Beauty & the Beast or: How I Learned Not to Be a Dick to the Uglies

from Kicking & Streaming · host Carie & Ross

Closing July out with a little casual Stockholm syndrome paired with some classic Disney music This week, the siblings are unpacking one of Disney's most beloved Renaissance classics, Beauty & the Beast (1991). Ross is concerned about how the movie's message might warp both little boys and girls. Carie fixates on the body horror of suddenly being an object. And the siblings get into the weeds of the fact that Belle was obviously having a quiet Furry panic. HEY, YOU SUBSCRIBED TO PATREON YET?

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