Posted on 07/17/2023 9:35:14 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Disney seems hellbent on destroying its brand as the entertainment giant moves away from the family-friendly products that made it a trusted household name.
The latest example to support that assertion is a live-action remake of Snow White that features a Hispanic actress playing Snow White and replaces the famous seven dwarves with a diverse cast of “magical creatures,” of which only one is a dwarf. And if that’s not woke enough for you, Prince Charming gets the boot, too.
“Welcome to some of the first images from Disney’s live action remake of Snow White and her DEI Dwarfs. Snow White is played by a Hispanic actress and there’s only one dwarf and 6 full [grown] adults,” tweeted Turning Point USA’s Charlie Kirk. “Disney says it’s taking the casting of the film in a ‘new direction’ to ‘avoid reinforcing stereotypes.’ Disney has lost $900 million at the box office on recent films, and something tells me that figure is only going to worse. Snow White is set to release in March 2024.”
Welcome to some of the first images from Disney’s live action remake of Snow White and her DEI Dwarfs. Snow White is played by a Hispanic actress and there’s only one dwarf and 6 full gown adults. Disney says it’s taking the casting of the film in a “new direction” to “avoid reinforcing stereotypes.”
Disney has lost $900 million at the box office on recent films, and something tells me that figure is only going to worse.
Snow White is set to release in March 2024.
pic.twitter.com/sqiRHkyf97— Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) July 14, 2023
Snow White will be played by Rachel Zeglar, of Colombian descent — she played Maria in Steven Spielberg’s film adaptation of “West Side Story.” She said the story needed “refreshing.”
“People are making these jokes about ours being the PC Snow White… yeah, it is — because it needed that,” Zeglar said, according to the Daily Mail. “Our version is a refreshing story about a young woman who has a function beyond Someday My Prince Will Come.”
The British newspaper reported that the adaptation “will not feature a Prince Charming and will instead focus on a ‘stronger’ Snow White who dreams of becoming a leader.”
Disney announced that ‘magical creatures’ would replace the seven dwarves to ‘avoid reinforcing stereotypes’ after Game of Thrones actor Peter Dinklage, who has a common form of dwarfism called achondroplasia, is being linked to the “magical creatures” addition after he criticized the “f**king backwards story” last year.
“I was a little taken aback when they [Disney] were very proud to cast a Latina actress as Snow White, but you’re still telling the story of Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs,” he said on Mark Maron’s WTF podcast. “It makes no sense to me. You’re progressive in one way and you’re still making that f**king backwards story about seven dwarfs living in a cave together, what the f**k are you doing, man? Have I done nothing to advance the cause from my soapbox? I guess I’m not loud enough.”
Former GOP congressional candidate Robby Starbuck was not impressed, tweeting: “Meet the cast of Disney’s new woke Snow White film. Snow White is Columbian now and the 7 dwarves look more like the 6 normal sized hipster pedos and 1 dwarf from Portland. Snow White no longer has ‘skin white as snow’. Absolutely ridiculous.”
Meet the cast of Disney’s new woke Snow White film. Snow White is Columbian now and the 7 dwarves look more like the 6 normal sized hipster pedos and 1 dwarf from Portland. Snow White no longer has “skin white as snow”. Absolutely ridiculous.
pic.twitter.com/DKZInYty89— Robby Starbuck (@robbystarbuck) July 14, 2023
He was far from alone in his take on the remake… here’s a quick sampling of other responses to the story from Twitter:
Disney’s live action remake of Snow White and the Seven Dwarves looks like another woke mess. Compare it to the original.
pic.twitter.com/TU0xUihpJ9— Ian Miles Cheong (@stillgray) July 14, 2023
New diverse Snow White & the 7 Dwarfs movie only has 1 dwarf and Snow White is Hispanic. Disney says they want to “avoid reinforcing stereotypes.”
Disney lost $900 million dollars on their last 8 releases.
Guess they’re not done losing $ yet…
pic.twitter.com/xxJiWNVWGi— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) July 14, 2023
EXCLUSIVE: Snow White and the Seven… Politically-Correct Companions? First pictures of new Disney live-action remake show princess walking with diverse band of merry men and women after row over using dwarf actors. This is yet another example of the Marxist racialist attack on…
— Tom Fitton (@TomFitton) July 14, 2023
I must disagree. There is no such thing as a “bad” Snow White porno pic.twitter.com/uOWFfs8r3G
— Alex Berenson (@AlexBerenson) July 14, 2023
All identify as dwarves, no doubt
— Scratch Off (@catturdshouse) July 14, 2023
For reference I had to go to my children’s folk tale book.
pic.twitter.com/NNOZ8Mp0oc— Daniel F. Monroe (@USArmyOfficer) July 14, 2023
I got a kick out of those names you gave them. Snow White should steer clear of them.
