I’m watching a movie called Howl’s Moving Castle. The first character introduced is a young girl who I thought had a club foot or other handicap/disability. There was mention of a story that Howl only abducts pretty girls. The story would obviously imply that the girl wasn’t pretty because of her disability but then Howl would abduct her and tell her that her beauty was on the inside and what made her lovely was her depth of feeling and her character. It’s so obvious…
Ok, so she’s not crippled. But she still thinks Howl won’t come after her because she isn’t pretty. Maybe that’s her disability. Poor self-image. Hmm?
After watching this bizarre movie where she becomes increasingly lovely, it’s easy to think that was the message: inner beauty. But this movie was so odd that I wonder if that was it at all. I would doubt they had that theme in mind.