a. Title:
Fox News Thinks Frozen is a Little Too Empowering for Women
b. APA Citation:
Miller, K. (2015, February 4). Fox News Thinks Frozen Is A Little Too
Empowering. Retrieved February 13, 2015, from
http://www.refinery29.com/2015/02/81781/fox-news-frozen-penny-nance
c. Source Summary:
Fox and Friends had a segment on Frozen when it was all the hype, this segment asserted that women are too empowered and that men are degraded. They are only really referring to one character, which is something that the author of the article touches on, there are plenty of role models in frozen also. The article itself is focused on rebuffing the video.
d. Important Quotes:
"We want them to know that they're essential. We want to raise heroes.
We want to raise real men that will stick in their families and be great
dads, be great providers and great husbands."
"Kristoff is perhaps the most dynamic male character in a Disney animated
feature. He's goofy and smart and not a total alpha-jerk. He's a big
win for many little boys out there — just not the ones Nance is
concerned with ("We want to encourage masculinity!")."
e. Analysis:
If you haven't seen Frozen then you won't understand this post, and if you haven't you may want to scrape up another month's rent for the rock you've been living under. Frozen is a perfect way to teach young girls about sisterhood, independence and female empowerment. However the leads are princesses, but Disney is obviously trying to tone this down by avoiding tons of castle life and expensive trinkets. In this news clip the subjects point out how degraded males become from this film. There are many ways to but I'll start with one of the more obvious ones: It. Is. A. Princess. Movie. It is not supposed to appeal to young boys, and if it was, the movie might be titled "Mega Princess Destroyer of the Universe." Another point, and the author of the article made this too, the mean guy who was initially charming but actually persuaded Ana into marrying him was not the only male in this movie. Their father was nurturing, cute reindeer guy Kristoff was smart and funny, and Olaf is a snowman who couldn't bring himself to show anything but kindness to others. If you were basing your judgement solely on mean dude yeah, maybe, but no. Media never be sex blind, and neither will we.
Although I highly agree with the idea that Frozen was targeted on a specific age group I would understand why people that are making a shift seem to believe that men are "degraded". The whole purpose of the movie was to shift that idea that women need a man to be happy and that the only love out there is the one of another individual. In the recent years Disney has produced certain films that challenge the typical stereotypes of women. I think that if Disney sort of expanded their target audience to include young boys than much of this gender exclusion wouldn't even be a problem. Its not the fact Disney is producing these films, I think its just people are not okay with Disney only targeting a specific age group when there should be movies empowering both males and females.
ReplyDeleteSince Frozen's target audience was a specific age group and even gender, I do not believe in the argument that it degrades men. I understand that Hans, the guy who was using Anna, could have degraded men but that's one character. Disney movies and shows are generally towards girls and teaching kids that you don't need a man or how to be independent is important for children to learn at a young age.
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