Community, part 1: the village really seems to enjoy pointing out who "belongs" and who doesn't. Belle definitely isn't considered part of the community, mostly because she likes books and doesn't necessarily want to get married. What a weird girl.

Here's the Beast shutting himself off from any additions to his community. He has to learn to be welcoming to outsiders who need his help, something which he couldn't do when the enchantress paid her visit.

And nobody thought she might object? These people really aren't much better than Gaston. They cater to his every whim, and they're happy to do horrible things in his name. They can't understand that a man who's handsome on the outside might actually be a repellent toad on the inside.

Once again, the Beast divides his community into insiders and outsiders. Belle is "in," and Maurice is "out." This is a big part of his attitude that really needs adjusting.

Just so we're clear, the townsfolk think Gaston is a paragon of virtue and sit in total envy of his perceived awesome-osity. Not exactly a foundation for righteous values in this little town.

These lyrics lay out what's usually behind senseless hatred: ignorance. Gaston uses it to unify the townspeople against the Beast, who's viewed as "not our kind." A sign that community spirit can be a bad thing as well as a good thing.

Here's a sure sign that Belle's community is now the castle. They want her to come back, unlike the villagers who consider her an oddball.

Sure, they can, and no, we're not picking on the French. Here we see just how wrong a whole community can be and how such narrow-mindedness can be very, very dangerous. BTW, the lyrics are a nod to a 1927 song, "Fifty Million Frenchmen Can't Be Wrong," co-written by Willie Raskin that ridiculed America's uptight Prohibition-Era attitudes compared to those of the amorous and fun-loving French.

Contrast this with the way the townspeople behave most of the time. The villagers unite against anyone they think is different: Belle, Maurice, the Beast. The castle's inhabitants, on the other hand, don't throw their own to the wolves. They're in it together to the end. No surprise Belle decides to trade in the local peasants for the talking breakfast set.

This is important—the Beast looks at the breaking of the curse as it affects everyone, not just himself. He takes pleasure in their transformations, too.