Felt bad for the servents


They got a much worse deal of it than the beast, They were separated from thier friends and loved ones, If the spell had not broken They would have turned into real furniture basically they would have died, yes the beast would have remained a beast but adleast he would have been conscious, and worst of all they didn't even do anything:(

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Never thought of it that way. I guess the progressive movement would call white privilege. But good thing I don't believe in that crap.

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Yeah, they really got the short end of the stick. I felt bad for them, too.

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It's argued that the servants got rightfully transformed in this version because they too laughed at the old lady. Their punishment was still unnecessarily cruel.

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I think it was more the guests that were laughing, not necessarily the servants. I don't remember clearly, though.

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Actually, when Belle complains that it isn't fair that the servants were cursed because they "did nothing", Mrs. Potts replies that Belle was right - they stood by while the prince, whose mother died when he was young, was molded by his 'cruel, twisted' father into the selfish jerk he ended up becoming. They did nothing.

So, I guess the upshot is that the servants hold themselves responsible for the prince's fate and their own because they stood by while his father abused him (I don't mean actual child abuse, but more like 'he taught him how to be cruel and selfish'), but unfortunately that's never expounded upon that idea so exactly what she means isn't really clear.

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That seems just as ridiculous. As if a nobleman is going to accept parenting advice from his servants, particularly if he's "cruel and twisted."

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I agree. The enchantress was unfair, but they tried to make her seem benevolent in this version.

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Agreed - not to mention, they probably would've been executed for speaking against the king.

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He wasn't a king, but yeah, it probably wouldn't have gone over well.

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