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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I'm switching gears slightly -- I love Beauty and
the Beast. I love Europe and European history, and I've also done a bit of
study on fairy tales , and BatB is one where they didn't get too off-track with
the story. I also *love* the music. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>But my absolute scene is when the Beast is watching
Belle play in the snow with the Footstool, and starts thinking about what it is
he can get her. Cogsworth (voiced by the always wonderful David Ogden
Stiers, said in a wonderfully pithy tone) informs him: "Well, there's the
usual: Flowers, Chocolates, Promises you don't intend to
keep..."</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>hehe..I can hear his voice in my head. On
it's own, it's only mildly funny, but Stiers makes it magical.
<g></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Abbie, who loves anything that Stiers is in.
(he's the only reason i watched Pocahontas).</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><A href="mailto:starling823@yahoo.com">starling823@yahoo.com</A><BR>69%
obsessed with HP and loving it<BR>"Ah, music," Dumbledore said, wiping his
eyes. "A magic beyond all we do
here!"<BR> -HP and the
Sorcerer's Stone</DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, 17 May, 2001 12:40
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [HPFGU-OTChatter] Re: Favorite
Disney Movies-Mulan</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><TT>One of the main reasons why I liked the Disney version of
*Mulan* is because <BR>I'm a sucker for *good* father-daughter stories, which
are rare. I loved <BR>the way the narrative was framed by Mulan's
relationship with her father.<BR><BR>I first saw Mulan the year my dad
died. And at the end, when he says <BR>something to the effect of "the
greatest honor is having you for a <BR>daughter", I think I cried my eyes
out. I still get misty-eyed over it.<BR><BR>My eyes also get misty as
Mulan watched her father "remember" his former <BR>battle moves... and then
saw him double over in pain. Every time I see it, <BR>I feel this jolt
in my chest, and get a lump in my throat. Hits close to <BR>home, I
guess.<BR><BR>On a lighter note, I think the song "A Girl Worth Fighting For"
is funny. <BR>Poor Mulan.<BR><BR>Amber wrote:<BR><BR>>"Be A Man" is
one of my<BR>>favorite songs from that movie. I don't care that I'm not a
man, when<BR>>the lyrics come about to "You must be swift as the coursing
river, with<BR>>all the force of a great typhoon, with all the strength of
a raging<BR>>fire, mysterious as the dark side of the moon", I feel great
pride<BR>>welling in my chest. Completely unexplainable, but there you go.
It<BR>>just taps into something unknown in me.<BR>><BR><BR>YES! I
love this song too... I think the music and the words are sort of <BR>like one
of those battle anthems that is supposed to make you feel that
way.<BR><BR>>Although, on second thought, I could see how the song might
give young<BR>>boys the wrong impression on what a "man" is. The emphasis
in the song<BR>>is on physical strength and prowess, not on mental capacity
or<BR>>emotional feeling.<BR><BR>Yes... I see gender stereotyping there as
well. The movie's storyline <BR>contrasts Li Shang's values with
Mulan's, though, and I think most viewer <BR>sympathies are with Mulan... or
should I say, "Ping"?<BR><BR>>I also highly empathize with the song
"Reflections". Especially the<BR>>part that goes "Who is that girl I see,
Staring straight back at me?<BR>>Why is my reflection someone I don't
know?" I think most people have<BR>>felt this way at some point in their
lives.<BR><BR>Did you know that there are a thousand "Reflections" Harry
Potter filks over <BR>at ff.net? That song was my introduction to
Christina Aguilera's voice. <BR>She isn't even in the same class as
Britney Spears and co. IMO. If she <BR>plays her cards right, I think
Christina can last and last.<BR><BR>--Ebony<BR><BR><>< <><
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