I went as Gaston for my Halloween costume this year. It probably says something about me that this got me thinking a lot about Gaston and where he went wrong in Beauty And The Beast. Gaston had a pretty good thing going. It was established in song that he’s the best looking man in town. He’s young, tall, strong, and excels in most things he puts his hands to. He can provide a good standard of living, he commands the respect and admiration of those in town, and even successfully organizes them to march on an absentee landlord who’s turned to monsterism. He’s fairly well off, and he can sing. His only downside is that he’s a bit of an arrogant prat, but he’ll probably grow out of that, and that’s often considered attractive if it can be backed up with social status and charm – see Tony Stark. The only reason the viewer dislikes him is because they are supposed to – he’s mocked for being illiterate, which is low-status for the audience, but is simply how 95%+ of the population lived in his time period.
Gaston Syndrome
Gaston Syndrome
Gaston Syndrome
I went as Gaston for my Halloween costume this year. It probably says something about me that this got me thinking a lot about Gaston and where he went wrong in Beauty And The Beast. Gaston had a pretty good thing going. It was established in song that he’s the best looking man in town. He’s young, tall, strong, and excels in most things he puts his hands to. He can provide a good standard of living, he commands the respect and admiration of those in town, and even successfully organizes them to march on an absentee landlord who’s turned to monsterism. He’s fairly well off, and he can sing. His only downside is that he’s a bit of an arrogant prat, but he’ll probably grow out of that, and that’s often considered attractive if it can be backed up with social status and charm – see Tony Stark. The only reason the viewer dislikes him is because they are supposed to – he’s mocked for being illiterate, which is low-status for the audience, but is simply how 95%+ of the population lived in his time period.