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Disney promises it will 'avoid reinforcing stereotypes' in Snow White remake after Peter Dinklage's criticism
byBrendan MorrowJanuary 25, 2022
Disney is vowing to "avoid reinforcing stereotypes" in its upcoming Snow White remake following criticism from Peter Dinklage.
The studio on Tuesday addressed concerns from Dinklage about its upcoming live-action remake of Snow White starring Rachel Zegler after the Game of Thrones star criticized the project on the WTF podcast.
"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," a Disney spokesperson told The Hollywood Reporter . "We look forward to sharing more as the film heads into production after a lengthy development period."
The comments came after Dinklage made headlines for slamming Disney over the upcoming film, accusing the studio of "hypocrisy" in a podcast interview.
"Literally no offense to anyone, but I was a little taken aback when they were very proud to cast a Latina actress as Snow White," he said. "...You're progressive in one way but then you're still making that f---ing backwards story about seven dwarfs living in a cave together, what the f--k are you doing, man?"
While Disney didn't share additional details about its new approach to Snow White , The Wrap reported that the film's casting sheets indicate that it will feature "magical creatures" in place of dwarfs, though whether those creatures will serve the same role in the story or the names of the original seven dwarfs wasn't clear. According to the Reporter , Disney has been "reimagining the dwarf characters since the earliest stages" of the project, which dates back three years. It isn't yet clear when the film might be released.
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I expect Tucker Carlson will bemoan equal rights for dwarves, and the existence of a "dwarf community". Heck, the term midgets isnt even acceptable anymore.
i always thought it dwarfed, the dwarfs term, but nothing but a Big deal about Little People, and a lot of other not so big, in the brain people, who can't see their Little PC in , can cause Big problems for all, asz that dwarfs in comparison to our actual problem, far too many Small Mindet Minions are a far Bigger problem, in my smal,l, yet humbled dont mindet, opinion...
A friend of mine refers to himself as height challenged.
Eh... just get a bunch of young people (Disney is good at that) and call them minors... problem solved.
I'm more concerned about Disney's reboot of Firefly. Not sure how you can make that family friendly when the most moral character is a prostitute or a ex-military bandit.
First I'd say Shepard Book was the moral center of the series not Inara or Mal. Especially not Mal. Second Disney has multiple examples of morally ambiguous characters. Han Solo is an ex-military bandit and people love that character. Third, and I know die hard fans won't like it, but there is no rule saying Inara in the new series has to be a courtesan. Or even in the new series at all as I heard the show runners were looking to explore more of Mal's back story in the first season. Why he became a Browncoat rebel.
Perhaps but you may want to look at his back story..
I would say that would also be a great story to explore in the new series if they include the character.
A politically correct Snow White? Can't wait to see what they would do with Cinderella or the Wizard of Oz!
What would you prefer, a politically incorrect version of Snow White ?
I think that's been done but I think it has an XXX rating. Not exactly family friendly
Sure it is, if you want to learn how to Start a Family....
Yet on GOT's he was an asshole that always drank and visited prostitutes...
But he was always the smartest person in the room
True that.
Tyrion was one of the best characters on GOT. At first you hate him but later you can't help but root for him.
I never hated him. From the first time I "met" him in the books I loved him. I've always been a big fan of Peter Dinklage so I loved him in the TV series
I need to watch that show again one of these days. There was usually so much going on it was kind of hard for me to catch a lot of it.
As usual the books are better.
Sorry but, these live action remakes are usually terrible.
I have to agree with that.