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(Exactly 18:51, if you trust my stopwatch skills, but even I cant vouch for them.)
During those minutes, Beyonce the human, the superstar, is inescapable.
Heres every little thing Beyonce as Nala does inThe Lion Kingtitled according to which Beyonce song each conjures.
Shes an insurgent, shes ready for the revolution, and shell break chains all by herself.
Nala left a note in the hallway.
By the time Sarabi reads it, shell be far away.
Shes the titular character!
Politely smile and clap like Beyonce does at awards shows, Nala.
ChasingTimon and Pumbaaleads her to Simba.
That no-good, grub-eating scrub declines.
Can You Feel the Love Tonight?
featuring Beyonce plays over the scene.
You have to come home.
Weve really needed you.
Youre the king, she implores.
She is literally crying and deserted, but he doesnt care.
Now Simba knows that if he tried that shit again, hed lose his wife.
I laugh in the face of danger!
Shes dangerously in love as we speak!
Formation
Are you with me, lions?
she yells to the lionesses with all the force of Azul, are you with me?
from Mi Gente and Okay, ladies, now lets get in formation.
Its also the rallying call the Beyhive hears every time someone says something slightly negative about the queen.
But this time shes a grown woman.
She can do whatever she wants.
Shes a grown woman.
Im not a cub anymore!
Then, in a flash-forward, she and Simba present their child, Blue Ivy, to the world.
They went through hell with Heaven on their side and now theyre all happy and in love.
Until theLion King 2live-action movie, of course.
All we can hope is that we get a Billy Eichner and Seth RogenLion King 112to soften the blow.
