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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.