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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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      Hollywood News Banter

      John Horn (LA Times) and Michael Schneider (TV Guide, The Spin-off) join Kim Masters to discuss top entertainment news stories of the week. - Looking at the Oscar nominations under a microscope. - Report from TCA's: Will pilot season as we know it finally die?

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      How 'Frozen' Became a Modern Disney Classic

      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. For years the film had been in development at the studio but many were stumped as to how to adapt the story of Hans Christian Anderson's Snow Queen to the screen.

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      Kim Masters

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

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      John Horn

      Los Angeles Times

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      Darby Maloney

      Producer

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      Hollywood News Banter

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      How 'Frozen' Became a Modern Disney Classic

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