After having written a few articles on the subject (“Do looks count?”), and while my love for my own and any other “looks” keeps expanding, it was quite interesting – and fun – and sweet – to watch Penelope
Because, even if at first the movie appears like just another Beauty and the Beast story (only with the girl in the beast role for a change!), don’t let yourself be deceived by that first look! This movie will surprise you more than once, turn things around for you in a way you may have not expected, and make the connection from an adventure to your own life clear and direct. This is a rich movie with more depth than you might suspect.
The song by James Greenspun that you’ll hear at the end of the movie will give you a clue. It’s called Your Disguise:
“Alone in your mind, waiting for the sun to shine
Alone in your mind, waiting for the sign that its time
To break free from the words that hold you down
To escape from the feeling you are lost and can’t be found
Don’t hide your face, you cannot erase
The pain that stays in your eyes
Lay down your guard, show them who you are
Behind your disguise
You run far from home, think you’ll make it on your own
You run fast and slow, but never seem to know where you’ll go
To break free from the words that hold you down
To escape from the feeling you are lost and can’t be found
Lost and can’t be found
Don’t hide your face, you cannot erase
The pain that stays in your eyes
Lay down your guard, show them who you are
Behind your disguise, your disguise
Don’t hide your face, you cannot erase
The pain that stays in your eyes
Lay down your guard, show them who you are
Behind your disguise, behind your disguise, your disguise”
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