"Lindsay Ellis' Essay Collection" That Time Disney Remade Beauty and the Beast (TV Episode 2018) - Lindsay Ellis as Self

Lindsay Ellis : And I honestly hate to point out historical accuracy issues in a Disney movie because I do not care. I realize that this is a sticking point for a lot of people complaining about the accuracy of the era that inspired the film but I don't care. Boy, there's no depth to how much I don't care about that line of thinking. However, since the movie decides to play up the historical aspect of the film and decides to definitively set the film in a period of French history that wasn't looking too bright for absolute fucking monarchs...

[Clip plays of Lumiere making a guillotine joke]

Lindsay Ellis : Female literacy was not a thing that was exactly frowned upon in this particular culture in this particular period of history. There were lots of magazines specifically for young women. The original Beauty and the Beast was even published in one of those magazines.
Lindsay Ellis : But in the remake the villagers see the error of their ways, while not demonstrating that they have actually learned anything. But don't worry, they won't be sexist or bigoted anymore.

[Clip of Flight of the Conchords performing 'Albi the Racist Dragon' plays]

Jemaine Clement : And suddenly, he wasn't racist... anymore.

Lindsay Ellis : [giggling] Problem solved.

Flight of the Conchords : [singing] Albi the Racist...

Jemaine Clement : Well, not anymore...

Flight of the Conchords : [singing] ... Dragon.

Lindsay Ellis: Self