The 'Big Bang Theory' star hates the Snow Queen movie, saying that it sends the wrong message to young audience with its story of a princess finding her mate.
- Sep 17, 2014
AceShowbiz - After slamming Ariana Grande for portraying a sexed-up image on billboard ads, Mayim Bialik now expresses her disdain for Disney's "Frozen (2013)". In a blog post on Kveller.com, "The Big Bang Theory" actress says that while she's not into musicals, the portrayal of the movie's female characters is what really upsets her.
She begins by criticizing the plot. "Sure, it's sort of hidden, but the search for a man/love/Prince is still the reigning plot line in the movie, as it is with pretty much all movies for young people which are animated," she wrote. "The sister's desire to marry this guy she just met, and the other sister getting mad at her - we still have a plot about the identification of a woman being based on her desire and search to meet a man."
She added, "Of course, in general, in the Universe, heterosexual women tend to want to meet men and I am one of those women. My issue is not that. My issue is that this is a movie geared to small children who I don't think need to be focusing on that as the main driving plot of a movie, especially when it's not a literary or historically-based fairy tale. And these characters are young; certainly not old enough in my socially conservative opinion to be searching for mates!"
She went on, "I've had just enough already with this finding a man business in most every kids' movie. Disney classics were all about this and look where it's gotten us! Naked billboards of singers and women still not paid equal pay for equal work and ridiculous standards of beauty and body image and campaigns such as 'Why I Don't Need Feminism' and tons of other things proving we still have a ways to go."
The actress also has issues with the "way the female characters are drawn and animated." "The male characters look like cartoon men. They have some exaggerated features, sure. But by and large, they look like they have the proportions of human beings," she said, before adding, "Not so with our lead ladies."
"They have ginormous eyes. Like really ridiculously big. Teeny-tiny ski slope noses. Exaggerated delicate ski sloppiness, actually. Barbie doll proportions of their bodies in general: tiny waists, ample busts, and huge heads. They look like dolls. They don't look like the same species as the male characters even! What's up with that?! My sons thought the females looked like BRATZ dolls, truth be told. I kind of agree."
"All of the talk I've heard about Frozen revolves around how it goes against all the stereotypes of princess movies," she continued. "And in some ways it does; it shows one sister trying to convince the other sister not to trust this guy she just met. Then the guy turns out to be a villain and the sisters need to rely on each other, using their love to transform and save them ultimately. It's a lovely notion, but it was just not executed well at all in my opinion."
Bialik concluded, "I know everybody loved Frozen and that I am going to get so much hate for this. But I'm just keeping it real, yo."
