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'''''The Mob Song''''' is a song from the 1991 Disney animated film [[Beauty and the Beast]]. |
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==Plot== |
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The Mob Song sees Gaston instill fear into the villigers about the scary monster who will kill them. He then proceeds to lead the angry mob up to the Beast's castle. CommonSenseMedia explains that "misguided townspeople say scary and violent things about the Beast, proposing they kill him and mount his head on a wall. "<ref>https://www.commonsensemedia.org/music-reviews/beauty-and-the-beast-soundtrack-album</ref> |
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==Analysis== |
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The book ''Sigmund Romberg'' says the song is "a cinematic recreation of Nelson Ebby's nocturnal march 'Stouthearted Men' in the 1940 film of 'The New Moon'".<ref>https://books.google.com.au/books?id=POXH4_IE7ooC&pg=PA288&dq=%22the+mob+song%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=VnNwVbesJMbXmAWqy4GIBQ&ved=0CE8Q6AEwCQ#v=onepage&q=%22the%20mob%20song%22&f=false</ref> ''The Cambridge Companion of Singing'' describes the song as a "parody" of the earlier number.<ref>https://books.google.com.au/books?id=8T73OnRmIVIC&pg=PA81&dq=%22the+mob+song%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=aXRwVcSoLYK8mgWr_4D4Ag&ved=0CBsQ6AEwADgU#v=onepage&q=%22the%20mob%20song%22&f=false</ref> |
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''Tinker Belles and Evil Queens: The Walt Disney Company from the Inside Out'' claims the song "taps into this demonizaiton of persons with AIDS".<ref>https://books.google.com.au/books?id=id1MiOWqirgC&pg=PA135&dq=%22the+mob+song%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=VnNwVbesJMbXmAWqy4GIBQ&ved=0CEkQ6AEwCA#v=onepage&q=%22the%20mob%20song%22&f=false </ref> |
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==Critical reception== |
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''Unlocked'' described it as a "less time-consuming number".<ref>https://books.google.com.au/books?id=BnqbHc7qE0UC&pg=PT107&dq=%22the+mob+song%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=enNwVfTnBaS7mwXllYJo&ved=0CC4Q6AEwAzgK#v=onepage&q=%22the%20mob%20song%22&f=false</ref> CommonSenseMedia said the song is one of the few things in the film that parentsshould be concerned about.<ref>https://www.commonsensemedia.org/music-reviews/beauty-and-the-beast-soundtrack-album</ref> WCPO said it was "dramatic" with "dark energy".<ref>http://www.wcpo.com/entertainment/local-a-e/high-school-theatre/review-whimsical-fairytale-comes-to-life-in-mariemonts-beauty-the-beast</ref> |
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==References== |
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Revision as of 15:59, 4 June 2015
The Mob Song is a song from the 1991 Disney animated film Beauty and the Beast.
Plot
The Mob Song sees Gaston instill fear into the villigers about the scary monster who will kill them. He then proceeds to lead the angry mob up to the Beast's castle. CommonSenseMedia explains that "misguided townspeople say scary and violent things about the Beast, proposing they kill him and mount his head on a wall. "[1]
Analysis
The book Sigmund Romberg says the song is "a cinematic recreation of Nelson Ebby's nocturnal march 'Stouthearted Men' in the 1940 film of 'The New Moon'".[2] The Cambridge Companion of Singing describes the song as a "parody" of the earlier number.[3]
Tinker Belles and Evil Queens: The Walt Disney Company from the Inside Out claims the song "taps into this demonizaiton of persons with AIDS".[4]
Critical reception
Unlocked described it as a "less time-consuming number".[5] CommonSenseMedia said the song is one of the few things in the film that parentsshould be concerned about.[6] WCPO said it was "dramatic" with "dark energy".[7]
References
- ^ https://www.commonsensemedia.org/music-reviews/beauty-and-the-beast-soundtrack-album
- ^ https://books.google.com.au/books?id=POXH4_IE7ooC&pg=PA288&dq=%22the+mob+song%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=VnNwVbesJMbXmAWqy4GIBQ&ved=0CE8Q6AEwCQ#v=onepage&q=%22the%20mob%20song%22&f=false
- ^ https://books.google.com.au/books?id=8T73OnRmIVIC&pg=PA81&dq=%22the+mob+song%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=aXRwVcSoLYK8mgWr_4D4Ag&ved=0CBsQ6AEwADgU#v=onepage&q=%22the%20mob%20song%22&f=false
- ^ https://books.google.com.au/books?id=id1MiOWqirgC&pg=PA135&dq=%22the+mob+song%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=VnNwVbesJMbXmAWqy4GIBQ&ved=0CEkQ6AEwCA#v=onepage&q=%22the%20mob%20song%22&f=false
- ^ https://books.google.com.au/books?id=BnqbHc7qE0UC&pg=PT107&dq=%22the+mob+song%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=enNwVfTnBaS7mwXllYJo&ved=0CC4Q6AEwAzgK#v=onepage&q=%22the%20mob%20song%22&f=false
- ^ https://www.commonsensemedia.org/music-reviews/beauty-and-the-beast-soundtrack-album
- ^ http://www.wcpo.com/entertainment/local-a-e/high-school-theatre/review-whimsical-fairytale-comes-to-life-in-mariemonts-beauty-the-beast