Who's seen Frozen?

I really, really, really need to see this, but most of my friends have already seen it and don't want to 'spoil the experience' for me so I'm gonna have to wait it out for the DVD :(

I can't really say much about the lack of representation due to me not seeing the film, but one thing I have noticed on Tumblr is that it's mainly white people complaining about the representation but the S?mi community are actually praising the film?
Example:
http://feministroosterteeth.tumblr....presentation-of-the-sami-by-critics-of-frozen

But yeah I won't form a proper opinion until I have watched the film...
 
Is that the blog that says it's racist for no POCs, but then claims cultural appropriation when confronted that its Sami culture?
 
Your favorite song- "Let it Go"
Your favorite character- Elsa, cause she looks like me :D
If you liked it on a scale of 1-10- 10000000000000000000
 
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ive heard many good things about frozen (elsa is a cool chick and the message is very deep or something idk) and bad things about it (whitewashing)

like..i know you guys hate how tumblr talks about the film but idk?? its okay to call out something but still love the movie. heck people i follow talk about it but they still love the movie to bits. like..they hate certain aspects of the film? (i hate KLK for some reasons but i still enjoy it)

though i do wanna see it but i dont really have the time and i kinda wanna see something else so im debating omg


According to Wikipedia, Frozen is partially based off Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tale, "The Snow Queen" which takes place in Norway. Spitsbergen, to be precise.

And for that matter, it's a Disney movie, you're right, in which case representation shouldn't matter, since it's a kids movie.

representation matters to POC kids too ???? literally i wanted to see a character that looked like me in movies/shows when i was a child so much. when i was 7 i literally hated myself because i wanted to be white with blond hair and blue eyes lmao.

Excuse me? Why on Earth do you think equal representation shouldn't matter just because it's a children's movie? It most certainly matters, in fact, even more so for children.

Let me tell you a little story about a boy named Tynan. Tynan is a 1st grade student that I met while student teaching last year who happens to be black. During free time, we could chat and play games and stuff like that. I was wearing a Captain America shirt that day, and he happened to like it and brought up The Avengers. So we talked about it for a while before he turns to his teacher and asks "Ms., why aren't any of the superheroes black?"... What was she supposed to say? She nervously said "Well, there just aren't any," and he got a really sad look in his eyes. I said "But there could be," trying to cheer him up, but he said "Then why aren't there any?". I then pulled out my phone and introduced him to Static Shock, the only black superhero I could think of at the moment. His face lit up. "Static Shock is so cool!" he said about three or four times. Static Shock is now his favorite superhero and his favorite show, and his mother contacted me through email a few months later to thank me for introducing it to him.

There's also my friend's little sister Jocelyn, who is half black half Mexican. Her favorite Princesses are Cinderella and Ariel. She constantly says things like "I wish I had lighter skin like Ariel" and "I wish I had beautiful blonde hair like Cinderella". She is seven years old. Seven. And she is already insecure about herself. You know what what at the top of her Christmas list? Hair dye. She is seven years old. Little girls should not be worrying about this kind of thing.

Equal representation is important because children of color need to see themselves and their own races represented or they will grow up feeling inferior and insignificant. They may even grow up thinking things like you're only beautiful if you're white.

Even with Disney's racist past, I'm not calling Frozen racist. But the past three or four Disney movies have had an all-white cast, and Disney failed to include POC. It's all just more and more white people. This is a huge lack of representation.

I am fed up with your blatant ignorance. You have no idea what it's like, so just shut up.

I LOVE YOU!! OMFG!! THANK YOU !!! thank yooou soo much literally i was kinda afraid to post in this thread but bless you
 
In relation to the post above, PallyCake is a brown skinned and black haired girl and grew up watching Disney films, she never thought like that. Also, in relation to the hair dye, i was a blonde haired and blue eyed girl and I asked for hair dye so that is nothing to do with it. I HAVE HAIR LIKE ARIEL!
 
In relation to the post above, PallyCake is a brown skinned and black haired girl and grew up watching Disney films, she never thought like that. Also, in relation to the hair dye, i was a blonde haired and blue eyed girl and I asked for hair dye so that is nothing to do with it. I HAVE HAIR LIKE ARIEL!

ok thats cool. but there are many POC children that do grow up hating themselves. (check out the clark doll experiment. just do it. black children picked the white doll over the black doll because the black doll had ugly skin. thats what they thought omfg) heck, even one of black friends in 2nd grade would draw herself white all the time because she thought her own skin was ugly.

that being said, i dont hate frozen. elsa looks cool and i would watch the movie for her omg. they couldve put at least one POC main character in. im pretty sure in one scene theres POC in the background so ?? but yeah
 
ok thats cool. but there are many POC children that do grow up hating themselves. (check out the clark doll experiment. just do it. black children picked the white doll over the black doll because the black doll had ugly skin. thats what they thought omfg) heck, even one of black friends in 2nd grade would draw herself white all the time because she thought her own skin was ugly.

that being said, i dont hate frozen. elsa looks cool and i would watch the movie for her omg. they couldve put at least one POC main character in. im pretty sure in one scene theres POC in the background so ?? but yeah

i know about this and i was joking and i also grew up hating myself, that being said you cant just hate on a film because it doesnt have all different ethnicities. Like oath said, its based on the snow queen. Disney keep it REAL. They do various different films such as Mulan, pocahontas, brother bear and the princess and the frog. This is clap trap and you need to stop complaining for no reason.
 
i know about this and i was joking and i also grew up hating myself, that being said you cant just hate on a film because it doesnt have all different ethnicities. Like oath said, its based on the snow queen. Disney keep it REAL. They do various different films such as Mulan, pocahontas, brother bear and the princess and the frog. This is clap trap and you need to stop complaining for no reason.

i literally said i dont hate frozen but ok omfg?? and it doesnt hurt to have more POC ?? literally?? in any films?? and im pretty sure its not very close to the real story of the snow queen (isnt it a bunch of women and a girl saving a boy) but like ?? i dont hate the movie. it wouldnt hurt disney to throw in one POC. yes i loved mulan and the princess and the frog - but having more doesnt hurt ?? but whatever, you guys can get back to your converstation
 
it wouldnt hurt disney to throw in one POC. yes i loved mulan and the princess and the frog - but having more doesnt hurt ?? but whatever, you guys can get back to your converstation

But then we'd hear complaints about there being the token POC.

Or cultural appropriation, which you hear about with this movie.
 
This is clap trap and you need to stop complaining for no reason.
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its like you havent read what she's posted at all. you just told her to stop complaining about something she feels strongly about for no reason. i dont think you understand how frustrating this is and i guess thats to be expected.
that being said, it is totally possible to be a fan of this movie and not like that aspect of it. no one is trying to crap on you guys for liking it, but you sure are quick to dismiss any points people make against it.
 
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