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    1. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 28 Dec 2014
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      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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    2. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 28 Dec 2014
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      5. Frozen has to be seen as part of Disney's long tradition of Princess movies, a lineage it both builds on and subverts.

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    3. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 28 Dec 2014
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      6. In Disney Princess movie you have familiar duality of insipid Princess & vivid evil old woman (often with magic power).

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    4. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 28 Dec 2014
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      7. Insipid Princess: Snow White, Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, Ariel, Belle, Tiana, Rapunzel, etc. etc.

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    5. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 28 Dec 2014
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      8. Vivid evil old woman (often with magic): the Queen, evil Stepmother, Maleficent, Ursula the sea witch, the Enchantress.

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    6. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 28 Dec 2014
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      9. Part of what "Frozen" does is recast traditional Disney dichotomy (insipid princess vs old woman) into relationship between two sisters

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    7. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 28 Dec 2014
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      10. Elsa is the traditional Disney female villain (she's even a Queen) but recast as someone who is misunderstood, not evil.

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    8. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 28 Dec 2014
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      11. Because she has magic, Elsa can appeal to fantasy of empowerment common to kids (see superheroes).

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    9. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 28 Dec 2014
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      12. In traditional Disney tale, princess saved when kissed by prince. But in "Frozen" prince (Hans) is bad & redemption is love of sisters.

      4 replies 3 retweets 5 likes
    10. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 28 Dec 2014
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      13. As so often, the Disney villain is more interesting than hero.The female villains have agency & color denied to the nominal heroines.

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      Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 28 Dec 2014

      14. So Elsa has best of all worlds: agency, magic & color of a villain, but sympathy reserved for heroine. No wonder she's so popular.

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        2. David Fickling‏Verified account @davidfickling 28 Dec 2014
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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

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        3. David Fickling‏Verified account @davidfickling 28 Dec 2014
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          @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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        1. Julie Mullaney‏ @JulieMullaney3 28 Dec 2014
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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 …

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        1. David Fickling‏Verified account @davidfickling 28 Dec 2014
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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-trippers

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        1. David Fickling‏Verified account @davidfickling 28 Dec 2014
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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 kids

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        1. M. Kei (he/him) WEAR A MASK‏ @kujakupoet 28 Dec 2014
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          @HeerJeet It doesn't hurt that she's so extremely white, either.

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        1. Peter A. Shulman  📚‏ @pashulman 28 Dec 2014
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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??

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        1. fabiankean‏ @fabiankean 28 Dec 2014
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          @HeerJeet thanks for that pithy analysis.

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        1. fabiankean‏ @fabiankean 28 Dec 2014
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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.

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        1. M Healy‏ @MOfHealy 28 Dec 2014
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          @HeerJeet Disney has been pushing familial love in place of romantic love as the magic lately. Maleificent, Frozen, OUaT.

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