"There goes the baker, with his bread like always... the same old bread and rolls to selllll!" That's ONE you could point at as a jab. The poor, poor boulanger!

I never got the 'i'm better then everyone else here' vibe out of that first song either. And if we did, that's still a long way off from creepy pushy rapist. Wow, I was really caught unawares by the high amount bad vibes gaston gives off.

Wanting more to life than can be found in a small town is a classic element of whimsy. And it still holds true today.

How many small towns die each year because none of the young people stay? The ones that aren't ghost towns yet at least have aging populations.

Growing up I remember everyone saying things like "There's nothing to do here, this county is boring, I want to move to a city." And then they go off to college and get a job and live in a city, and any time you visit your hometown (except for holidays), nobody you know is there because they all left as soon as they could. And anyone who still lives there is viewed as backwards, pathetic, or a failure.

But the people who stayed view the people who left as the crazy ones, because they're insular and haven't seen much of the outside would, and they don't like anything that conflicts with theirs worldview (read: the collective psychosis endemic to these small towns)

...only place...

If only that were true — it'd be great to compartmentalize all the trolls into just that box/site.

I always laugh at that scene! Like someone taught her how to socialize and read, and thought they were meaningfully impacting her life, but then Anna comes around singing, "I wish there were people, and not these lower life forms!"

🎵 Do you want to build a snowman see a peasant 🎵

Well, TBF she IS really into a furry - that makes all sorts of people a bit squeamish.

Yeah but have you seen him eat eggs????

The townsfolk's criticisms of Belle aren't completely unwarranted. Gaston is a creep and a blowhard, but he's an accomplished hunter so he's ostensibly producing something for the town. Belle doesn't do anything useful, she's not even a teacher or scholar as far as we know.

You're right but OP was saying that thinking this was thinking she's better than the town. It's one of those situations where a woman can't win because men are describing her actions. "Woman dreams of a life well lived" is the same as "Woman thinks town is beneath her" except hunting lodge chuds are describing her.

Right? People who read into this have clearly never been the geek/nerd/weirdo who came from a small town. It's absolute hell, Belle was relatable as fuck.

Yeah, as someone who grew up in a conservative town and got bit by the travel bug, it's really relatable actually.

People absolutely do look down on you for not being content to just live a "normal life" (meaning "conform to the oppressive standards we impose on you as "normal."). They'll make fun of you for being intelligent ("brainiac"/"knowitall"/etc.), and even call you arrogant while worshipping the narcissists who happen to be into sports and machismo culture instead of books and knowledge.

And when you say you want to see the world, they act like you're arrogant/pretentious. "Oh, so you think you're better than the rest of us?" And they think it's unrealistic too. As if no one has ever left their hometown and built a life for themselves anywhere else. And they'll try to guilt you about it, like "so you're just going to abandon us?"

It's really exhausting, to be honest...

No one grills like Hank Hill Nor has skills like Hank Hill To sell propane and propane accessories like Hank Hill

You still won't find this month's Playboy centerfold in there, Gaston.

I was about to ask for this! I have been looking for it for years!

Well yeah half of that happened afore the movie