The hosts think that even ‘loosely adapted’ is being a little too generous with Frozen, Disney’s version of Hans Christian Andersen’s The Snow Queen. But they are able to find a few elements of similarity as well as a multitude of reasons to love the film, including the sister-driven plot, the love story red herring and of course, the reindeer duet.
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For similar adaptations, check out our episodes on Epic, Once Upon a Time, Snow White, Emma and The Lizzie Bennet Diaries.
SHOW NOTES:
Opening Music: Frozen Heart by The Cast of Frozen
Closing Music: Love is an Open Door by Kristen Bell and Santino Fontana
both from the Frozen soundtrack
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Main Discussion
The Snow Queen
-By Hans Christian Andersen
-Published in 1845
Frozen (2013)
Screenwriter: Jennifer Lee
Director: Chris Buck and Jennifer Lee
Starring (voices): Kristen Bell, Idina Menzel, Jonathan Groff, Santino Fontana, Josh Gad, Ciaran Hinds and Alan Tudyk
Adaptation Podcast 
Okay, I know Jess was planning on mentioning this, but she hasn’t yet, so I’ll throw it out there: this movie is also the first time that Disney has had a character betrayal that shocks the audience as well as the other characters. Other Disney betrayals from Mother Gothel, Scar, etc. were done with the audience already being aware of that character’s inherent role as the villain. Hans’s flip throws EVERYONE for a loop because Disney has consistently shown us before that the villains are villains from the beginning, at least from the perspective of the audience. So in a way, Frozen uses our own expectations of Disney against us, and this is probably why I found Hans’s character swap to be so shocking.
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