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Art crime prof @CUNY. Author: Smashing Statues @wwnorton https://t.co/CcswbHzdKO. Also: art forgery; repatriation; museum shenanigans. Queer; she/her.

Jul 11, 2020, 9 tweets

Belle: opens "Beauty and the Beast" with a song about how boring her life is, even though she can see literally dozens of people she doesn't live with while going to town to just browse in a bookstore.

Me: "F*ck you, Belle. And where's your mask?"

Ok, now she’s talking to herself in the middle of an empty field about how she wishes she could travel somewhere. Anywhere. Just... to another place. This is much more relatable.

When I return to normal life, my social skills will be on the same level as the Beast.

Wait, this is Mrs. Potts’ work from home childcare solution? Taking notes.

The lyrics to “Be Our Guest” include the lines “You're alone / And you're scared / But the banquet's all prepared” so I guess they’re also all overeating needlessly elaborate meals while locked in the castle. #Relatable

How I feel every time I, say, try to go to the grocery store.

Con: you’re locked in an enchanted castle. Pro: you have the old timey equivalent of Netflix.

Everyone is acting really damn surprised that the only two potential sexual partners locked in isolation together are having some feelings.

Aaaaaand I still cried at the end. This concludes my pandemic viewing of Beauty and the Beadt.

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