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Another Defense of Frozen: The Subversive Appeal of Disney’s New Breed of Fairy Tale

Tory — Tue, 11 Feb 2014 16:00:31 +0000

I dug Frozen. I laughed. I cried. I gasped at the third act reveal. In the wake of Dani Colman’s essay for Medium asserting the film has a problem with false feminism, I feel the need to tell you why. I hope you can stand another defense of Frozen. (You may also enjoy the original… Continue reading Another Defense of Frozen: The Subversive Appeal of Disney’s New Breed of Fairy Tale

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Thanks to Dan Kois at Slate

Tory — Mon, 02 Dec 2013 21:00:54 +0000

Slate senior editor Dan Kois was kind enough to give a shout-out to the Defense of Frozen in his review of the film for that magazine. That was thoughtful. Thank you, Dan.

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In Defense of Frozen

Tory — Mon, 18 Nov 2013 15:00:39 +0000

(You may also enjoy Another Defense of Frozen: The Subversive Appeal of Disney’s New Breed of Fairy Tale.) Disney’s animated feature Frozen, which opens Thanksgiving, has received some attention for 1) its nearly indistinguishable female leads and 2) the interview in which its head of animation, Lino DiSalvo, dared to mention the difficulties of animating… Continue reading In Defense of Frozen

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