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Excuse me while I go off on a rather large rant about the controversy and complaints over Frozen’s character designs.

First of all, if you haven’t seen this video, watch it:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWKo5veKjVU

It’s not the characters, it’s the style. Snow White and the Blue Fairy have very similar styles, because they are from the same period of time of animation at Walt Disney Studios. Aurora and Anita also have very similar appearances, and they were ALSO from around the same time period of animation. Their styles very much differ from that of Snow White, but are similar to each other because they similar styles of animation. Alice and Wendy basically have the same faces, and they also share the same voice. Same for Lady Tremaine and Maleficent, same voice, similar facial structures and evil gazes, yet both really great villains. There are countless similarities among the various Disney characters, yet I have only witnessed Frozen take the unusually cruel beating for it. I could understand why people are comparing Anna to Rapunzel, because they are similar styles of animation. Are you forgetting how different their personalities are going to be, not to mention their voices? Wendy and Alice look very similar and have the SAME voice, yet people don’t seem to be bothered by that. I had to say something once I saw ELSA being compared to Rapunzel. Seriously? They are going to COMPLETELY contrast each other, and I really can not see a resemblance, other than the fact that they are animated in the same style. I compared Elsa to Rapunzel in these two pictures because the only reason they look similar is because they are in similar poses/making similar facial expressions. They really don’t look ALIKE. People confuse similarities and resemblances most likely because of the style. The similarities between characters do not affect the quality of the movie, which is what people are making it seem like Frozen is going to do. It is the STYLE, PEOPLE.

Just look at Glen Keane’s sketches of Rapunzel and Ariel. He is a prodigy in Disney animation, a HERO, a role model, an inspiration. Similarities between Ariel and Rapunzel’s faces can be seen, but that’s because it is his STYLE. Does not affect the greatness of Tangled, and I can bet you if Tangled and the Little Mermaid were in the same style of animation, they would look much more similar to each other. Would you critique it then? Would you have bashed Tangled and refused to see it? Call it uncreative and a disgrace to the Disney name? Frozen has not even come out yet, not with a full trailer even, and people are ripping it apart.

Disney is the most wonderful, creative, and magical company that could ever create such beloved movies. Please don’t doubt them in this shining moment. This new style has so much to offer us, and criticizing it is not going to change the final outcome. I truly believe that these movies have beautiful stories and characters to offer, and I have so much faith in Frozen that it covers up for anyone who has none.

YES THANK YOU

I didn’t even read whatever you wrote because the second you said “it’s not the characters, it’s the style”, i knew i didn’t even need to finish reading because that’s what i’ve been trying to tell people.

also, i never noticed how much aurora and anita looked alike!

YES 100% YES

I just see 70 plus years of white people. I would sure love Disney to shift in a direction away from that…

I wasn’t saying there weren’t people of color… but there isn’t enough. Look, no one probably loves Disney as much as I do, but that doesn’t mean you have to ignore their faults - that just means you want to see them get better! Compared to the 12 characters above - this might put it into perspective:

If you’re going to include every white character Disney has ever created, do the same for the other side of the argument:

For last year’s Disney film, Wreck it Ralph, the Sugar Rush racer’s had various ethnicities and appearances. Disney didn’t have to do that, but they did. If you ask me, they ARE trying to include different backgrounds and cultures. Just because the characters in Frozen have light skin does not make Disney racist with their character designs. The setting of the film will determine how the character’s ethnicities will vary. If Frozen takes place in Norway, the characters are going to be white. However, when Disney has had more freedom in their settings, they have managed to include people of color and other cultures, besides white, within their films. Times have changed since when the company first began. Unfortunately we all know that race was an enormous issue in those days. However, when society began to change, Disney did address those changes. In the past 20 years Disney has included various ethnicities and nationalities that are being overlooked because they are creating more new characters that happen to be white. You make it sound like it’s a crime to be white, and that it’s unacceptable for Disney to ever create another white character again. Disney has so many characters, and there will be so many more in the future. The fact that all ethnicities today are equal leaves hope that Disney will include them in films to come in the future. Norwegian is a different nationality to add to Disney’s characters, which does provide something different even though it does not appear on the outside.