Okay, so I saw Frozen this week … and I was pleasantly surprised.
It’s the most progressive Disney film yet - warm and engaging and hilarious.
Now I want a reindeer sidekick and a smartass snowman called Olaf to accompany me through life.
My only problem was with the music. Aside from the troll song, all the musical numbers were almost unbearable – trite and shrill.
Don’t get me wrong: I love musicals. If life were a TV show, I’d want to be dropped straight into the middle of Gilmore Girls, with Glee a close runner up.
But Frozen’s musical numbers just don’t hold a candle to old Disney
Have you seen Frozen? Thoughts?
This week’s links:
This perfectly encapsulates white privilege in a nutshell
The Savvy Explorer outlines the best way to get from the airport to town in top cities around the world (AirTrain FTW!)
Solange hits it out of the ballpark with these observations about growing up
Need some new year’s inspiration? Start here with Emily
Pushing Thirtyy has some money lessons for her younger self
Life, Etc provides a succinct guide (with examples) to negotiating freelance pay rates
What are we working for, asks Stacking Pennies?
At Brazen Careerist, what you need to know about the ‘hidden curriculum’ at work
I admire Penelope Trunk for telling it like it is: Men with families feel more trapped than ever and Three cheers for women who say they don’t want to work
Jen Dziura sheds some light on the business of egg donation
Cordelia is committing to doing more housework
At Married with Luggage, how to overcome different conversational styles
This post tugged at my heartstrings and so perfectly sums up how I feel about my own mother
Finally, I’m late to this incredibly affecting portrait of a homeless girl and her family in New York, but better late than never. I found it incredibly frustrating – you’re rooting for her and want a happy ending but you know how unlikely it is. While life is certainly not easy for this family, they do benefit from a lot of public funding/programmes and have squandered inheritances and windfalls. Just throwing more money at the problem – even if it was a possibility – isn’t the answer. There are no easy solutions.
