--- title: Orange Is the New Black Frozen Mashup: Disney Princesses in Prison description: It includes not ONE performance of 'Let It Go' canonical: https://time.com/2969889/frozen-oitnb-mashup/ author: Samantha Grossman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-07-09T17:27:27.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:11:31.588Z og:title: Watch a Very Entertaining Mashup of Frozen and Orange Is the New Black og:description: Your favorite Disney princesses reimagined as inmates og:url: https://time.com/2969889/frozen-oitnb-mashup/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte49b905bcfe12299/69869b09f983e7734d04ebd3/screen-shot-2014-07-09-at-12-09-15-pm.png?branch=production&width=918&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 918 og:image:height: 516 og:image:alt: Screen Shot 2014-07-09 at 12.09.15 PM og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch a Very Entertaining Mashup of Frozen and Orange Is the New Black twitter:description: Your favorite Disney princesses reimagined as inmates twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte49b905bcfe12299/69869b09f983e7734d04ebd3/screen-shot-2014-07-09-at-12-09-15-pm.png?branch=production&width=918&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Princesses in Prison: Watch a Very Entertaining Mashup of _Frozen_ and _Orange Is the New Black_ > Sponsored content. 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