"Let it Go" was on the radio the other day and it got me thinking about things. First off, I like the song and the movie, but I read a post about how 'Frozen' is pushing the 'gay agenda'. The post made some good points, but I felt like the post was poorly written. It spent the first half of the extremely long blog ostracizing its readers and targeted audience- an audience the author was trying to get on her side, but spent the first half basically calling her readers idiots. When she finally got to her actual point and purpose behind writing the blog she pointed out how Disney portrayed different things and how it relates to homosexuality. But I started thinking and came to the conclusion, "So What?" So what if Disney's purpose in writing things the way they did was to promote homosexuality? Does that mean that they were successful? Can't it mean other things? When I watched it I thought back to my childhood- I was given a gift- I could sing. But my Dad teased me (because that's who he is) and I grew ashamed. I would only sing behind a closed door and with the music turned up. It took a long time for me to get to the point where I could 'let it go', and sometimes it's still hard for me to not be shy/ashamed about it. And even if it is promoting homosexuality- there were a few aspects to Elsa's gifts. It was cool. It could be wonderful but it could also be dangerous. There was an aspect of others not accepting her, but she did almost kill her sister because she couldn't control her 'gift'. So, Disney may have been trying to promote homosexuality, but you have the choice to decide what it means to you. Does it represent letting go of fear? I believe all of us are born with certain things that will tempt us and possibly make us sin- can we not look at it as we're all given gifts, but if we don't learn to control our temptations they lead us to sin and a spiritual death (separation from God- because no imperfect person can dwell with God)?
I'm also reminded of The Golden Compass Series or His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman. Many people decided not to see the movie or read the books because the author said his purpose was to persuade people to not believe in God. So what? Many people said that he destroys God and so the books and movie must be awful. I have read them and loved them and I'll tell you what he did. He created a world very much like our own. In it there was no God. There was a corrupt Pope who made up the idea of God for the purpose of gain. Now to me there was no God to destroy. There was a corrupt leader. Haven't we all met corrupt people? Some of them in leadership positions? Don't we try to remove them from our lives? Now for an Atheist, isn't it logical for him to think that all religious leaders are either corrupt or delusional? So to me he maybe made a bad decision as to who to frame as being corrupt, but everything in his books, including the Dust, and the daemons and the soul point to a God that simply is never found in his books. I love the quote from the end of his third book, and actually used when teaching people about God and Jesus Christ. So what if his purpose was to destroy God? In my opinion, he failed.
And Disney- well it depends on how you decide to interpret it. Does it have a good message? Or only one, possibly negative one (depending on your opinion on homosexuality)? So to any critics out there- 'so what if Disney's purpose was to preach homosexuality?' Does that mean they were successful? Have we, as watchers, lost our ability to take what we want from movies? I choose to see the good in it and to take what I want from it.
