He wasn't abusive? He was holding her captive!!!!
DISNEY Princesses have had a lot of bad press recently. First actress Keira Knightly revealed she has banned her three-year-old daughter Edie from watching Cinderella and The Little Mermaid, saying…
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What’s the plot? A prince who has been turned into a bad-tempered beast keeps Belle in his castle in return for letting her father go free. They fall in love and her devotion turns him back into a Prince.
For Dr Cann, this is the Disney film with the most worrying message of all.
"This is the most dangerous because the Beast always feels on the verge of violence," she says.
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"What it shows is a classic case of Stockholm Syndrome, where the captive falls in love with their captor to ensure their survival.
"It also gives the unnerving idea that if a woman perseveres long enough, she can change an angry partner.
"At the end, the beast then turns into this blonde-haired white man for another happy ever after, giving the idea that now he’s good looking, he can’t possibly be angry or threatening."