Frozen (2018) / YMMV

Award Snub: Nominated for three Tony Awards but won none. It was ignored in the technical categories, and Patti Murin was overlooked in the Best Actress category despite her performances being one of the most-praised elements of the production.
Fridge Brilliance: "Monster" marks the point in the show where Elsa finally comes to terms with her past, and everything she's accidentally hurt others with. She resolves to fix the problem and refuses to be the monster. She's wearing pants for the number and the rest of the show. One can say she "put on her big girl pants" and dealt with the actual problems instead of running away from them.
Heartwarming Moment:
- During "Dangerous to Dream", Elsa looks at Anna dancing at the coronation ball, elated that she was able to control her powers without her gloves and sings "I can't be what you expect of me. But I would love to know you". It's a sweet Hope Spot that Anna and Elsa are able to fix things quickly...until things go to Hell in a handbasket that is.
- "I can't lose you" (which replaces the reprise of "For the first time in forever" when the sisters talk in Elsa's Castle) ends with Anna hugging Elsa to show she's not afraid of her. Elsa does not return the hug (but does not ends it right away either) and things go south quickly after that, but it's still a very sweet moment that shows Anna is ready to do anything to reach out to her sister.
Hilarious in Hindsight:
- From the original casting, Patti Murin as Anna and John Riddle as Hans gets this when you remember that they were Ariel and Eric respectively in a St. Louis production of The Little Mermaid.
- Hans says he's "a man you won't see in a statue of bronze". He's technically correct, because his cameo in Big Hero 6 is as a statue made of white stone.
- Fandom has often shipped Elsa with Hans since the first movie. The first North American tour's Elsa and Hans, Caroline Bowman and Austin Colby, are married in real life.
Improved Second Attempt:
- In the movie, many viewers were put off by how the trolls tried to force Anna and Kristoff to marry against their will, even while knowing Anna is engaged to someone else in "Fixer Upper". This musical's version of the song omits that part, with the Hidden Folk (the trolls' equivalent) never even learning about Anna's engagement until after the song.
- Elsa also explains the childhood accident to Anna in the show. In the movie, there's no indication anyone ever told Anna about it even after Elsa's powers are revealed, which bothered some viewers who didn't think it fair for her to be kept Locked Out of the Loop about something that was wiped from her mind and shaped her childhood. (Prior to this, the only media that had this explained to Anna, again by Elsa, was a chapter book.)
Incest Yay Shipping:
- "A Little Bit of You" implies that Olaf is Elsa's and Anna's mutual child even more strongly than Olaf's Frozen Adventure does.
- "Dangerous to Dream" can be interpreted as Elsa being afraid to get close to Anna, not because of her powers but because of incest guilt.
- When Anna sings "True Love" in the parlor outside Elsa's bedroom, is she lamenting the loss of Hans' love, or Elsa's?
Rescued from the Scrappy Heap: The trolls, who some consider to be the film's most divisive characters, have been reimagined as a tribe of mysterious, magical humanoids who are much easier to take seriously in a live action setting. The new version of "Fixer Upper", which has been retooled to have a more tribal sound to it, has also garnered a positive reception from fans. It helps that, unlike their movie counterparts, they do not try to force Anna and Kristoff into marrying each other.
Visual Effects of Awesome: The effects used in "Let It Go" to create Elsa's ice dress and mask, not to mention the quick-change, are very impressive, garnering applause. The moment that Elsa lets her cloak go and it goes sailing up to the rafters has been known to invoke applause as well.
WTH, Costuming Department?: Some people were displeased when Elsa changed from her iconic ice dress to a new outfit in "Monster" to the end of the show. In the Denver production, the new outfit was a white dress, but was replaced by the Broadway debut with yet another outfit, this one involving pants. While the latter costume appeared more popular than the white dress, some fans were still baffled by the choice to put in a costume change at all at that point in the story.

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