LoArts

Let it Go! Hidden homosexual

agenda in Frozen?

Laura Mooney
Arts Editor | ote-arts@unbc.ca

DD: latest mega hit film Frozen is causing quite the
uproar amongst some viewers who are claiming the film

is pushing a pro-gay message on the youths who view it. The
film tells the tale of two sisters who were torn apart by a secret
being kept by the elder sister Elsa, and younger sister Anna’s
journey to help Elsa in any
way she can. The film was
revered for its progressive
message of female
strength, and

Disney was

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congratulated for finally producing a movie that focused on
something other than the lead woman finding a man. As of
recently the film has come under fire from right wing political
group and religious sects for what they are calling a “hidden
message.”

According to Catholic film blogger Steven Greydonus, the film’s
portrayal of Elsa not being interested in romantic relationships
and the desire to “conceal, don’t feel” her powers is a metaphor
for her homosexuality. Others involved in the
argument include a Christian radio host who
called the hidden meaning of the film “quite
frightening” and claimed that “parents do not
( want their children turning into sodomites,”

Other bloggers have also claimed that Frozen
| is pushing images of transvestites and
bestiality with the relationship between
\ good guy Kristoff and his reindeer Sven.

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=> > \) but Disney is paving the way towards this.

While the bestiality claims are
admittedly a long shot and generally
have been ignored, the accusations about
hV Elsa’s sexuality have sparked debates
y) amongst many groups, which have led to
many important questions such as, why
does being a strong self-sufficient female
in today’s society automatically lead to
assumptions about the female’s sexuality?
Can it not be possible to have a strong female
whose main purpose in life is not focused
on getting married? Apparently, according
to these religious groups, it is not. The main
argument they continue to make is that the
message shown in Frozen goes against the morals
that Disney has set in place for children since their
beginnings in the 1940s. They fear that by exposing
their children to Frozen it will set a new standard
for what constitutes “normal,” thus changing
the typical hierarchy of the male/female
relationship they have set through past films.

The writers of the film, including Jennifer Lee,
have declined to delve too far into this debate,
but Lee stated in an interview “We know
what we made, but once it is handed over
it is the world’s to interpret.” So while we
will never know if the “hidden meaning”
is real or not, it is a huge step for Disney to
have created their first film with a strong
female in the spotlight and to chose to focus
on the interaction between family instead
of the typical prince and princess romance.