Posted on 03/12/2025 3:31:16 PM PDT by bitt
Walt Disney studio chiefs might be feeling their own brand of flop sweat, as one indicator after another piles up that that company's $300 million bet on a live-action "Snow White" is going down faster than the Titanic if the iceberg had been armed with torpedoes and antiship missiles.
The Mouse House "won’t be rolling out a robust red carpet like it usually does" for a big-budget premiere next week, Variety reported Tuesday. Instead of a parade of movie stars and celebrities vying for attention on the red carpet and all the attendant big media names, the "Snow White" premiere will have its coverage "limited to photographers and a house crew."
Stars Rachel Zegler and Gal Gadot will attend the March 15 pre-party and screening at the El Capitan Theatre, but "the scaled-back plans come amid controversies surrounding the Marc Webb-directed film."
I've covered the remake's problems in several columns over the last two years. There were the ridiculous non-dwarves ("Snow White, One Dwarf, and Six Painfully Diverse Magical Creatures") who were later replaced at great expense with CGI dwarves just back from the Uncanny Valley. And the $100 million worth of reshoots the studio required when the Woke BS leaked (and Zegler was forced to do a brief apology tour). Finally, there was a one-year delay in getting the hot mess into theaters (see the preceding items).
After all that, "Snow White" won't even enjoy a typical launch.
The industry rags provide what cover they can for Disney's multimillion-dollar embarrassment.
"Why Is Disney Burying Snow White?" Gizmodo asked with mock ignorance. "Could Disney possibly be hiding to play it safe amid the current political climate in the U.S., with conservatives easily alarmed by anything perceived to be too 'woke'?"
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Toward sane people... Damm autocorrect.
Woke Disney created a perfect storm with Snow White. Couldn’t happen to a more deserving bunch of fools.
Haven’t read the article, but I’m assuming the lead is actually a drag queen and the ‘snow’ is cocaine.
This project was green lighted when they thought WOKE was permanent. This is NOT Snow White (other then the name) that anyone remembers.
This race swapped Snow White needs no man, needs no romance, as she leads a revolt against the queen overpowering every man she meets. A real girl boss, more skilled (without any training) then any man...Will she succeed?
I’ll go for the MILF... Much prettier and a heck of a lot hotter than Snow Off-white.
Can’t think of any new themes as to ruin a previous classic? An expensive Woke cluster you know what.
They should have named it “An Hispanic girl in 16th Century Germany marries well”.
Ok, she got the “Snow White” role, because she is, um, not white.
But is she also LGBTetcetc?
If not, not qualified.
Only social justice that “plain janes” get the spotlight.
If obese, better yet.
Down with fat shaming!
Considering the ever increasing amount of anti-Semitism exhibited by the Left, I’m not surprised to see this.
Only social justice that “plain janes” get the spotlight.
If obese, better yet.
Down with fat shaming!
Maybe the unemployed marketing team from Bud Light can help them.
500 mil real time flop, secondary damage tbd
Dear me, what an alarmingly condescending query.
Earth to Gizmodo, "alarm" connotes surprise. We're not; we expected this kind of crap out of Disney. "Annoyed" would be more accurate, but you see, we're not willing to part with our money to be annoyed, much less offended. Said offense is the purposeful denigration of high art (the original Snow White) for the mere purpose of fanning juvenile egos at the expense of a culture that took millennia to develop.
Poo on you.
Since casting Hispanic actress Zegler as Snow White, Disney fans have highlighted the woke deviations from the classic fairy tale, from dumping the traditional romance plot because of it's 'sexist', to reimagining the Seven Dwarfs as a diverse group of 'magical creatures' of all heights, gender and race.
She looks like AOC’s kid sister.
Quite the contrary to being alarmed. I will just ignore this movie.
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