Posted on 04/23/2014 9:44:15 AM PDT by nickcarraway
The culture warriors have decided: Disneys Frozen is queer. Elsa hiding her ice-powers could be read as a metaphor for the closet, the Oscar-winning Let it Go plays like a coming-out anthem, and a character in the film evokes the question of whether homosexuality is a choice by inquiring of Elsas powers, born with it or cursed? Some liberals have praised the film for its subtext; some conservatives have denounced it.
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Frozen: Too Cynical? In Defense of Prince Charming How Parents Can Turn Frozen's Big Twist Into a Teachable Moment But the most remarkable thing about queer readings of the film may be how unremarkable they really are. Through both its corporate practices and the content of its films, Disney for decades has implemented the so-called "gay agenda"which is to say, helping make the world a more accepting place.
To start in the most obvious place: As a business, Disney has long held a progressive attitude toward LGBT people. Gay pride events have been hosted at Disney World since 1991, and the company started offered its gay employees health insurance benefits for their partners since 1995, a decision that wasnt entirely popular back then.
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Disney has been actively pro gay since Walt died. Michael Eisner absolutely promoted the Gay agenda.
There is rarely any movie or TV show that does not have a Progressive agenda, some slightly more obvious than others.
The entertainment industry like the News Media feel they have an obligation to change society for the better, the problem is their perception of better.
Paul Lynde and he was funny.
I think there WERE some overtly gay undertones added to it...for example there is a song in it called “Love is An Open Door”. Now how much more topical is that?
Shouldn’t be surprising. Most Disney workers lean that way.
So it’s okay to use the word “queer”, but “fag” is out of the question?!!!
I dunno. The Pixar branch of Disney is decidedly non-progressive (except for Wall-E).
“The Incredibles”, possibly the finest cartoon ever made, emphasizes family and duty.
“Toy Story 3” is mostly great fun with a great ending. It makes fun of metro-sexual Ken, as a “girl’s toy”
“Up” shows a man’s devotion to his wife and his battles against the government
Yep. My wife and I debated on whether this was something to let the kids watch.
There are some things about it that are just plain asinine. Like in “Let it Go”...that bit about “no wrong or right”.
But other things are more ambiguous. Elsa complains about being tired of being “a good girl”. Could that be read in a Sodomite context? Sure. It could also be read in a morally wholesome context...like I want to be more religious, devote myself to God, join a convent something like that, and everyone wants me to be “a good girl” and adhere to society’s norms, etc.
In the end we let them watch it. There are some good themes there of redemption and love being defined not as a feeling but as self-sacrifice for the good of another (wow...”no greater love hath man than this”, right?). And as the father of girls I definitely appreciate the message about not being deceived in marriage proposals by slick talking/looking guys. I don’t think the problems in the film are so grave that they will be hard to correct with good upbringing. But we will see.
The Sodomists make everything about them. EVERYTHING. We see life as through a veil, they see it as in a mirror.
Yep. My wife and I debated on whether this was something to let the kids watch.
There are some things about it that are just plain asinine. Like in “Let it Go”...that bit about “no wrong or right”.
But other things are more ambiguous. Elsa complains about being tired of being “a good girl”. Could that be read in a Sodomite context? Sure. It could also be read in a morally wholesome context...like I want to be more religious, devote myself to God, join a convent something like that, and everyone wants me to be “a good girl” and adhere to society’s norms, etc.
In the end we let them watch it. There are some good themes there of redemption and love being defined not as a feeling but as self-sacrifice for the good of another (wow...”no greater love hath man than this”, right?). And as the father of girls I definitely appreciate the message about not being deceived in marriage proposals by slick talking/looking guys. I don’t think the problems in the film are so grave that they will be hard to correct with good upbringing. But we will see.
The Sodomists make everything about them. EVERYTHING. We see life as through a veil, they see it as in a mirror.
Look at “The Hero’s Channel” formerly known as “The Military Channel”.
(Imagine some liberal staffers actually had to say they worked for “The Military Channel” when at parties. Imagine the mockery.)
