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A guest on "Fox and Friends" on Wednesday had a beef withDisney's "Frozen," saying it isan example of films that empower women at the expense of men.

"Hollywood in general has often sent the message that men are superfluous, that they're stupid, that they're in the way, that if they contribute anything to a family, it's a paycheck," Penny Young Nance, president and CEO of Concerned Women for America, said on the show. You can watch the full segment here:

Full disclosure: Other than a few minutesI was subjected to over Thanksgiving, I've never seen "Frozen."But a lot of people have.

The film (which notably is now 15 months old) contributed to Wednesday's news that Disney beat Wall Street's quarterly profits estimates, with stronghome entertainment and holiday toy sales,according to Reuters. And last week, the "Frozen"soundtrack sold more copies than albums by Nick Jonas, Luke Bryan, and Iggy Azaleadid. Unsurprisingly,there's a sequel in the works. This is ajuggernaut of a film.

Part of its drawis that it deviatesfrom the traditionalDisney princess storyline of a young woman being rescued by a knight in shining armor. Other hit films like the "Hunger Games" series and "Divergent," with female heroes, have also found success. But Nance says some of these films are unfair to men.

"The message is that we want to empower women But we don't haveto empower women at the cost of tearing down men,"shesaid.

Worth noting in all of this: Hollywood is already very male-dominated, with lots of male heroes in movies directed by male directors. Just look at the 2015 Oscar nominations.

Similar to Mike Huckabee going after Beyonce, this seems a curious choice of adversaries in the culture wars.

Hunter Schwarz covers state and local politics and policy across the country for the Washington Post.

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The Fix: Fox News guest says Frozen makes men look like villains and fools. Welcome to the new culture wars.

A guest on "Fox and Friends" on Wednesday had a beef withDisney's "Frozen," saying it isan example of films that empower women at the expense of men.

"Hollywood in general has often sent the message that men are superfluous, that they're stupid, that they're in the way, that if they contribute anything to a family, it's a paycheck," Penny Young Nance, president and CEO of Concerned Women for America, said on the show. You can watch the full segment here:

Full disclosure: Other than a few minutesI was subjected to over Thanksgiving, I've never seen "Frozen."But a lot of people have.

The film (which notably is now 15 months old) contributed to Wednesday's news that Disney beat Wall Street's quarterly profits estimates, with stronghome entertainment and holiday toy sales,according to Reuters. And last week, the "Frozen"soundtrack sold more copies than albums by Nick Jonas, Luke Bryan, and Iggy Azaleadid. Unsurprisingly,there's a sequel in the works. This is ajuggernaut of a film.

Part of its drawis that it deviatesfrom the traditionalDisney princess storyline of a young woman being rescued by a knight in shining armor. Other hit films like the "Hunger Games" series and "Divergent," with female heroes, have also found success. But Nance says some of these films are unfair to men.

"The message is that we want to empower women But we don't haveto empower women at the cost of tearing down men,"shesaid.

Worth noting in all of this: Hollywood is already very male-dominated, with lots of male heroes in movies directed by male directors. Just look at the 2015 Oscar nominations.

Similar to Mike Huckabee going after Beyonce, this seems a curious choice of adversaries in the culture wars.

Hunter Schwarz covers state and local politics and policy across the country for the Washington Post.

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Fox News guest says Frozen makes men look like villains and fools. Welcome to the new culture wars.

An image from "Dear White People," which will screen at the Flint Institute of Arts Feb. 6, 7, and 8, 2015. Courtesy

FLINT, MI -- A "smart social satire" about race and college culture wars, "Dear White People"will be screened Feb. 6-8intheFriends of Modern Art film series at the Flint Institute of Arts, according to a recent release from the FIA.

Written and directed by Justin Simien, the film follows the lives of four African-American students at a fictional Ivy League-level school where controversy breaks out over a popular Halloween blackface party thrown by white students.

"Dear White People" earned Independent Spirit Award nominations for best first feature and best first screenplay.

The film "talks about race with strong feeling, common sense and good humor," writes the online review site The Playlist.

Tyler James Williams ("Everybody Hates Chris") and Tessa Thompson ("Selma") head the cast.

"Dear White People"(108 minutes, rated R)willbe shown at7:30 p.m.Friday,Feb. 6,and Saturday,Feb. 7,and 2 p.m. Sunday,Feb. 8 in theFIA Theater.Admission is$5 for FIA members, $6 for non-members and $4 for FOMAmembers, with tickets available at the door. The museum is at 1120 E. Kearsley St.For more informationcall 810-234-1695 or visit flintarts.org.

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Need evidence there's no clear path to the Republican presidential nomination? Consider the competing messages some likely candidates delivered on Sunday's talk shows.

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, relatively inexperienced on foreign policy, and Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, a veteran on the issue, appeared open to sending U.S. ground forces take on Islamic State militants. At the same time, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee was trying to win voters by likening being gay to using alcohol or profanity.

Each approach could ultimately prove successful; both highlight the challenge for the crowded field of potential contenders to stitch together a winning coalition of national security hawks, evangelicals, social conservatives, business leaders and moderates who make up the modern Republican Party.

As the 2016 campaign is beginning to gel, each prospective candidate is testing appeals to voters and, perhaps more important at this early stage, donors. No one has taken the formal step of becoming a candidate, yet all are trying to hone a message.

Take Walker, who has garnered increased interest among the party's conservatives. He delivered a well-received speech to Iowa conservatives last weekend.

The Iowa Poll, conducted last week for The Des Moines Register and Bloomberg Politics, showed Walker atop the list of potential candidates but statistically even with Huckabee, Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky and 2012 nominee Mitt Romney when likely caucus goers were asked their top choice for president. The poll was taken before Romney announced he was not running.

That only has increased the unsettled nature of the campaign.

Walker spent his weekend in Washington, wooing party leaders and recruiting aides to a likely campaign. In remarks on Friday and then again on Sunday Walker was seeking to cast himself as more than just a Midwestern governor who rolled back unions' bargaining rights.

"We need to take the fight to ISIS and any other radical Islamic terrorist in and around the world," Walker said Sunday.

Pushed on how he would combat the Islamic State militants, Walker could only say, "We have to be prepared to put boots on the ground if that's what it takes."

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