In Praise of Frozen
In my last post , I argued that when an artist makes something, they can intend it to mean something, but they can’t keep it from meaning something other than they intended. I also said that when I engage with art, I don’t actually care what the artist intended to create; I care more about what they did create. When Disney released Frozen in 2013, some Christians and Mormons protested what they saw as a gay agenda concealed within a nice story. They may be right; the artists who made Frozen may have wanted to communicate a pro-gay message. If that’s the case, I would argue that they didn’t do a great job. In fact, Frozen is a fantastic story about how Christian discipleship addresses our fallenness. The Gospel of Trying Harder A quick review of Frozen ’s essential characters (in case trivia about pop culture from last decade isn't your thing): Elsa: a princess who has magical cold, ice and snow powers ( cryokinetic if you want to impress somebody) Anna: a pr...