Episode 455: Don’t Woke The Beast

Peter Fenzel, Mark Lee, Rachel, Ryan Sheely, and Matthew Wrather overthink the remake of Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, and ask all the important questions: Is it woke? Why a remake? When is it set, and what does our knowledge of French political history add to the plot? And are the songs any good?

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Your Panel

• Peter Fenzel: @fenzelian
• Mark Lee: @goestotwelve
• Ryan Sheely: @ryanmsheely
• Rachel
• Matthew Wrather: @mwrather

Further Reading

• Beauty and the Beast: the original French version
• “False Equivalence” from ShortPacked!
• Baroque and Rococo design
• Early Modern France
• “The Real Beauty and the Beast”