KD, on "No Love Song for Gaston"



I chose the film "Beauty and the Beast" because it is one that seems most relivant to my childhood, and, therefore who I am today. I think a lot of women feel the same way about this movie. I found that it was a significant reflection of religious studies in the world of Disney because while the whole film delves into such obvious themes of "love" and "forgiveness, the relationship between Belle and Gaston deals with religious themes in a way that involves feminism. As well I saw in Gaston the vain nature which Christianity warns its followers about. A few critics I have observed feel that Disney's Belle is a poor role model for young women because they feel she subjects herself to the beast's abusive nature, however, with my fan video I wish to disprove such a belief and instead prove the opposite: that Belle is a intellegent woman who refuses the persuasive advances of the handsome, but shallow, Gaston. As Matthew 16:26 states "What good will it be for a man if he gains the whole world, yet forfeits his soul?" (http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+16:26). I depicted Gaston's shallow nature in a playful and somewhat humorous light in this video, however for those who have seen Gaston's vicious attack on the Beast during the climax of the film know that his conceited nature is just an ihint that he has "forfeit[ed] his soul". I chose to add "Love Song" by Sara Bareilles because I feel it depicts perfectly how Belle feels about Gaston. (Plus it's really catchy.)