2 weeks Ago By Brooks Barnes
The dwarfs. The casting. The politics of the lead actress.
And that wig! Is Disney’s live-action remake of the classic film doomed by culture war skirmishes? Disney knew that remaking Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs as a live-action musical would be treacherous. But the studio was feeling cocky. It was 2019, and Disney was minting money at the box office by “reimagining” animated classics like Aladdin , Beauty and the Beast and The Jungle Book as movies with real actors.
The remakes also made bedrock characters like Cinderella newly relevant. Heroines defined by ideas from another era – be pretty, and things might work out! – were empowered. Casting emphasised diversity.
Why not tackle Snow White?.
