The first time I watched Beauty and the Beast was at home. As a child, I mistakenly rented the pre-release version without knowing. This version had a few storyboard sketches replacing incomplete or, perhaps, unacceptable animations and obviously no translations or translated voice dubbings. That was my first Beauty and the Beast. I thought the incomplete or work-in-progress version was the completed work for a long time and re-watched this incomplete version many times.
Years later, I finally watched the completed work with Human Again edited and added back into the movie. It felt weird watching everything in colour and to have Human Again in the movie. I was confused about how I got "my" version until I saw the bonus features that came with the DVD with the completed animated feature. That's when I realized, until that day, I've been watching the pre-release theatre version my whole life! This might sound a little peculiar but I actually loved the incomplete version more. The story was complete, it just didn't have all the animations and sounds.
Anyhow, if I was remaking Beauty and the Beast, I would tell the entire thing in reverse and stay very closely to each act and scene.
While writing parody lyrics to Belle, I imagined that Beast secretly ventured into the City to work. After the prelude with the narrator, here is my opening number introducing the Beast.
Beast
(Parody Song to Disney's Belle Song)
Beast
City life, it's a quiet hustle.
Everyday like the one before.
City life's full of city people.
Waking up to say...
City People
Bonjour!
Ni Hao!
Honk Honk!
Morning!
ROOAARR!!!
Beast
There goes the beauties with their beasts, like always
The same old streets and roads to East
Every Friday just the same
Since the morning that they came to this poor provincial town
City People
Arg. Move it, Beast!
Look, there he goes
That guy is huge, no question
Never distracted from his feast!
Never part of any crowd
Cause his head's stuck on that plow (plough)
No denying he's a hairy guy that Beast.
Man I
Move it!
Woman I
Good Day
Man I
When is the deadline.
Woman II
Bonjour
Man II
Good Day
Woman II
When is the due date
Woman III
I need... some room
Man III
We need a table!
Beast
There must be more than this provincial life!
City People
Look, there he goes --- moving extremely slowly.
I wonder if he's here for a feast.
With a dreary, dreadful look
And his nose attached to a hook
Let's not ruffle any feathers with the Beast.
Beast
Oh... isn't this amazing?
It's (not) my favourite part because... you'll see.
Here's where roads meet (rail) crossings,
But you won't take notice that it's here
Because you speed.
Woman
Now it's no wonder that we named him "Beasty"
His looks have got no parallel
Shopkeeper
But behind that strange facade
I'm afraid he's rather sharp
Very different from the rest of us
City People
He's nothing like the rest of us.
Yes, different from the rest of us is Beast.
Gastonia (female Gaston)
Right from the moment when I met him, saw him.
I said he's gorgeous and I fell.
Here, inside, there's only he
Who is beautiful as me
So I'm making plans to woo and tame the Beast!
Silly Boys
Look, there she goes!
She's a 10.
Madame Gastonia.
Oh, that's my bump.
Be still my heart.
I'm hardly breathing.
She's such a small, sweet, humpy-busty pie!
Man I
Bonjour
Gastonia (female Gaston)
Excuse moi~
Man II
Good Day
Man III
Merci!
Complainer I
You call this basic?
Lost Woman
Where's station Pape?
Photographer
Say Cheese...
Lost Woman
...wait wait
Photographer
... once more
Gastonia (female Gaston)
Pardon me~
Woman II
Noooo, this angle...
Gastonia (female Gaston)
Please let me through...
Lost Woman
This street
Man IV
Those roads
Lost Woman
It stinks.
Man IV
...been plowed (ploughed).
Tourist
The Sun is Shining!
Beast
There must be more than this provincial life!
Gastonia (female Gaston)
Just watch.. I'm going to make Beast survive!
City People
Look, there he goes..a guy who's strange and hairy.
A most peculiar mr. monsieur.
It's a pity and a sin.
He really cannot fit in
Cause he's really quite a useful brute.
He's beastly but a useful dude.
He really is a useful brute... that BEAST!
---end---
I did not have time to write the spoken parts to this piece yet. This is only the singing part. Maybe another Friday.
Click here to download our M4A audio file of this song (bad singing and not all lyrics sang perfectly)
I also got carried away from the comic portion. I wanted to only do a four panel. Obviously Beast is meditating to the future countryside and not in the city during his commute to work.
Click here to download our M4A audio file of this song (bad singing and not all lyrics sang perfectly)
I also got carried away from the comic portion. I wanted to only do a four panel. Obviously Beast is meditating to the future countryside and not in the city during his commute to work.
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