The Hero’s Channel has a fixation with this documentary series called “Mysteries of the Bible”. What a few of these and you’ll understand the theme throughout is to dispell every mystery in the bible, it’s non stop. This series is on constantly and at all hours.
Irrespective of your beliefs... The intent is undermine the belief in these miracles. Sodom and Gomorah was just a freak meteor shower, not God silly -for example. In the context it’s being employed it’s purpose is agitation propaganda. Whether or not you are religious you might well question the intent? It amazes me that more people don’t see it for what it is.
Like looking for a needle in a haystack when there is no needle.
If it truly a metaphor for homosexuality it’s the most obsecure one I’ve ever heard of.
I found it amusing how "no right, no wrong, no rules" exploded once someone else turned up in her perfect kingdom of snow. Which is pretty much what rules are about, they are about getting along with others.
That’s not necessarily true. I like some musicals and I’m not gay, not by a long-shot.
Watch Oklahoma, Fiddler On The Roof, On The Town, 7 Brides For 7 Brothers, West Side Story, Guys And Dolls, and you’re looking at some really excellent entertainment!
Ed
Oh, you’re no fun, any more. ;)
heh...great point!
I guess “no rules” means Anna’s heart *won’t* melt in an act of true love? Sounds like a rule to me!
:)
Honestly, the guys at the Atlantic really have some bad ideas there. Ignoring the Frozen thing (there may be some bad elements to the film, but trying to promote the LGBT agenda ain’t one of them. John Nolte confirmed that it didn’t.), many of the examples they cited are just out there. I’m sorry, but Dumbo’s character arc is not in any way comparable to LGBT stuff (if it had ANY message, it’s basically use whatever gifts you have, even those that are unusual, to reach new heights, regardless of what people might think of you). And Pinocchio was a literal puppet given life and trying to actually become human for real. It had absolutely nothing to do with LGBT stuff. Heck, Walt Disney if anything would NEVER have adhered to the LGBT agenda back then. And as far as 80s-90s films, Ariel never rejected traditional marriage at all (heck, if anything she WANTED to get married to Eric, in a Christian wedding, no less), and like with Pinocchio before it, trying to become human =/= trying to marry gays or becoming another gender (actually, if there’s any message being pushed for The Little Mermaid, it’s a promotion of legal immigration/assimilation), and the closest we’ve got to an LGBT thing in the film is with Ursula who was largely based on the Drag performer Divine, and even there, considering she’s, you know, the villain of the story, that would if anything point to it condemning the LGBT agenda. Belle and Beauty and the Beast, I’ll admit it rejected traditional marriage altogether, but even THAT did not promote the LGBT agenda, especially considering Beast still needed to earn the love from Belle, both of whom, if I recall, were opposite sexes. And Jasmine... she rejected suitors, I’ll give you that, but even SHE at least married Aladdin when the time came, and they were of opposite sexes. Pocahontas didn’t end up with a man in the end, though not for lack of trying, as John Smith, you know, ended up shot. And as far as Mulan, even that film at least had Mulan and Li Shang being implied to have become a couple, and they’re of the opposite sex (also, she did not deliberately sabotage the matchmaking ceremony, that was an accident). Besides, in case those guys have forgotten, those stories were taken directly from their namesake fairy tales/fables (or in the case of Pocahontas, the historical event), so unless you want to claim that LGBT agendas were being pushed in the original works (well, okay, there MIGHT have been a bit of that for Hans Christian Anderson’s tale if the theory is correct, but still...), don’t claim the stories were pushing LGBT agendas. In fact, the only film that MIGHT have pushed any pro-LGBT agendas during the time of Eisner that I can think of was Hunchback of Notre Dame, and that’s mostly because of Hugo basically being infatuated with Djali the male goat (and Hugo, as you can guess, is male).
In fact, I actually can name a Disney film that was if anything implicitly anti-LGBT agenda: Bambi. There was a skunk character named Flower, and he was depicted for most of the film as extremely effeminate. However, during the time Bambi and his friends were adults, Flower, you guessed it, ultimately started mating with a female, and even became a father.
But it didn't have any cats in it.
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