2. Much of the popularity of Frozen is due to appeal of Elsa -- far and away the most popular character in movie.
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3. Elsa's prominence in movie is something that wasn't planned. It was originally much more focused on her sister Anna.
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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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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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6. In Disney Princess movie you have familiar duality of insipid Princess & vivid evil old woman (often with magic power).
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7. Insipid Princess: Snow White, Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, Ariel, Belle, Tiana, Rapunzel, etc. etc.
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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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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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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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@ObsoleteDogma Right. Wicked is probably an inspiration.
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@HeerJeet@ObsoleteDogma Frozen is just Wicked with pink and purple glitter vomited all over it plus comical snowman.0 replies 0 retweets 0 likesThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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