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|    Leroy N. Soetoro to All    |
|    The woke mob's assault on Snow White and    |
|    20 Jul 23 21:48:31    |
      XPost: alt.politics.socialism.democratic, rec.arts.disney.parks,       talk.politics.guns       XPost: alt.fan.rush-limbaugh, sac.politics, alt.society.liberalism       From: democrat-criminals@mail.house.gov              https://nypost.com/2023/07/17/the-woke-mobs-assault-on-snow-white-and-her-       seven-dwarfs-is-far-worse-than-anything-prince-charming-did-to-her/              “Snow White” used to be a lovely, heart-warming film.              Who could fail to be inspired by the story of a beautiful princess rescued       from the clutches of a wicked stepmother queen by seven kindly dwarfs, and       a life-saving kiss from a handsome prince?              But that was before the joyless woke censorship police got involved to       declare it “problematic.”              What part of it was a problem?              Try all of it!              First, she was called Snow White because her skin was very white, so       obviously, that was branded racist.              Second, the handsome prince didn’t get her consent before delivering the       magical kiss — so in the wake of the #MeToo campaign, he was condemned as       a sexual predator.              Kazue Muta, a Japanese sociology professor and supposed “expert on       workplace sexual harassment,” accused Snow White of promoting “quasi-       compulsive obscene sexual acts on an unconscious partner,” and added: “You       might think I’m ruining the fantasy of it all, but these stories are       promoting sexual violence, and I would like everyone to be aware of it.”              How thoughtful.              But in fact, all I need to be aware of is that when Prince Charming kissed       Snow White, he literally SAVED HER BLOODY LIFE, and they went on to live       happily ever after.              Now, with chilling inevitability, the miserable cancel-culture cops have       come for Snow White’s dwarfs.              Yes, apparently those lovable, hard-working, kind little guys Doc, Sleepy,       Dopey, Grumpy, Happy, Bashful and Sneezy are deeply offensive.              Not just because they’re all male, so that’s obviously disgustingly sexist       and unacceptable, but more pertinently, because the characters are       apparently demeaning to real-life dwarfs.              This claim was first made by the world’s most famous and successful dwarf       actor, Peter Dinklage, who last year accused Disney of being responsible       for “renewing damaging stereotypes” when it announced plans to remake the       1937 movie, saying, “You’re still making that f–king backward story of       seven dwarves living in the cave … what the f–k are you doing, man?”              Disney, who’ve cast a Hispanic woman, Rachel Zegler, as Snow White to       avoid the absurd bogus racism charges, bowed to pressure again, issuing a       statement in response to Dinklage that said: “To avoid reinforcing       stereotypes from the original animated film, we are taking a different       approach with these seven characters and have been consulting with members       of the dwarfism community.”              It turns out this meant abject capitulation to the whim of one man.              Leaked photos from the set last week showed that six of the seven male       cartoon dwarfs have been replaced by human “magical creatures” of “all       sizes, colors, and genders.”              Or rather, there are now six non-dwarfs, and one solitary dwarf.              As an instant firestorm of mockery blew up over the leaked images, panicky       Disney shamefully lied, and said the photos, published by the Daily Mail,       were fake.              Now it’s admitted they’re real, just not “official.”               Whatever.              The truth is that Disney’s once again surrendered to the woke mob and made       itself look weak and ridiculous in the process.               As so often with such politically correct nonsense, many of the supposed       “victims” Disney thinks it’s trying to protect from being exposed to       harmful appropriation are furious.              Not least, other dwarf actors who’ve now missed out on plum jobs in a big       Hollywood movie.              Professional wrestler Dylan Postl, better known by his ring persona       Hornswoggle, accused Dinklage of being “hypocritical” and “selfish.”              He raged: “By being progressive in his mind, he is really doing the       opposite and taking dreams away and potential roles from seven dwarf       actors — I think it’s a shame. It doesn’t make any sense to me that we are       taking one person’s voice for the whole community.”              Postl also pointed out that Dinklage has made millions from playing dwarf       roles in blockbusters like “Game of Thrones” and “Elf.”              “Those cheques cashed just fine,” he said. “He knew what he was getting       himself in for there.”              Of course he did.              But he doesn’t seem to want the same opportunity for other dwarf actors,       and it’s appalling that Disney has let him bully it into submission like       this.              I don’t even understand the suggestion that Snow White’s dwarf characters       are somehow humiliating.              As another dwarf entertainer, comedian Brad Williams, said: “They have       jobs, you know? They got good friends. They got a house. They like to       protect her [Snow White]. They’re diamond miners, so they’re rich. They’re       self-made, wealthy.”              Exactly, so why all the faux offense?              Zegler told Vanity Fair: “People are making these jokes about ours being       the PC Snow White, where it’s like, yeah, it is, because it needed that.       It’s an 85-year-old cartoon, and our version is a refreshing story about a       young woman who has a function beyond ‘Someday My Prince Will Come.’”              Has she not met Meghan Markle?              More seriously, why on Earth would anyone be proud of making a “PC Snow       White”?              There’s nothing, I repeat NOTHING, wrong with the first movie.              It was a terrifically enjoyable fairy tale that showed good triumphing       over evil.              But woke people don’t like escapist fun — in fact, they don’t like fun at       all.              These dreary twerps prefer to scour every second of old films, just as       they do old books or songs, desperately hunting spurious new reasons to       pretend to be outraged.              The result, as one Twitter user scoffed, is “Snow White and the Seven       Diversity Hires.”              And six actor dwarfs have been deprived of lucrative, career-enhancing       work by virtue-signaling wokies trying to “help” them.              Great job, you liberal loons!                     --       We live in a time where intelligent people are being silenced so that       stupid people won't be offended.              Durham Report: The FBI has an integrity problem. It has none.              No collusion - Special Counsel Robert Swan Mueller III, March 2019.       Officially made Nancy Pelosi a two-time impeachment loser.              Thank you for cleaning up the disaster of the 2008-2017 Obama / Biden       fiasco, President Trump.              Under Barack Obama's leadership, the United States of America became the       The World According To Garp. Obama sold out heterosexuals for Hollywood       queer liberal democrat donors.              President Trump boosted the economy, reduced illegal invasions, appointed       dozens of judges and three SCOTUS justices.              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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