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The Business

Two Women Who Made 'Frozen' a Modern Disney Classic

Subverting Disney princess clichés, writing the song "Let it Go," and other tales of creating "Frozen."

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    By Kim Masters • Jan 18, 2014 • 29m Listen

    Frozen's writer/director Jennifer Lee and songwriter Kristen Anderson-Lopez talk with Kim Masters about the backstory behind the creation of this new Disney classic. One 'aha' moment came when Anderson-Lopez, writing with her husband, Bobby Lopez (Book of Mormon, Avenue Q), wrote the song Let it Go. Lee discusses how that anthem crystallized the movie for everyone at the studio and how she rewrote the script because of it.

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      Kim Masters

      partner/writer at Puck News, host of KCRW's “The Business.”

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