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No need to connect a real-world tragedy to a Disney movie. Yikes.
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* Gaston's fixation on Belle, after being rejected by her, takes on a darker connotation when one realizes that this parallels some real-life horror stories of men who lashed out after being rejected by women; mainly the 1989 case of Japanese high school student Junko Furuta, who was known for being studious and bookish and turned down Hiroshi Miyano, a boy known to have ties to local gang leaders, when he asked her out on a date. Miyano had never been refused before and was so incensed at the rejection that he devised a plan similar to Gaston's to "save" the girl he wanted. In Junko's case, Miyano had one of his gang members assault Junko and steal her bike on her way home from work, with him conveniently across the street to swoop in and protect her (not that different from Gaston's plan to "save" Belle's father and get her to marry him). The similarities end there, as Miyano proceed to entrap Junko and subject her to some of the most horrific torture ever documented in the history of True Crime. But it's shocking to think that - had Gaston drawn out the facade a little while longer and allowed Belle to think he had "saved" her father, things may well gone very differently, and have led to a much harsher outcome for Belle (see: StupidEvil).
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* Gaston's fixation on Belle, after being rejected by her, takes on a darker connotation when one realizes that this parallels some real-life horror stories of men who lashed out after being rejected by women; mainly the 1989 case of Japanese high school student Junko Furuta, who was known for being studious and bookish and turned down Hiroshi Miyano, a boy known to have ties to local gang leaders, when he asked her out on a date. Miyano had never been refused before and was so incensed at the rejection that he devised a plan similar to Gaston's to "save" the girl he wanted. In Junko's case, Miyano had one of his gang members assault Junko and steal her bike on her way home from work, with him conveniently across the street to swoop in and protect her (not that different from Gaston's plan to "save" Belle's father and get her to marry him). The similarities end there, as Miyano proceed to entrap Junko and subject her to some of the most horrific torture ever documented in the history of True Crime. But it's shocking to think that - had Gaston drawn out the facade a little while longer and allowed Belle to think he had "saved" her father, things may well gone very differently, and have led to a much harsher outcome for Belle (see: StupidEvil).
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** Actually, those are two different shots. The woman needing six eggs is talking to the egg vendor while the man who says "that's too expensive" is talking to a different vendor.
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* Another sign that Gaston is a dark reflection for the Beast's character is in their introductions. We don't get to see the Beast's form at first until Belle tells him to step into the light so she can see him better (this is an effect that has been lost in the remastered versions). Where is Gaston standing when we first see him? In the shadows of a building.
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** Alternatively, the dancing plates and cutlery are really just the plates and cutlery the castle always had, enchanted to move on their own. Lumiere and Cogsworth have some (very) limited dexterity, but the rest of the talking servants don't; how else would they set the table?
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* At first Gaston seems like a DumbJock, and Belle calls him "brainless," but he turns out to be all too cunning and a master manipulator, as he bribes Monsieur d'Arque to lock up Maurice unless Belle agrees to marry him, and later whips the other villagers into a frenzy to kill the Beast. Is this inconsistency in his portrayal? No! It drives home the message that appearances are deceiving. Not only is Gaston the story's true monster despite being handsome and popular, he's also much smarter than he seems, in a dangerous way.
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*** Gaston's gun is a blunderbuss, which was invented in the late 1500s or early 1600s, and was essentially obsolete by the 1770s.
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** A lot of fairy tales feature a prince who slays a foul beast and gets the maiden's love through his bravery. Gaston is planning to slaughter [[MurderTheHypothenuse a sapient being out of pure jealousy]] than heroism. A being who, in the beginning, ''was'' guilty of kidnapping, hostage taking, and blackmail but who did grow out of his cruelty and learned to be more empathetic to others.
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** A lot of fairy tales feature a prince who slays a foul beast and gets the maiden's love through his bravery. Gaston is planning to slaughter [[MurderTheHypothenuse [[MurderTheHypotenuse a sapient being out of pure jealousy]] than heroism. A being who, in the beginning, ''was'' guilty of kidnapping, hostage taking, and blackmail but who did grow out of his cruelty and learned to be more empathetic to others.
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* Gaston is in many ways a [[DeconstructedCharacterArchetype dark parody of the fairy tale prince]].
** A lot of fairy tales feature a prince who courts a fair maiden. While these stories are meant to be romantic, Gaston's actions are anything ''but''; he treats Belle like an object he's entitled to rather than a woman he's trying to court since he shows blatant disrespect for her interests. He even goes so far as to have Maurice committed just to blackmail Belle.
** A lot of fairy tales feature a prince who slays a foul beast and gets the maiden's love through his bravery. Gaston is planning to slaughter [[MurderTheHypothenuse a sapient being out of pure jealousy]] than heroism. A being who, in the beginning, ''was'' guilty of kidnapping, hostage taking, and blackmail but who did grow out of his cruelty and learned to be more empathetic to others.
** [=LeFou=] is also a twisted take on the bumbling but liable sidekick of the prince. Usually, this character serves as a combination of comic relief and the [[MoralityPet moral conscience of the hero]]. [=LeFou=], however, acts like an enabler of the "hero's" worst traits, encouraging Gaston's worst habits while allowing him to be an abusive brute.
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* Unless wolves dragged it away, Gaston's body is still lying on the castle grounds somewhere. Oh, speaking of wolves, did you know they don't always wait for their prey to die before starting to eat it? Yeah, now imagine what would happen if they came across an alive-but-mortally-wounded Gaston....
