news culture After “The Little Mermaid”, a new controversy is in sight for Disney with the real film “Snow White”. Get ready for big drama
Will Disney one day be able to produce a live-action remake without causing controversy? One can really ask oneself…
The Live action remake of Snow White should be out next year, and it is already controversial after the broadcast of the first pictures of filming.
No, Snow White will not have snow white skin.
The worldwide box office success of his remakes, most recently “The Little Mermaid”, has given rise to this Disney will continue its momentum with preparations for the live-action remake of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. As a reminder, this is Disney’s first animated film. Released in 1937… the original film is therefore well dated, and it shows in this remake. Obviously, this new adaptation is not without controversy, especially in terms of choice Leading actress Rachel Zegler. The actress is Colombian, so she has light skin but not “white as snow”. Anyway, When the original story speaks of a young woman with “skin white as snow, hair black as ebony, lips red as blood”.it must be said clearly: It is a poetic freedom. Someone with snow-white skin and blood-red lips, actually probably someone who is very pale because he or she is ill !
But of course, Part of the public cannot avoid taking this sentence at face valueand blame Disney for their casting choices because the actress would not have the right skin color. In response to the criticism, the actress said in a now-deleted tweet: “Yes, I’m Snow White and no, I don’t bleach my skin for the role“. She also defended the idea that the story needed to be “refreshed”, emphasizing a “Stronger” Snow White who aspires to leadership, without necessarily having to be rescued by a prince, who was frankly an empty character in the origin story. This innovative vision of the character has elicited mixed reactions in social networks.
People try to joke that we’re working on a “politically correct” Snow White. I say to them: yes, they are absolutely right. The original cartoon is old. He is 85 years old. We need a new story that doesn’t reduce Snow White to the idea that “her prince” will come one day.
Rachel Zegler, chez Vanity Fair
As for the seven dwarfs… do they need to change their name?
Regarding the Seven Dwarf CharactersThe controversies were not long in coming either. Already last year Peter Dinklage (Tyrion Lannister on Game of Thrones) — who often championed the cause of understated actors and the stereotypes they face in the industry — had already heavily criticized the idea of doing a remake of Snow White :
You’re really going to do that shitty story about seven dwarves living together in a cave again. What the hell are you doing? Did I really not push the matter from my platform?
Disney announced that Dwarves would be replaced by “magical creatures”. to avoid reinforcing stereotypes. However, these changes have been heavily criticized and denounced by some netizens Questioning central elements of the original work. The Daily Mail website recently published images of the shooting. You can see the snow-white double accompanied by a Group of six large people, male and female, and one person much smaller than the others. In fact, there is actually an actor in the group who suffers from dwarfism, Martin Klebba, already seen in Pirates of the Caribbean or The Wolf of Wall Street. He will interpret Grincheux. This group of seven … “magical creatures” (?) is therefore a heterogeneous mix that gives a rather distant picture of what one can imagine from the narrative. Disney clarified that the images shared by the Daily Mail “were not official photos. They have stunt doubles for some of them and neither Rachel Zegler nor Andrew Burnap.” But This casting obviously doesn’t appeal to a large segment of the publicwho finds it bizarre at best, utter failure at worst.
Live-action remakes often draw criticism
It’s important to remember This isn’t the first time Disney has come under fire for its live-action adaptations. In general, these criticisms relate to two areas: Some relate to these films purely discriminatory reasons, such as the controversy over the skin color of actress Halle Bailey who played Ariel in The Little Mermaid. But many also criticize live-action remakes for reasons that seem far more valid and worrying the way these films are made. ‘Cause it’s live action Disney constantly feels compelled to justify everything and make everything realistic ! Very often it spoils the story and kills the magic. THE The live film The Lion King was a very good example, which blends an animal documentary aesthetic with a very human, Hamlet-inspired story, delivered utterly absurd scenes in which real animals exhibited far too anthropomorphic behaviors. It’s these stories that Disney is keen to make realistic Stories, they are inherently fantastic. The characters are often very stereotyped because they are tools in the service of a moral. We are entitled to wonder if they are still relevant in our time, but if we choose to adapt them, we must confront… Some see these remakes as an opportunity to bring old and sometimes outdated classics back to lifeas in the case of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, an animated film that celebrates its 86th anniversary with the release of this new live version.
See you in 2024 to see Snow White in the cinema
While the controversy surrounding the Snow White remake is rife, there’s no denying it The new adaptation is already arousing great interest among fans. The film was directed by Marc Webb and produced by Greta Gerwig and Erin Cressida Wilson promises to expand on the story and soundtracks of the original. With revamped characters and a modernized version of the Snow White character, this live-action version seems to offer one unprecedented cinematic experience for viewers when scheduled for release on March 20, 2024. It remains to be seen how Disney can handle these controversies and convince the public to dive into this reinvented story carried by Disney a talented cast (Note that Gal Gadot will also play the queen alongside Rachel Zegler) and a determined creative team to breathe new life into one of the most legendary classics in cinema history.
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