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"content": "\u003cp>In this election cycle, Chelsea Clinton has kept busy on the campaign trail. She’s been to \u003ca href=\"http://wncn.com/2016/09/14/chelsea-clinton-visits-raleigh-speaks-on-women-in-technology/\">Raleigh to cover women and tech\u003c/a>, then \u003ca href=\"http://radio.wosu.org/post/chelsea-clinton-will-campaign-columbus-her-mothers-behalf\">Columbus to talk about millennials\u003c/a>. Through it all, she looks happy, dressed in her trademark chic style with sleek locks that, for a certain generation of women, bring to mind what isn’t there: the boisterous curls of her youth.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I first remember seeing Chelsea Clinton at the 1992 Democratic National Convention, where she \u003ca href=\"http://assets.nydailynews.com/polopoly_fs/1.2279545.1435863922!/img/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/article_750/bill-clinton-hillary-rodham-clinton-chelsea-clinton.jpg\">wore a sailor dress\u003c/a>, white with blue piping. She was 12 years old. 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(Photo: JOYCE NALTCHAYAN/AFP/Getty Images)\" width=\"800\" height=\"616\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/10/GettyImages-51535435-800x616.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/10/GettyImages-51535435-400x308.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/10/GettyImages-51535435-768x591.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/10/GettyImages-51535435-1440x1109.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/10/GettyImages-51535435-1920x1479.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/10/GettyImages-51535435-1180x909.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/10/GettyImages-51535435-960x739.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/10/GettyImages-51535435.jpg 2040w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chelsea serving curls with a side of side-eye. \u003ccite>(JOYCE NALTCHAYAN/AFP/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In my Republican, evangelical Christian home, the Clintons were not celebrated, though never vilified (we were a \u003cem>PBS NewsHour\u003c/em> family in those idyllic days before Fox News). The same could not be said for our local megachurch. I once overheard a member of my parent’s bible study saying he felt sorry for the White House’s dog: “They should put that Chelsea down!” It took decades for me to learn \u003ca href=\"http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2124301/Chelsea-Clinton-tells-Rush-Limbaugh-fun-looks-13-comparing-dog.html\">that lovely bon mot originated with Rush Limbaugh\u003c/a> and not the gentleman who volunteered in the church’s youth group.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After that, I wore my hair in a tight, slicked-back bun, a look that was not particularly flattering but at least wasn’t so up-for-debate. I slumped in oversized clothing and obsessed over my bad skin and crooked teeth. Then Blind Melon’s “No Rain” video came out and my chosen look went from bland-but-safe to 100% deadly when paired with my chubby face and thick glasses. I looked so much like the girl in the video, kids at school would come up and \"dance\" in front of me while pointing and laughing. Fun times.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qVPNONdF58\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Watching this year's DNC, those memories flooded back. I asked my friends on Facebook if they remembered Chelsea's experience in the media the same way I did. I didn’t anticipate that so many people from all walks of life and political persuasions would answer, \u003ci>Yes, I remember, and it was horrible\u003c/i>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\"I was my most awkward at the same time and was teased mercilessly in school. [The media treatment of Chelsea] did a number on my confidence for sure. My battles with depression started at that age. My English teacher made fun of her. It was so disheartening to hear that as a girl.\"\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\"I was maybe 8, and the media called her a dog a lot. Like she was supposed to be a super attractive teen. I also had curly hair then and it kinda stuck.\"\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\"It mattered a lot to me that she was attacked for her looks. She looked like me! It was the first moment I really identified myself as a feminist and that hasn't changed.\"\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\"I remember her in my prom edition of \u003cem>Seventeen\u003c/em>. Several designers sketched dresses for her. I remember one of them said, 'Let your hair fly, you're a Democrat!' I thought that was so awesome; I still remember it nearly 20 years later!\"\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\"I sent her a letter when I was a kid, telling her that I didn't like the mean people, and that I loved her curly hair.\"\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Chelsea hasn't been caught curly since the early 2000s. Even now, for many women, taming your curls is considered a mark that you’ve arrived and you’ll play the game by the rules.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_40232\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/10/GettyImages-584445728.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-40232\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/10/GettyImages-584445728-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"PHILADELPHIA, PA - JULY 28: Chelsea Clinton arrives on stage to introduces her mother, Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, on the fourth day of the Democratic National Convention at the Wells Fargo Center, July 28, 2016 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton received the number of votes needed to secure the party's nomination. An estimated 50,000 people are expected in Philadelphia, including hundreds of protesters and members of the media. The four-day Democratic National Convention kicked off July 25.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/10/GettyImages-584445728-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/10/GettyImages-584445728-400x267.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/10/GettyImages-584445728-768x512.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/10/GettyImages-584445728-1440x960.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/10/GettyImages-584445728-1920x1280.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/10/GettyImages-584445728-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/10/GettyImages-584445728-960x640.