I agree with what's been offered so far. I'd like to add my interpretation from the point of view of the caged lion whom she plays with, flirts with, teases, and ultimately breaks his heart. The lion nicknames her "Be Good" because that's what she says to him when she takes the relationship to the point where he wants to get physically intimate with her. "Don't be fresh." "Let's take things slow."
But she's been hurt before by other lions (or unfaithful liars) and that's why lions need to be kept in check for she fears that if she allows intimacy, she will be hurt again by the uncared beast.
So when she pulls his tail (gets him passionately worked up) but won't left him out of that "friendship" cage its hurtful to him. Lions are handsome and fun to be with until sex is introduced into the equation.
In the same way Sophia purrs at her estranged husband Harpo to "be nice" in the juke joint in "The Color Purple," Be Good tells the lion to not be bad and try to rush her into something she's not ready for - and may never be ready for with this particular lion.
I agree with what's been offered so far. I'd like to add my interpretation from the point of view of the caged lion whom she plays with, flirts with, teases, and ultimately breaks his heart. The lion nicknames her "Be Good" because that's what she says to him when she takes the relationship to the point where he wants to get physically intimate with her. "Don't be fresh." "Let's take things slow."
But she's been hurt before by other lions (or unfaithful liars) and that's why lions need to be kept in check for she fears that if she allows intimacy, she will be hurt again by the uncared beast.
So when she pulls his tail (gets him passionately worked up) but won't left him out of that "friendship" cage its hurtful to him. Lions are handsome and fun to be with until sex is introduced into the equation.
In the same way Sophia purrs at her estranged husband Harpo to "be nice" in the juke joint in "The Color Purple," Be Good tells the lion to not be bad and try to rush her into something she's not ready for - and may never be ready for with this particular lion.
@Rapsody this is called simping - and the woman is taking full advantage.
@Rapsody this is called simping - and the woman is taking full advantage.