tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1731492395426208086.post9044496537800622920..comments2024-03-18T08:37:58.740-04:00Comments on TEA TO POUR: The Snow Queen: Thoughts on FrozenAaron C. Thomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02696459385623802961noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1731492395426208086.post-86653216389627256192014-02-05T01:23:44.586-05:002014-02-05T01:23:44.586-05:00Well SAID (about true love)!
Once I finally saw F...Well SAID (about true love)!<br /><br />Once I finally saw Frozen I had to come read your review because I was having a hard time putting my finger on my likes and dislikes about it. I didn't love it, and I expected to. Maybe that was the problem. But part of me did love it, and I think it had something to do with the sororal love and relationship; which I am feeling a bit burned by of late.<br /><br />Hm. Lots to chew on, so glad you keep up this blog. Kimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06061899054246740043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1731492395426208086.post-48836463030580005682013-12-12T00:38:59.898-05:002013-12-12T00:38:59.898-05:00Hahaha. Well, "being loved" and the conc...Hahaha. Well, "being loved" and the concept of "true love" are, in fact, two quite different things, as I am sure you probably know. Being loved, feeling love, and loving are all good and well, but they do not assume a permanence and certainly aren't ideas that are used to make young women believe that there's "someone out there for them" for whom they ought to behave or reform or be proper. "True love" is an ideological tool; it is pernicious, and yes, nonsense. For the record, I've got nothing against being loved.Aaron C. Thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02696459385623802961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1731492395426208086.post-27587854683297735022013-12-11T23:59:25.489-05:002013-12-11T23:59:25.489-05:00how is true love "nonsense"? maybe if yo...how is true love "nonsense"? maybe if you hate being loved, I guess.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1731492395426208086.post-30044751894917318542013-12-03T08:30:06.958-05:002013-12-03T08:30:06.958-05:00You're like my field reporter!You're like my field reporter!Aaron C. Thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02696459385623802961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1731492395426208086.post-39797512115173159492013-12-03T08:00:25.893-05:002013-12-03T08:00:25.893-05:00Oh I figured you would. But I wanted to make sure ...Oh I figured you would. But I wanted to make sure your readership did as well :) Joshua M. Federhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15397779298574175922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1731492395426208086.post-31370302491031576562013-12-03T00:12:30.227-05:002013-12-03T00:12:30.227-05:00Haha.Yes, I know.Haha.Yes, I know.Aaron C. Thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02696459385623802961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1731492395426208086.post-13575524026915972302013-12-03T00:03:42.940-05:002013-12-03T00:03:42.940-05:00And, for those of you keeping score, Kristen Bell ...And, for those of you keeping score, Kristen Bell appeared on Broadway in Tom Sawyer and off Broadway in Reefer Madness in 2001, three years before she became a Hollywood star. Just saying. Joshua M. Federhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15397779298574175922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1731492395426208086.post-15639848345259817422013-12-02T16:41:58.678-05:002013-12-02T16:41:58.678-05:00My friend David asked on fb: "This is one of ...My friend David asked on fb: "This is one of my favorite reviews from your blog. You're obviously in a good mood after seeing this. But you just posted that you were hating on the Idina Menzel casting. First of all, why do you not love her? Second, what changed your mind in this case?"<br /><br />Idina drives me crazy, actually. Her voice has a pop sound that she never bothers to tame, even when it is inappropriate, and so I often find her singing just a little too <i>much</i>, or even more frequently, out of place in whatever musical she's in. I am not a <i>Rent</i> fan in the first place, and I dislike most of their über-pop voices. Idina in particular, though, does this thing (that everyone notices, so it isn't like I just discovered it or anything) where she talks through the song instead of singing the notes that were written. It's the old Rex Harrison way of getting through a tune, but Idina <i>can</i> sing the songs, and sing them well, she just chooses, instead, to talk through them. As though talking is somehow more honest or more natural than singing. And I think that's annoying and weird. I hate when other singers do it and I hate it when she does it.<br /><br />As for <i>Frozen</i>, I only noticed her doing that talk-thing once, and I also thought her sound was much less poppy and way more legit than usual. I appreciated the effort. (It <i>does</i> get poppy at times – the duet version of "The First Time in Forever", for example – but for the most part I thought she classed it up.)Aaron C. Thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02696459385623802961noreply@blogger.com