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chelsea Clinton at the 2016 Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia. \u003ccite>(Alex Wong/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Chelsea's current sleek style has been praised as mature and polished, the message being that curly hair is for women who don't want to be taken seriously, women who are sloppy, wild, and childish. Let's not forget that curly hair is also \"ethnic\" hair; the straighter the hair (and the blonder the hair), the whiter the woman beneath it \u003ca href=\"http://www.slate.com/blogs/xx_factor/2016/08/25/why_are_female_ceos_and_senators_disproportionately_blond_blame_sexism.html\">and the more likely she'll get to a position of power.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a \u003ca href=\"http://www.elle.com/culture/celebrities/news/a27707/chelsea-clinton-may-2015/\">2015 interview with \u003cem>Elle\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, Clinton talked about her curls leaving her in her twenties. \"I don't know if [my curls] got tired of me, but [they] slowly subsided, and so now it's naturally a little bit wavy but... I miss my curls.\" (It happens. Mine are nowhere near as tight as they used to be, though I do start looking like a chrysanthemum if I visit the beach or New Orleans.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the same interview, Clinton also speculated that her daughter may face the same scrutiny she once experienced. \"I'm curious if Charlotte's going to have curly hair... I should apologize to her now.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chelsea Clinton can feel however she wants about her hair or her daughter's future hair. (The woman is already \u003ca href=\"http://www.vogue.com/13477531/chelsea-clinton-first-day-preschool/\">catching grief for having the temerity not to attend Charlotte's first day of school\u003c/a>.) But her comments make me ache for her. I hate that she looks at her child and thinks \u003cem>D\u003c/em>\u003ci>on't look like me,\u003c/i> but I also know how it feels to do just that.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I've looked at my own curly-haired daughter and wondered if she'll be stricken with glasses, frizzy curls and a baby face. But really what I'm wondering is this: Will she be valued for more than her looks as she grows? When we look at our daughters and consider their looks, we may say \u003cem>D\u003c/em>\u003ci>on't look like me\u003c/i>. But what we really mean is \u003cem>D\u003c/em>\u003ci>on't hurt like me\u003c/i>.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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I also had curly hair then and it kinda stuck.\"\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\"It mattered a lot to me that she was attacked for her looks. She looked like me! It was the first moment I really identified myself as a feminist and that hasn't changed.\"\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\"I remember her in my prom edition of \u003cem>Seventeen\u003c/em>. Several designers sketched dresses for her. I remember one of them said, 'Let your hair fly, you're a Democrat!' I thought that was so awesome; I still remember it nearly 20 years later!\"\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\"I sent her a letter when I was a kid, telling her that I didn't like the mean people, and that I loved her curly hair.\"\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Chelsea hasn't been caught curly since the early 2000s. Even now, for many women, taming your curls is considered a mark that you’ve arrived and you’ll play the game by the rules.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_40232\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/10/GettyImages-584445728.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-40232\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/10/GettyImages-584445728-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"PHILADELPHIA, PA - JULY 28: Chelsea Clinton arrives on stage to introduces her mother, Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, on the fourth day of the Democratic National Convention at the Wells Fargo Center, July 28, 2016 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton received the number of votes needed to secure the party's nomination. An estimated 50,000 people are expected in Philadelphia, including hundreds of protesters and members of the media. The four-day Democratic National Convention kicked off July 25.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/10/GettyImages-584445728-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/10/GettyImages-584445728-400x267.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/10/GettyImages-584445728-768x512.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/10/GettyImages-584445728-1440x960.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/10/GettyImages-584445728-1920x1280.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/10/GettyImages-584445728-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/10/GettyImages-584445728-960x640.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chelsea Clinton at the 2016 Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia. \u003ccite>(Alex Wong/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Chelsea's current sleek style has been praised as mature and polished, the message being that curly hair is for women who don't want to be taken seriously, women who are sloppy, wild, and childish. Let's not forget that curly hair is also \"ethnic\" hair; the straighter the hair (and the blonder the hair), the whiter the woman beneath it \u003ca href=\"http://www.slate.com/blogs/xx_factor/2016/08/25/why_are_female_ceos_and_senators_disproportionately_blond_blame_sexism.html\">and the more likely she'll get to a position of power.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a \u003ca href=\"http://www.elle.com/culture/celebrities/news/a27707/chelsea-clinton-may-2015/\">2015 interview with \u003cem>Elle\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, Clinton talked about her curls leaving her in her twenties. \"I don't know if [my curls] got tired of me, but [they] slowly subsided, and so now it's naturally a little bit wavy but... I miss my curls.\" (It happens. Mine are nowhere near as tight as they used to be, though I do start looking like a chrysanthemum if I visit the beach or New Orleans.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the same interview, Clinton also speculated that her daughter may face the same scrutiny she once experienced. \"I'm curious if Charlotte's going to have curly hair... I should apologize to her now.