There are a lot of people complaining about how the main protagonists never "sings.."' how she was hyped up and such, but while you see her sing, you never hear her actual voice.
That was the point. She didn't get to make her own choices regarding her sound, which music got released, when or where or what or how she performed, she had no control of her own industry image. She didn't get to be her own person. She was essentially voiceless.
At the end you see her conforming to what everyone wanted, what the times demanded, and being with the guy for show, confirming the reality of her having no control of her narrative or any autonomy over her life. They didn't let us hear her sing because what she sounded like didn't matter in that it was only what the people controlling her molded her to sound like. The point of movie was that she had no control or voice/say of her own.
The audience not hearing Beauty's singing voice was a metaphor for her not having her voice heard or respected in her reality.
That was the point. She didn't get to make her own choices regarding her sound, which music got released, when or where or what or how she performed, she had no control of her own industry image. She didn't get to be her own person. She was essentially voiceless.
At the end you see her conforming to what everyone wanted, what the times demanded, and being with the guy for show, confirming the reality of her having no control of her narrative or any autonomy over her life. They didn't let us hear her sing because what she sounded like didn't matter in that it was only what the people controlling her molded her to sound like. The point of movie was that she had no control or voice/say of her own.
The audience not hearing Beauty's singing voice was a metaphor for her not having her voice heard or respected in her reality.