(We know it's the plague because the Beast says it dryly after inspecting a doctor's mask that also looks like a prop from the orgy scene in Eyes Wide Shut.) Yes, you see, in this version of Beauty and the Beast, Belle's mother died of the plague, which is why Maurice took her away into the countryside. Specifically, she sends herself to the small flat where she lived as a baby with Maurice and her very sick mother. Belle sends herself, and the Beast, to Paris. Lucky for Maurice, he doesn't even have to worry about telling her the real story behind her mother's death.ĭuring her initial time in the Beast's castle, Belle is introduced to what might as well be called a bonus spell that the enchantress left behind to taunt the victim of her curse: a magical book that allows its reader to transport himself or herself to any place (and at any period of time) in the world. Maurice, it turns out, has never revealed to Belle what happened to her mom, and is fearful of ever revealing the truth lest she try to.run away, perhaps. In this movie, from the beginning, it's evident that we will learn the truth behind a Very Important Backstory: what happened to Belle's mother. In the animated film, Belle's mother isn't mentioned there's the inventor Maurice, his bookish daughter Belle, and that's it. We don't need to know, for example, that the villagers don't remember the castle or its denizens because the same enchantress who cursed the Prince to be a Beast also had the power to make them forget that Prince or his castle ever existed.īut of all the not-necessary-to-solve mysteries that get clarified in the live-action film, the most baffling and useless is that of Belle's mother. The animated classic has stood the test of time in part because not providing the answers to those questions allows for some mystery. Answering these questions is an obvious change, but that doesn't automatically mean it's an improvement.
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