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chelsea Clinton can feel however she wants about her hair or her daughter's future hair. (The woman is already \u003ca href=\"http://www.vogue.com/13477531/chelsea-clinton-first-day-preschool/\">catching grief for having the temerity not to attend Charlotte's first day of school\u003c/a>.) But her comments make me ache for her. I hate that she looks at her child and thinks \u003cem>D\u003c/em>\u003ci>on't look like me,\u003c/i> but I also know how it feels to do just that.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I've looked at my own curly-haired daughter and wondered if she'll be stricken with glasses, frizzy curls and a baby face. But really what I'm wondering is this: Will she be valued for more than her looks as she grows? When we look at our daughters and consider their looks, we may say \u003cem>D\u003c/em>\u003ci>on't look like me\u003c/i>. But what we really mean is \u003cem>D\u003c/em>\u003ci>on't hurt like me\u003c/i>.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">When the much-anticipated \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://disneyland.disney.go.com/entertainment/disney-california-adventure/frozen-live-at-hyperion/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cem>Frozen\u003c/em> stage show \u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">made its debut a few months ago at Disney’s California Adventure, the show also made news\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> for its non-traditional casting (sometimes called integrated or color-blind casting), which does not consider ethnicity or gender when those aspects are not essential to the role. \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Much of the press was positive à la this\u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"http://hellogiggles.com/color-blind-cast-frozen-disneyland/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> happy little news story\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">. However, \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"http://micechat.com/127493-color-blind-casting-frozen-live-hyperion/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">not everyone was pleased\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Objections to non-traditional casting of the show generally come packaged with this type of handwringing:\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-26414\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/06/lovejoy.gif\" alt=\"lovejoy\" width=\"500\" height=\"270\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">A commenter by the name of \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003ca href=\"http://micechat.com/127493-color-blind-casting-frozen-live-hyperion/#comment-2711500445\">rcurrier\u003c/a> had this to say:\u003c/span>\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">While adults (and I include myself in that group) shouldn't have any problem with color-blind casting, children are going to make up a large portion of the audience and they WILL notice color-blind casting and ask questions (and be disappointed that the REAL Elsa wasn't in the show). The lead characters need to be on-model. If Mulan or Tatiana [sic] was portrayed by a white woman, there would be picketers and boycotts and calls for heads to roll. Disneyland is about the fantasy, there isn't any room for the Political Correctness of color-blind casting in Disneyland. If as a director you feel the need, there are plenty of venues other than Disneyland for you to feed your ego.” \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">(Point of order: Mulan, Aladdin and Jasmine are frequently portrayed in the park by actors who are not the race of the characters.\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">)\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">To see how these casting choices affect the children, I gathered up my own child and her cousin and camped out to get Fast Passes to the show. These girls, aged almost-three and almost-four, were born in the midst of all-out \u003cem>Frozen\u003c/em> mania. They know the music; they’ve memorized the film and they’ve got merch on merch on merch. My kid adores this particularly disturbing doll:\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-26420\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/06/IMG_20160609_105530-800x1070.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_20160609_105530\" width=\"800\" height=\"1070\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/06/IMG_20160609_105530-800x1070.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/06/IMG_20160609_105530-400x535.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/06/IMG_20160609_105530-768x1027.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/06/IMG_20160609_105530-1440x1925.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/06/IMG_20160609_105530-1920x2567.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/06/IMG_20160609_105530-1180x1578.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/06/IMG_20160609_105530-960x1283.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Before the show, I asked the girls what they thought the show would be like.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Almost Three:\u003c/strong> I want to see princesses.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Almost Four:\u003c/strong> I hope the princesses look like a birthday kind.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">As the show started, Almost Three yelled out, “Where’s Cinderella?” She was quickly distracted by the appearance of Young Kristoff holding a stuffed reindeer representing Sven. “He has a toy! Mama, he has a TOY!” Check and mate, Disney merchandising team.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Almost Four was scandalized by Young Anna in her nightgown. “Mommy, Anna is \u003c/span>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">naked!\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">” The actress’s brown skin passed her notice completely.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">(For anyone clucking their tongues regarding the girls’ outbursts, please know that we are working to raise Good Citizens of the Theater and they were appropriately shushed each time. There were also a pair of kids playing a game, complete with sound effects, on an iPad right behind us from the moment we were seated to the end of the show.)