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   From: no_offline_contact@example.com   
      
   On 2023-08-23 6:52 PM, Ubiquitous wrote:   
   > This is stupid.   
   >   
   > The original version of “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” was one of   
   > the most classic films of all time. It was the first full-length   
   > traditionally animated film. Its premiere in December 1937 received a   
   > standing ovation with many major Hollywood stars in attendance. Over   
   > 30,000 fans gathered outside the theater just to be a part of the   
   > event.   
   >   
   > And now, Disney is making a live-action version, starring Rachel   
   > Zegler. She’s playing “Snow Diversity;” we can’t see Snow White   
   anymore   
   > because that would be racist, you see. Tiana from Disney’s “The   
   > Princess and the Frog” must remain a black princess forever, but Snow   
   > White cannot be a white princess, even if her literal name is Snow   
   > White because _she has skin as white as snow_. That is the actual line   
   > in the movie. I didn’t make it up. That’s just what the fairy tale is.   
   > It’s not called any other color. It’s called Snow White.   
   >   
   > But Zegler apparently feels the necessity to crap on the myth and crap   
   > on the original movie. Over the weekend she argued the Prince in Snow   
   > White is actually the bad guy. Here’s what Zegler said:   
   >   
   >          I mean, you know, the original cartoon came out in 1937, and   
   >          very evidently so. There’s a big focus on her love story with   
   >          a guy who literally stalks her. Weird! Weird. So we didn’t do   
   >          that this time. We have a different approach to what I’m sure   
   >          a lot of people will assume is a love story just because, like   
   >          we cast a guy in the movie …  It’s one of those things that I   
   >          think everyone’s going to have their assumptions about what   
   >          it’s actually going to be, but it’s really not about the love   
   >          story at all, which is really, really wonderful.   
   >   
   > “Not about the love story.” It is “wonderful.” Love is superbad.   
   It’s   
   > superbad and the Prince is a creepy “stalker.” Did you know that? You   
   > probably didn’t, because if you watch the original movie, you’ll   
   > remember Snow White standing above a well and singing a song where she   
   > says that she wishes for the one she loves to find her _that same day_.   
   > The Prince, standing nearby, responds by finishing her song, which   
   > apparently means he is a creepy “stalker.”   
   >   
   > You know what would be better? If he just left her to be dead. She was   
   > lying on the bier with glass over her; she was pretty well-preserved.   
   > He should have just left her alone, and she would have been dead and   
   > everyone would be happy. Not so happy because she’s dead, but he _is_ a   
   > creepy stalker, according to Zegler, so perhaps it would have been   
   > better if she had bitten the poisoned apple and died. That way, she’d   
   > never have been kissed and then she’d be dead.   
   >   
   > You know who else would be dead? Sleeping Beauty. She’d _still_ be   
   > dead. In fact, there’s a bunch of princesses who would still be dead if   
   > we just abided by #MeToo.   
   >   
   > Apparently, even when a woman is in love with a man and even when they   
   > want to be together, the worst thing that could possibly happen is for   
   > him to kiss her while she is dead, to wake her up from being dead.   
   > That’s the worst thing you could do in a myth. The best thing probably   
   > would have been for him to come along and just bury her.   
   >   
   > But at least the new version is not going to be about love.   
   >   
   > Honestly, what is Disney doing? What are they doing? They’re so high on   
   > their own supply. It is insane. What do they think the market is for   
   > this?   
   >   
   > Who are the parents who will say, “I’m desperate to bring my child to a   
   > movie that is not about Snow White, but is in fact about a self-   
   > empowered woman, just like ‘Atomic Blonde’ but for children?”   
   >   
   > Disney. Geniuses.   
   >   
      
   It's going to be absolutely hilarious when this film tanks at the box   
   office because the publicity put out by its star absolutely sours   
   everyone on the film. Disney will be out gazillions of dollars and   
   Zeglar will be struggling to find work doing bad commercials.   
      
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