“Do you think she’s okay?” she whispered.
We were at a movie theater for a screening of Frozen 2 for our son’s friend’s birthday. I had just settled back into the red recliner at the rear of the movie theater after bringing three party attendees – my son among them – to the bathroom. It had taken some small extra effort to sit back down without disturbing the two bags of theater popcorn and the Ziploc bag of candy we had brought with us but I had managed it. I returned my attention to the screen just in time to see Elsa grappling underwater with the Water Spirit who had taken the form of a horse – a sea horse, if you will.
We had known that Frozen 2 was supposed to be darker than the first movie but this was a difficult moment. Elsa was in mortal peril and, while I wasn’t the least bit worried about our seven-year-old son’s reaction, our three-year-old daughter had insisted on sitting in the second row with the birthday girl’s eleven-year-old sister instead of with us and she might be having more difficulty with the intensity of the scene.
I rose from my seat and ran, bent at the waist so as not to block too many people’s views, down the aisle to S’s seat.
“Are you okay? Is this scaring you?” I asked.
She smiled widely.
“This is my favorite!” she said.
I made my way back to my seat, sat back down gingerly and leaned over to T.
“She’s fine,” I said. Continue reading “Why Men Should See Frozen 2”