It will surprise no one that as the father of three little girls I have an intimate knowledge of all things Disney.
Frozen is nothing new in Casa-de-Stroock, we've been listening to the soundtrack for years now, but the five year old has recently discovered the film and we've had cause to watch it a half dozen times or so in the last month. We've noticed some things, finally.
Frozen is about strong women of course, and the lesbian subtext of Elsa's self-imposed exile is obvious.
[You're just now noticing this?-Ed]
This film is also about sisterhood. It is Elsa's kiss that unfreezes Anna, not Prince Karl's. Of course Karl is a message for girls about men, and being a father of three we endorse that message wholeheartedly. In a way Karl disappoints us as a viewer. We enjoyed the way he was in charge of the kingdom when Anna went off to find Elsa, the wisdom and compassion with which he handled the crisis. His transformation to an ambitious cad was a bit jarring. A few hints had been laid but it still felt out of nowhere to us.
Interestingly a movie about strong women begins with a musical number by a team of burly, manly men harvesting ice in the Norwegian night, a scene which introduces us to the young Kristoff, whom we like greatly. Nice sense of humor he has, and he prefers the company of reindeer to people and pretends they talk back. We know what he feels.
[Do you?-Ed]
Overall Disney gave us a well written, tight movie, one that is watchable over and over again.
Why couldn't they do that with The Last Jedi? Goddamn mouse.
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