\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-26419\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/06/IMG_20160608_143943-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_20160608_143943\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/06/IMG_20160608_143943-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/06/IMG_20160608_143943-400x300.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/06/IMG_20160608_143943-768x576.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/06/IMG_20160608_143943-1440x1080.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/06/IMG_20160608_143943-1920x1440.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/06/IMG_20160608_143943-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/06/IMG_20160608_143943-960x720.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">As the show continued, Anna, Elsa and Kristoff became adults. With the layers of costuming, wigs, makeup and lighting effects, it would be difficult for anyone to confidently identify the race of the actors.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">When the adult Sven appeared on stage, the auditorium collectively gasped and both girls cried, “Look! Look! Sven!” The reindeer is shockingly well-rendered, save for the puppeteer’s head jutting out from between the beast’s shoulder blades. The girls were delighted; it made me hyperventilate.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ciframe width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/yhnm4FTZ83U?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen>\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Forget race. If your kid is the type to struggle with suspension of disbelief, the human head sticking out of the reindeer’s back is going to be a hell of a lot more confusing than a woman of color killing it as Elsa.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There were a few technical mishaps in the show, a few missed notes, but it ended with applause and cheers. Outside the theater, kids in Anna and Elsa dresses were dreamy and twirly. After administering much-needed juice boxes and Pirate’s Booty to the girls, we talked about the show.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Mom of Almost Three:\u003c/strong> What happened in the show?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Almost Three:\u003c/strong> I don't know!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Mom of Almost Three:\u003c/strong> Hmm, did they sing “Let It Go”?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Almost Three:\u003c/strong> Yeah... And, and, her blanket flew away—whoosh! It flew away because it was time to play.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Almost Four:\u003c/strong> It was good. I liked it! But Anna and Elsa, I don’t know, their voices? The voices weren’t the same. And they sang different songs. But they did the \u003cem>Frozen\u003c/em> and it was good! And the Duke was so SILLY. He was a chicken monkey! [breaks into lengthy chicken monkey dance]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So there you have it. If you’re worried about the children, you can rest easy.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">When the much-anticipated \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://disneyland.disney.go.com/entertainment/disney-california-adventure/frozen-live-at-hyperion/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cem>Frozen\u003c/em> stage show \u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">made its debut a few months ago at Disney’s California Adventure, the show also made news\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> for its non-traditional casting (sometimes called integrated or color-blind casting), which does not consider ethnicity or gender when those aspects are not essential to the role. \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Much of the press was positive à la this\u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"http://hellogiggles.com/color-blind-cast-frozen-disneyland/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> happy little news story\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">. However, \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"http://micechat.com/127493-color-blind-casting-frozen-live-hyperion/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">not everyone was pleased\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Objections to non-traditional casting of the show generally come packaged with this type of handwringing:\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-26414\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/06/lovejoy.gif\" alt=\"lovejoy\" width=\"500\" height=\"270\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">A commenter by the name of \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003ca href=\"http://micechat.com/127493-color-blind-casting-frozen-live-hyperion/#comment-2711500445\">rcurrier\u003c/a> had this to say:\u003c/span>\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">While adults (and I include myself in that group) shouldn't have any problem with color-blind casting, children are going to make up a large portion of the audience and they WILL notice color-blind casting and ask questions (and be disappointed that the REAL Elsa wasn't in the show). The lead characters need to be on-model. If Mulan or Tatiana [sic] was portrayed by a white woman, there would be picketers and boycotts and calls for heads to roll. Disneyland is about the fantasy, there isn't any room for the Political Correctness of color-blind casting in Disneyland. If as a director you feel the need, there are plenty of venues other than Disneyland for you to feed your ego.” \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">(Point of order: Mulan, Aladdin and Jasmine are frequently portrayed in the park by actors who are not the race of the characters.\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">)\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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My kid adores this particularly disturbing doll:\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-26420\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/06/IMG_20160609_105530-800x1070.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_20160609_105530\" width=\"800\" height=\"1070\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/06/IMG_20160609_105530-800x1070.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/06/IMG_20160609_105530-400x535.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/06/IMG_20160609_105530-768x1027.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/06/IMG_20160609_105530-1440x1925.