The Korean version of CINDERELLA is one of my favorites and delightful!
There are at least TWO different Italian versions.
There's a well known French one!
There are several different American Indian versions of it as well.
There are even a few CINDERELLA type stories where the lead character are......BOYS!
There are wonderful fairy tales from all over the world, which could be made with a stupid "DEI" cast, but nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo...WOKSTERS have to ruin the German SNOW WHITE, for NO good reason at all!
There is EVERYTHING POSSIBLE WRONG with what they did to this beloved fairy tale!
Many thanks; much appreciated! ;^)
That part is fine. Except they're dressing her up as Little Red Riding Hood.
Disney makes sh*t
People don’t watch it
Disney says “you didn’t watch my sh*t? You must be racist.”
People watch even less
Disney chills out for a while, return to first line
Here’s more PC run amok: The school system refuses to teach Algebra I in middle school, because the students qualifying for it are overwhelmingly white and Asian. They say the only way to lessen the achievement gap is to purposely keep those students down.
It is going to bomb SO bad. March can’t come fast enough.
The character has that name because in the original tale she has very pale skin. If the name of the character were Princess Maria Sanchez, do you think the folks at Disney would be cool with casting a white girl to play the part?
Unless the female lead had skin as white as snow (where the actual character’s name is derived) she should not be playing Snow White.
Snow Brown doesn’t cut it.
Sorry, I’m a little miffed over this; can I cry cultural appropriation?
My mother, as a young woman, bore a striking resemblance to the fictitious Snow White. Dark rich hair, porcelain skin, full, red lips. She was quite beautiful and had an operatic voice that would enthrall anyone lucky enough to hear her sing. When she sang, “I’m Wishing” and trilled her voice, I was there, with her, in the moment.
Aren’t there any white girls like my mom around to play the part?
What’s next? Are they going to change Hawthorne’s Hester Prynne to Chester Prynne and have a gay 3-way between him, Dimmesdale, and Chillingworth?
Stop with this woke crap, Disney.
> If the name of the character were Princess Maria Sanchez, do you think the folks at Disney would be cool with casting a white girl to play the part? <
Ha! Fair point. This “cultural appropriation” stuff goes one way only.
I would, of course, prefer that it not be an issue at all.
Cast whomever you want. But it should be based on financial considerations only. Which actress would bring in the most ticket revenue?
Was casting a Latina as Snow White based on that? Probably not, but you never know. Shaking up an old classic might bring in new interest.
That has to be the stupidest idea ever conceived.
Trying to “avoid stereotypes”? Oh, like the idea that dwarves are for the most part hard-working, kindly people with diverse individual personalities? Yeah, we can’t have that.
Do you have any children, grandchildren?
Did you even bother to read my detailed post about world wide fairy tales? If so, did you fail to understand what I wrote in plain English?
Disney already RUINED THE FROG PRINCE and THE LITTLE MERMAID...wasn't THAT enough?
WHY ARE YOU FINE WITH CULTURAL APPROPREATIONS AND WOKE CRAP?
Why not make SNOW WHITE a black trannie with full biological male genitalia, who speaks only ebonics and and is a pedophile? Are you okay with that?
In Germanic mythology, that goes back millennia, dwarves are indeed "magical creatures" and NOT human beings who have drawfism!
There are cultural reasons as to WHY they work in a mine!
Would you be fine with the ORIGINAL tales, that were meant for ONLY adults, which contain quite a few SEXUAL and sometime LURID sex scenes, being made and shown to children?
Please stop being so "everything is fine and dandy" vis-a-vis the wiping out of European culture!
Do you want to have a decent conversation? Or do you just want to hurl insults and sarcasm at me? I’m not sure. So I will no longer converse with you on this topic.
And that might be a pity. When the conversation is civil, I often learn something new.
Snow White is one of the few characters whose features are described. She’s a pretty actress, but her skin isn’t as white as snow. However, more importantly, little people, aka dwarves, have very few roles in stage and screen, and now Disney has just given most of those few to non-little people, not to mention dropping Prince Charming’s role.
Coal Black and de Sebben Dwarfs on YouTube. An old Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies cartoon done by Bob Clampett, no less.
I took the time and effort to write to you a condensed version of historically factual information about fairy tales, which you ignored completely. I even gave you specific details about several different fairy tales, which Disney could have used, that are racially and ethnically and sexually diverse.
I didn't call you names, I didn't insult you in any post, nor have I been sarcastic.
Ignore this post, I won't mind in the least!
But hopefully others, less sensitive, will have enjoyed learning factual info from my postings TO you.
That’s actually a GREAT cartoon!
I might have actually paid money to see that, LOL!
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