By Timothy Deal
January 10, 2013
Sometimes I worry our culture completely misses the point of some stories while fixating on some random quirk. The Lord of the Rings becomes about that cute elf Legolas. Insightful, dystopian YA fiction like The Hunger Games turns into the very media spectacle the book is critiquing.
Or even more recently, the wrong song in a musical gets all the attention. See, I’m a bit conflicted about “Let it Go” becoming the breakout hit song from Frozen. It’s receiving critical acclaim, early movie award buzz, and seems to be the most talked-about song from the movie around the interwebs. (Spoilers aplenty ahead.) (more…)
