Talk:Be Our Guest/@comment-1672596-20180217162854

I realize they changed the recipient to Belle simply so they wouldn't "waste" the biggest number on a so-called minor character (ignoring of course it was pretty much thanks to Maurice that the immediate plot kicked off), but I honestly think it would have been far better if they kept Maurice as the recipient. Let's face it, the lyrics when looking at them make zero sense regarding Belle since the lyrics pointed to the recipient being the first guest to arrive at the castle since the events of the curse, and Belle, even if we are to consider her an actual guest rather than a prisoner (though I'll admit the term "prisoner" is a bit loose there since, technically, had she truly been a prisoner, she wouldn't even be allowed to open doors without Beast's permission, let alone have free access to the castle save for the West Wing), was closer to being the second guest to arrive rather than the first (and quite frankly, Maurice would have been closer overall to an actual guest since the servants, or at the very least Lumiere and Mrs. Potts, willingly allowed him in for a place to stay.).

Besides, there are also some logic problems posed by having Belle be the recipient, such as, oh, I don't know, why on earth Beast didn't seem to react at all to the fact that there was a commotion going on in the dining room. Think about it, Beast has enhanced senses, and often was well aware of whoever was lurking nearby well before they were even aware of his presence. That would include hearing. That would have him inevitably hearing, literally, the commotion caused by the musical number downstairs from the West Wing, and thus have him inevitably find out about how the servants disobeyed him regarding not feeding Belle after she refused him. Don't you guys think it's a tad bit odd that he seemed deaf during that time (and this was before he had a formal change of heart). In the draft where Maurice was the recipient, that was in fact how the Beast discovered Maurice's presence.