Almost 65 million people have watched the "Let It Go" song-scene from the animated movie Frozen. I came late to the You Tube party.
I'm sure glad I did. Found the video inspiring and uplifting, even though I didn't understand all of the lyrics. I suggest reading them before you watch the video, which I'll share after the lyrics.
The snow glows white on the mountain tonight,
not a footprint to be seen.
A kingdom of isolation and it looks like I'm the queen.
The wind is howling like this swirling storm inside.
Couldn't keep it in, Heaven knows I tried.
Don't let them in, don't let them see.
Be the good girl you always have to be.
Conceal don't feel, don't let them know.
Well, now they know!
Let it go, let it go!
Can't hold it back anymore.
Let it go, let it go!
Turn away and slam the door.
I don't care what they're going to say.
Let the storm rage on.
The cold never bothered me anyway.
It's funny how some distance,
makes everything seem small.
And the fears that once controlled me, can't get to me at all
It's time to see what I can do,
to test the limits and break through.
No right, no wrong, no rules for me.
I am free!
Let it go, let it go.
I am one with the wind and sky.
Let it go, let it go.
You'll never see me cry.
Here I stand, and here I'll stay.
Let the storm rage on.
My power flurries through the air into the ground.
My soul is spiraling in frozen fractals all around
And one thought crystallizes like an icy blast
I'm never going back; the past is in the past!
Let it go, let it go.
And I'll rise like the break of dawn.
Let it go, let it go
That perfect girl is gone
Here I stand, in the light of day.
Let the storm rage on!
The cold never bothered me anyway
I found fascinating the comment discussion on a perhaps purposely-provocative piece about the song/scene, "Let It Go."
It doesn’t veer into pole-dance territory until three minutes into the 3:38 video: that’s when the crown comes off, the hair gets taken down, and the queen transforms her perfectly lovely green gown into a sparkling, off-the-shoulders, breast-hugging confection that’s now got a slit up to her right thigh.
And Elsa works that skirt like a Victoria’s Secret Angel on the runway, swishing her hips with the exaggeration of a seasoned drag queen! Then comes the kicker, when we get a close-up of her formerly innocent face, now suddenly bearing a boatload of makeup — oddly jarring smears of bright rouge, deep-red lipstick and shocking-purple eye shadow.
Why? Who’s it for? Why can’t Disney convey to its target audience of young girls the notion of female self-empowerment — even sexual strength, which I’m all for — without relying on the same tropes and trappings that it’s been using since forever?
Those were fighting words for a lot of women who had no problem with a strong (animated) woman being beautiful and rocking a tight dress.
Hey, neither do I. If a 65 year old man, moi, can be inspired by the movie along with 5 year old girls who have memorized all the words to the songs in "Frozen," seemingly Disney has a hit on its hands.
Check out the comments on the piece for a fascinating look into how passionate people can get about an imaginary character. Which, now that I think about it, isn't so different from a lot of comment conversations on this blog about religious topics.
Here's an example from commenter No Remorse:
Can I get a job writing articles for this place. I usually don't know what I'm talking about and apparently don't need to do any research.
She has makeup on in the first dress. The first dress does show a breast line, it's just that the dress goes up to the neck. Women and teen girls do have breasts. It's a biological fact. So why shouldn't a female cartoon character have breasts. Bugs Bunny had more pronounced ones when he dressed in drag.
Her hair is up in the first dress but then lets it down. Big whoop. It shows she is loosening up and becoming what she wants not what society thinks she should be (conservative). The second dress does have a lower neck line but is above her breasts. And the slit goes up to the knee. You can see her calf and knee. This is not the 1800's where anything above the ankle was obscene.
As for the makeup becoming darker she was the "villain" at that point and if you look at the history of female Disney villains they all had darker makeup to match their darker side. She was having an identity crisis at this point just like many young girls do trying to figure out where she belonged and who she was supposed to be.
As for her hips swaying in the second dress, prior to that she was running or spinning around. That is the first time you see her actually walk a straight line. Women's hips sway when they walk, that is another biological fact. They have wider hip bones then men do to allow for birth.
I wish I could get paid to write #$%$. I wrote this #$%$ for free.
Me too, No Remorse.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vJRufLWaMI
Posted by: cc | January 30, 2014 at 07:49 PM
Thanks Brain for that delightful link.. Also cc..I'm surprised you like that kind of music. I'll add her to my list....What I find interesting is that yesterday we had a Supermoon, some are calling it a black moon, and in the Hebrew Mazzoroth it refered to as Lilith...Adam's first wife, she wanted her freedom from the garden and refused to submit to Adam..Woman have had this conflict within themselves for ever...Am I Lilith or am I Eve?
Posted by: june schlebusch | January 31, 2014 at 12:05 PM