All Outputs (3)

“I Can’t Be What You Expect of Me”: Power, Palatability, and Shame in Frozen: The Broadway Musical (2020)
Journal Article

This article combines critical, cultural, and musical analysis to situate Frozen: The Broadway Musical as a distinct work within Disney’s wider franchise. In this article, I consider the evolution of Elsa’s character on stage and the role of addition... Read More about “I Can’t Be What You Expect of Me”: Power, Palatability, and Shame in Frozen: The Broadway Musical.

'Too Darn Hot': Reimagining Kiss Me Kate For The Silver Screen (2019)
Book Chapter

This chapter looks at sexuality in the movie Kiss Me Kate, and it is also viewed through the lens of race. Although the film seems on the surface to be a comparatively faithful adaptation of the stage musical, the chapter highlights that it betrays t... Read More about 'Too Darn Hot': Reimagining Kiss Me Kate For The Silver Screen.

"Friends Of Dorothy": Queerness In and Beyond the MGM Film (2018)
Book Chapter