A blizzard here, an ice-storm there. Slush on the streets and piles of snow at every turn. This winter, the weather in the Tri-State area has been anything but mild. While many of us may be inclined to blame God or the meteorologists for the recent frigid months, the real culprit lurks behind Disney’s innocent name. Yes, in a new film that is funny and touching for all ages, Disney has managed to capture audiences with the tale of Frozen. But the night Frozen won the Academy Award for Best Animated Film, meteorologists began predicting snow all across the Tri-State area. Coincidence? I think not! Ever since the major success of Disney’s latest animated musical hit, the snow has been coming down and, well, making roads “frozen” everywhere.
If you’ve been living under a pile of snow this winter, Frozen is about two princess sisters, Elsa and Anna. Elsa has the magical power to turn everything she touches into snow, while Anna has no powers of her own and is trying to determine why her sister seems so distant from her. When Arendelle, the fictional city that Elsa and Anna live in, turns into a winter wonderland due to Elsa’s powers, Anna along with two friends she makes along the way, Kristoff and Olaf, try to save not only her kingdom, but the relationship she has with her sister.
Like the plagued Arendelle, cities in the Tri-State area have not experienced so much snow in many years and people are thinking that the success of the film is the culprit. Is Disney even cleverer than we think? Disney after all is one of the most powerful companies in the world– if they had the power to control the weather in their favor to boost ticket sales, wouldn’t they? Frozen has already grossed one billion dollars and has exceeded The Lion King as the highest grossing animated Disney film. Too bad Disney didn’t think to change the climate to that of a sweltering desert for The Lion King’s release — who knows how much money Disney would have made?! Everyone would have been rushing to the air-conditioned movie theaters, faster than someone could say “Hakuna Matata.”
During those months that the movie has been in theater, November through February, there has been an exceedingly high percentage of snow for the winter. Of course this is all speculation, but if anyone could magically change the weather in their favor, Disney could definitely do it. After all, isn’t Disney the company that is supposed to make dreams come true?