Supercontext: an autopsy of media

Frozen


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After viewing the blockbuster Disney princess film Frozen with actual little kids, we look at all the cooks in this corporate cartoon kitchen. With this many people involved, how did they pull it off? And is this cartoon whitewashed? Too feminist? Not feminist enough? How is this fairy tale defining gender and ethnicity for an entire generation?

Additional Resources:

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  • Is 'Frozen' a New, Bona Fide Disney Classic?
  • Boys Don’t Run Away From These Princesses
  • Countdown to Disney "Frozen" : How one simple suggestion broke the ice on the "Snow Queen" 's decades-long story problems
  • A spoiler-y, slightly nerdy interview about Disney's Frozen
  • Unfreezing ‘Frozen:’ The making of the newest fairy tale in 3D by Disney
  • Frozen: inside Disney's billion-dollar social media hit
  • Michael, Peter, Chris and Jennifer Talk Frozen and It's Success
  • Secret Phone Recording Helped Idina Menzel Land New Disney Role
  • THE STORY BEHIND THE STORY OF FROZEN
  • Disney's Frozen and the 'gay agenda'
  • UNH degree played a part in Oscar-winning movie
  • Immersed in Movies: First Look: Designing the Winter Wonderland of ‘Frozen’
  • The tech of Disney’s Frozen and Get a Horse!
  • The Scrambled Sexuality of 'Frozen's "Let It Go"
  • Frozen lambasted as pro-gay propaganda by Christian pastor
  • Frozen Director Now Apologizes to Parents for 'Let It Go'
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Supercontext: an autopsy of mediaBy Christian Sager and Charlie Bennett

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