Changes make it less feminist, sorry

Rating: 3/10 (21 March 2017)

I am going to say it. For all Disney's recent "updates" they have not quite figured how to actually write a feminist love story. The older ones were better, and the strength of their females was allowed to speed for itself. The old 1991 film is much better in this area.
In this one, it is stated that Belle will need to marry a man who can provide for her when her father dies, something that is not in the original film. This actually happened to female intellectuals of that era. They could be smart, but could never use their intelligence to help provide for their family. Nannerl Mozart was supposedly as talented as her brother Wolfgang, but had to quit performing once she married. So, Belle still has to marry a rich man to help her.
There was that Maleficent film several years ago,where the three strong female characters, the fairies, where transformed into bumbling idiots. And in the original film, aurora's parents showed true love by sending her away for 16 years, and not see her for her own safety. Which was probably extra difficult for them since she lived just outside the village.in the "feminist" one, her mom dies and dad is a villain.
Somehow, the newer "feminist" updated films have seemed to make their female characters weaker. They can include songs in their films poking fun at true loves kiss and love at first sight and keep the princess single all they want to, but it means nothing's if they can't actually figure out how to make the princess wife, mom, provider, Queen, etc.
And don't get me started on how mean he is to bell up until she is attacked by the wolves. And none of the castle servants family can help them break the curse? Please! And be our guest was not nearly flashy enough. Gastons character seemed inconsistent, and monsieur d arque wasn't creepy enough.
The old songs felt crammed in there too. I have seen the Broadway show 3 times.