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Frozen Sociology

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Frozen was labeled a monumental change in Disney’s film industry. Disney Princess films in the past have consisted of a female damsel in distress being saved by a male love interest. Disney has realized this was outdated and adapt the film frozen to fit modern viewpoints. Frozen is a movie about sisterly love. This is a turning point for the princess industry as it features independent females who do not rely on romantic love, but rather familial love. It starts off with two sisters, Elsa and Anna. Elsa has special powers that generate snow and ice and are difficult for her to control. Their parents die and the time has come for one of them to rule. Elsa runs away as she fears her powers may only hurt her loved ones. Anna embarks on a journey …show more content…

For example, the cast contains no people of color or of the LGBT community. The main cast are elite white, thin females. While they do have solid problems, this movie fails to represent a larger community. In the past, Disney have created movies usually sticking to a European female center. The only movies containing people of color are Moana, Mulan, Pocahontas, and The Princess and the Frog. Each of these movies do not properly represent the group they are meant to and instead reinforce stereotypes. Additionally there are few Disney films that represent people of lower socioeconomic classes. Each movie, including Frozen focuses on the problems of the rich and elite. This is insulting to the children who watch these movies and are not able to relate to the characters on the screen. Additionally, while some have labeled this as a feminist film, it reinforces many negative stereotypes about women. For example in the song Let it Go, Elsa is shown going from being a buttoned up princess to wearing a dress with a significantly less amount of material present. This is alluding that her wearing clothes that cover her skin is repressing her and in order to free herself she needs to take them off. Overall this movie attempts to follow a feminist path but gets lost somewhere along the

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