Perhaps no film of its era had a larger impact on animated movies thanBeautydid.
In fact, if it hadnt been forBeauty, there might never have been aFrozenor aHamilton.
ButBeauty and the Beastdid it at its pinnacle.
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Its the best its ever been done.
And I think that contrast, without realizing it, we did that forFrozen.
Belle was the song that broke it all open, Menken says.
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We really wanted to write this like a real Broadway musical.
Her favorite book is actually the story shes going to live, he added later.
A quarter-century later, its legacy is stronger than ever.
