuse from
officers whose duty should
be to protect and serve all,”
Piper said. “With many resi
dents, being black and the
majority of reported mis
conduct coming from them,
these citizens likely feel tar
geted and regard legal au
thority figures with distrust
and fear.”
Moore said it is often hard
to grasp the reality of racial
poverty and inequality with
an outside perspective.
“It’s easy to preach pa
tience and nonviolence if
you don’t have friends or
family who get racially pro
filed and regularly harassed,”
Moore said. “But when peo
ple you care about are con
stantly exposed to violence
or are living with constant
threat, it makes you angry.”
The 25-year-old Gray
was arrested for possession
of a switchblade.
“Possession is definitely
something that warrants
punishment from the law,”
said Christal-Joy Turner,
psychology senior and presi
dent of the Texas A&M
chapter of NAACP. “But
it does not warrant a death
sentence.”
Moore said by overplay
ing violence, the media is
downplaying the relevance
of racism.
“Discourse comes from
the media,” Moore said.
“The way this incident is
being portrayed minimizes
its seriousness. How much
longer can you ‘wait’ for
justice?”
Turner said the media
portrayal of Baltimore has
been displayed under a dou
ble standard.
“When people are upset
about sports games, they go
trash the streets, set things on
fire, but ‘they’re just having
fun,’” Turner said. “When
people are upset about ra
cial injustice and turn to the
streets, they are labeled as
destructive thugs and mon
sters.”
While Turner said groups
are working to raise aware
ness about police brutality,
she said at times knowledge
alone is not the only solu
tion.
“Hash tags against these
occurrences of systematic
racism change every few
weeks but it’s always the
same story,” Turner said.
“There need to be laws im
plementing change and pro
tecting everyone. Police are
trained to be good and many.
are, but those who are not
must be held accountable.”
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