Frozen, on the hand, has a few pop culture jokes here and there, but they’re subtle. That’s why, in my opinion, something that tries so hard to be hip, like Shrek, will never achieve classic status. But so often they have an expiration date and the cheeky contemporary nod can feel stale and dated. The Pop Culture References: In a post Shrek world, pop culture references aren’t unknown in animated kids movies. Plus, Kristen Anderson-Lopez says, she gets all the pop culture references. Her push was always for more human and more “real” in the Princess Anna character. Kristen Bell Helped Build The Character of Anna: In interviews, both he composers and the directors attribute Anna’s warmth, spunk and humor to Kristen Bell who was the first actor cast and the only person to stay attached to the project over the years and through many iterations. That guy? That guy that was so cool and boppy?” That song really creates the whiplash effect. And then when the turnaround comes later. And, It’s unsettling in a weird way, but really it kind of sucks you in. It’s too early in the film for a love song.
Instead, we wrote this like karaoke-meet-cute ‘Love is an Open Door’ kind of thing….It’s a misplaced song. The villain is singing a tango about his evil plan. It’s a “The Villain Song” disguised as “The Love Song.” The explain, “Normally that’s the villain. When Prince Hans talks about “searching my whole life to find my own place” he’s not talking about falling for Anna, he’s talking about putting the moves on her kingdom. So while Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez talk about following the typical Menken/Ashman structure ( “I Want Song” “The Charm Song” “The Comedy Song”), they also admit to flipping “The Love Song” on its head. That’s where Alan Menken and Howard Ashman ( Beauty And The Beast, The Little Mermaid) met as well. The Love Song Is Actually The Villain Song: If the soundtrack reminds you of early 90s Disney it’s because the Frozen composers, a married couple, met at a Broadway Songwriting Workshop called the BMI Musical Theater Workshop. In fact, Megan Mullally was originally cast as Elsa which should give you a taste of what kind of cartoonish villain we could have had. Before ‘Let it Go.’ Elsa had gone evil.” ( Source) But, I think it was because we really got into the mind of the character and found a little bit of vulnerability in her.
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They said “She had really been more of the villain of the movie up until that point and we weren’t looking to reverse that. In the original concept, however, she was much more conventional and it’s not until the songwriters Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez wrote “Let It Go” that the whole idea behind her changed. Because, of course, Elsa isn’t actually the villain. That is some sophisticated villainy right there. Spoilers ahead.Įlsa Was Originally A Hardcore Villain: It’s pretty obvious from the trailer that Elsa is our “antagonist,” but the creative way in which she’s portrayed as a nuanced woman who’s afraid of her own power and was told to suppress not out of hate but misguided parental love is ground-breaking. Here are 10 ways in which Frozen was saved from being just another boring princess movie. But it wasn’t always the case that Frozen was going to be so delightfully unconventional ( and appealing to both boys and girls). And though I heard a few anecdotes and ran into a few tearful children who were a little scared by Frozen’s more adult moments (trade embargoes and snarling wolves, I imagine), found this film such a return to the classic Disney musicals of my youth (Little Mermaid, Beauty And The Beast, Aladdin) while also breaking new ground. As we’ve already reported, Frozen absolutely crushed it at the box office this holiday weekend.
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