I've been asked to write a version of Beauty and the Beast: set in the 1700's, stressing the culture of a different country. Mine is Thailand. I'm all in.
First thing I did was to find this:
https://web.archive.org/web/20140726163822/http://www.endicott-studio.com/articleslist/beauty-and-the-beast-old-and-new-by-terri-windling.html
It's a careful (I think) listing of different takes on the story. Naturally it has changed a lot over the years. One conclusion is that with the Disney version we gain the razzle-dazzle of the movie, and the beautiful songs, but we lose some elements of the story, some of the complexity.
Obviously I need to do some research into the jealous sisters, etc.
My beast will be a tiger, not an elephant. More later.
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