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a writer for disney.com observed, "the creepiness of this song lies in the fact that the very untrustworthy mother gothel is positioning herself as a helpful figure to rapunzel." brian galindo of buzzfeed wrote that the song, its purpose having been summarized by curt holman of "creative loafing" as "simply to manipulate rapunzel into staying at home," "perfectly disguises mother gothel's true motives." according to simon miraudo of quickflix, gothel craftily uses the song to guilt trip rapunzel "into staying in the tower ... frightened into imagining the horrors that lay outside her door." in her book "how fairy tales live happily ever after: (analyzing) the art of adapting fairy tales", author conny eisfeld observed that "mother knows best" emphasizes gothel's "status of superiority", in spite of the fact that "her existence solely depend[s] on rapunzel." "bitch" identified gothel as an abusive mother, writing, "she is manipulative, dishonest, and dedicated to undermining her daughter's independence. this is shown consistently through all her appearances in the film, but comes out clearly very early indeed, with the song 'mother knows best'. critics have often identified the sequence as one of the film's darkest and edgiest moments. acknowledging the song's "extremely dark undertone", anthony falco of film class junkies wrote, "this song rues in the fact that a child is impressionable; rapunzel believes that mother gothel has the best intentions, but obviously, the evil witch is using the princess for her own gains. falco continued, "the audience knows what gothel wants with rapunzel, but the fact that we are unable to protect the naïve princess results in further hatred for the witch." falco also concluded that gothel's "sinister reprise at the end of "tangled" allows for these horrifying undertones to emerge, which makes 'mother knows best' one of the most sinister villain songs in the disney library." similarly, elissa smith of paper droids wrote that while the audience is fully aware of gothel's evil intentions, rapunzel is denied "the outsider's point of view." glen chapman of den of geek wrote that the scene "strikes a balance between melodic and narrative sophistication, as well as being equal parts sweet and sinister." gothel later reprises the song "in indelible fashion."
mother knows best (song)