4. Frozen was apparently reconceived during production/editing due to power of Inina Menzel's "Let It Go" and test audience response to Elsa
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@HeerJeet I think there's something more particular too about Elsa that appeals to kids: she's a cautionary tale about mastering emotion -
@HeerJeet Taking control of powerful emotions is a big part of a lot of younger kids' lives. Adults are often uncomprehending/unsympathetic
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@HeerJeet You might be interested in this... http://auteusetheory.blogspot.co.uk/2014/11/cold-and-hungry-discourses-of-anorexic_21.html?m=1 …Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet Mastering emotion is a big part of growing up. But it can also involve a denial of self, especially if parents are guilt-trippersThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet Elsa's emotional world--where feelings of love struggle against an effort to deny uncontrolled emotion--is v familiar to many kidsThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet It doesn't hurt that she's so extremely white, either.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet I've wondered how many parents have started reading Anderson's source text "The Snow Queen" to their kids before thinking WTF??Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet thanks for that pithy analysis.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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Read the 13 before. "
@HeerJeet: 14. So Elsa has best of all worlds: agency, magic & color of a villain, but sympathy reserved for heroine.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet Disney has been pushing familial love in place of romantic love as the magic lately. Maleificent, Frozen, OUaT.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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