In this weekend’s Saturday Night Live, hosted by the Houston Texans’ J.J. Watt, Frozen 2 was the target of parody as everything from Elsa’s sexuality to the franchise’s whitewashing controversy became fair game.
In the sketch — featuring Kate McKinnon as Elsa, Cecily Strong as Anna, Watt as Kristoff, and Kyle Mooney as Olaf — Frozen 2’s “Deleted Scenes” were sampled. Here’s the portion of the sketch that SNL posted to Twitter…
Frozen 2: Deleted Scenes #SNL pic.twitter.com/cdiZqbTNyk
— Saturday Night Live – SNL (@nbcsnl) February 2, 2020
Despite not being as wildly praised as the first film, Frozen 2 became the highest-grossing animated film of all time, bringing in $1.325 billion at the global box office.
Frozen 2 was also the sixth Disney film to cross the billion dollar mark in 2019.
Here’s a quick rundown of every Disney and Pixar movie on the way (or in the works).
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Source: IGN.com SNL Delivered Frozen 2's 'Deleted Scenes'