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/06/IMG_20160609_105530-1920x2567.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/06/IMG_20160609_105530-1180x1578.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/06/IMG_20160609_105530-960x1283.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Before the show, I asked the girls what they thought the show would be like.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Almost Three:\u003c/strong> I want to see princesses.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Almost Four:\u003c/strong> I hope the princesses look like a birthday kind.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">As the show started, Almost Three yelled out, “Where’s Cinderella?” She was quickly distracted by the appearance of Young Kristoff holding a stuffed reindeer representing Sven. “He has a toy! Mama, he has a TOY!” Check and mate, Disney merchandising team.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Almost Four was scandalized by Young Anna in her nightgown. “Mommy, Anna is \u003c/span>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">naked!\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">” The actress’s brown skin passed her notice completely.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">(For anyone clucking their tongues regarding the girls’ outbursts, please know that we are working to raise Good Citizens of the Theater and they were appropriately shushed each time. There were also a pair of kids playing a game, complete with sound effects, on an iPad right behind us from the moment we were seated to the end of the show.)\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-26419\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/06/IMG_20160608_143943-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_20160608_143943\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/06/IMG_20160608_143943-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/06/IMG_20160608_143943-400x300.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/06/IMG_20160608_143943-768x576.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/06/IMG_20160608_143943-1440x1080.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/06/IMG_20160608_143943-1920x1440.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/06/IMG_20160608_143943-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/06/IMG_20160608_143943-960x720.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">As the show continued, Anna, Elsa and Kristoff became adults. With the layers of costuming, wigs, makeup and lighting effects, it would be difficult for anyone to confidently identify the race of the actors.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">When the adult Sven appeared on stage, the auditorium collectively gasped and both girls cried, “Look! Look! Sven!” The reindeer is shockingly well-rendered, save for the puppeteer’s head jutting out from between the beast’s shoulder blades. The girls were delighted; it made me hyperventilate.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ciframe width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/yhnm4FTZ83U?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen>\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Forget race. If your kid is the type to struggle with suspension of disbelief, the human head sticking out of the reindeer’s back is going to be a hell of a lot more confusing than a woman of color killing it as Elsa.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There were a few technical mishaps in the show, a few missed notes, but it ended with applause and cheers. Outside the theater, kids in Anna and Elsa dresses were dreamy and twirly. After administering much-needed juice boxes and Pirate’s Booty to the girls, we talked about the show.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Mom of Almost Three:\u003c/strong> What happened in the show?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Almost Three:\u003c/strong> I don't know!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Mom of Almost Three:\u003c/strong> Hmm, did they sing “Let It Go”?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Almost Three:\u003c/strong> Yeah... And, and, her blanket flew away—whoosh! 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Let’s get one thing straight from the get-go -- Pirates of the Caribbean at Disneyland is a fantastic amusement park ride. After schlepping around Disneyland with the sun beating down on you, feet blistered and sore, senses dulled from the saccharine sweetness of Disney magic, there’s nothing like a 15-minute sit in a bobbing boat, surrounded by cool air and scenes of pirate-y mischief. Fires burn, good men are tortured, and drunkards nap with adorable piggies. 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It’s elegant, it’s witty and it doesn’t make the ride into \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"http://www.disneyfanatic.com/8-facts-pirates-caribbean-ride-thatll-saying-yo-go/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Boy Scouts of the Caribbean\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">. It won’t require the ride to shut down for months or weeks or even a day. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Instead of pretending those pirates are after plastic pies or dull pearls, instead of continuing this narrative that a fat woman is so unlovable that she should welcome being sold into sex-slavery, let’s turn the narrative around completely. Disney ought to \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walt_Disney_Imagineering\">Imagineer\u003c/a> up the biggest, fiercest close-range weapon and place it lovingly into Tiny’s waiting hands. 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It's alright to hoist me colours on the likes of that shy little wench!” \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Throughout his speech, he clutched her stolen undergarments. “Favor, keep a weather eye open, mateys. \u003c/span>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">I be willing to share I be!\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">\" In 1997, the woman was removed and the pirate’s focus turned to another feast of plastic food. In 2006, the barrel reopened but was filled with a greasy-looking Johnny Depp. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">With the Johnny Depp update, Disney makes another attempt to modify this chasing scene by putting jewels into the hands of the women. Now Tiny chases a pirate who clutches a cheap-looking red-velvet jewelry box with a few strands of pearls pouring out. 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