Posted on 01/26/2022 9:10:21 AM PST by RummyChick
A Paralympic swimmer who has a common form of dwarfism called achondroplasia has defended Disney's remake of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs - after Peter Dinklage blasted it as 'backward'.
Will Perry, 21, from Northamptonshire, appeared on ITV's Good Morning Britain today to discuss whether the studio's live-action production - which is in its third year of development - should be cancelled to avoid reinforcing stereotypes.
Game of Thrones star Dinklage criticised Disney for remaking the 1937 film - which sees the comic dwarf characters living in a cave together - questioning: 'Have I done nothing to advance the cause from my soap box? I guess I’m not loud enough.'
In response, the American company said it is ‘taking a different approach’ with Snow White’s seven companions and has been consulting with members of the dwarfism community throughout the early stages of production.
Will said he welcomes Disney's consultation, and admitted certain aspects of the film, such as its name and the little people's home could be tweaked, but insisted the 'much loved fairy tale' shouldn't be 'cancelled'.
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Quit abbreviating the source. Spell it out - in full.
Peter Dinkage shows the world he indeed is a small man.
Dude should have used a taller soap box. Someone toss him a banana.
Exactly, I thought we were supposed to accept and celebrate those who are different, not hide them!
I thought the Snow White character would be the one dropped.
Dwarves are a people group, they are not sufferers of “dwarfism”.
He is equating his physical malady with their unreal existence as a fictional group. Tolkien would be horrified and flabbergasted at such an equation.
Dinkage exposes his Shrinkage.
But claims he just got out of the pool.
Peter Dinklage? Did his parents hate him or something?
Chip the glasses, crack the plates, That’s what Bilbo Baggins hates!
Since you brought up Tolkien, and dwarves.
Problem is that Dizzyland will remake it in woke mode.
Ok.
You’re an elf.
I don’t equate Disney dwarves or Tolkien dwarves with people like Peter Dinklage. The Snow White dwarves are probably derived from old Norse mythology, as are the Tolkien dwarves, and it’s clear that these mythical dwarves were not human but a completely separate race with different origins than humans. This is just another opportunity for some segment of Western society to get upset about irrelevant trivia.
Ah, yes, the moral virtues of someone who starred in a show that's a porno. No exploitation or objectification there, eh Peter?
He’ probably right. The modern version would be a woke suck-fest. And the prince kissing her to wake he up would be cast as rapey.
Perhaps something a little more woke, like "Snow Racist and the Seven Vertically Challenged Transgendered Lesbians"?
I like him as an actor but I found it funny that he MUST stand on a soap box...
Well true, but Hollywood is filled with people who want to defile everything. He acted in a raunchy adult TV show. But at least he sees there are some things that ought to be left alone.
Well true, but Hollywood is filled with people who want to defile everything. He acted in a raunchy adult TV show. But at least he sees there are some things that ought to be left alone.
Peter Dinklage creeps me out- he looks evil.
His face is just mean.
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