#latinas can play snow white

[sarcasticsweetlara]

I understand the rage against Rachel Zegler for her comments against the portrayal of Snow White.

Snow White is a princess who learned to see the good in people and how to adapt despite how her stepmother treated her, and obviously over the last years we have seen depictions that showcase Snow White that way and have proved that Snow White is indeed strong (like Ginnifer Goodwin).

However, there is no need to go after and attack the Latino community because of that, there are many Latin American actresses who can play the part, you just need to really look for actresses who truly look like Snow White.

Like Agustina Palma

She fits Snow White's description and there are many others, like Oka Giner, Tini Stoessel and Delfina Chaves and even Lauren Jauregui.

[gooenthusiast]

Or come up with something new/ original for once.

I would love to see more representation of minorities in media, but not in the form of ‚Hey, see this Old White (European) Story that we‘ve already (successfully) made a version of? Here, we re-made it, in life-action form, with a new, up-to-date paint job: this White Main Character is now a POC! Basically nothing else is done better/ more pc! Hive Us Your Money!‘

Ik that they have produced stories based on non-European folklore/books/ tales (and are an all around shitty megalomaniac company) but I, as a white European person, would really enjoy it if more non-European stories (real or not) were told in mainstream media. There are so many cool fairy tales & historic figures that I have heard of (& so many I haven‘t) that there is literally no reason (other than soulless cash grabbing) to do another adaption.

Real.

[dollfat]

i dont think the red letter media guys are right-leaning but i think right-leaning guys could watch their videos comfortably

[fancylala4]

I was in the little mermaid tag looking for content and I saw this racist shit there:

The fuck is he even talking about here? Snow White isn’t being played by a black girl, she’s being played by a WHITE Latina. She even has the same skin tone as Snow White does in the picture.

“ThE GRimM BrOthERs DiD ThO” ok and that has to do with the Disney version how? I’m sure this dumbass is talking about the Disney live action here because Snow White is being played by a white Latina and he’s mad about that. But what does that have to do with the Grimm version though? Disney never stated how Snow White got her name in their film. They can make up whatever they want for their own version.

lol at the “blackwashing” a Viking character when the actress is a quarter black. I’ve never seen this actress play in a black role before but this idiot is so racist he goes by the one drop rule and thinks she’s black? What’s next? Going to be mad that shailene woodly plays a white role because her great grandmother was black? Not only that, the actress is more Scandinavian than most of the cast. She has Scandinavian ancestry on her father’s side.

“Just admit that you have a double standard based on race!” Sure, as soon as you admit that you’re a racist who hates black people and are obsessed with us.

[pickypickypeak]

The kind of Wish criticisms that annoy the hell out of me are the ones where people unnecessarily compare the film to other movies released at the same time and even Disney's older works. There's nothing wrong with comparisons as a "what to do, what not to do example", the issue I have is that these are often be hella biased.

I like the classical and renaissance Disney movies but I would be lying my ass off saying they don't have problems (the racism, characters of color being played by white actors, outdated stereotypes and gender roles). Some people dismiss these issues because they prioritize on their own nostalgia more than improving them. Hell, they say Snow White was the worst princess but when Disney announces a live action remake, they defend her largely because a mixed race latina actress as casted to play her.

Some of these comparisons can be nonsensical if one were to pay attention. They say Trolls 3's villain song is better, even though Mount Rageous a pop cover mashup while This is the Thanks I Get?! is an original in a poo style. They say Puss in Boots: The Last Wish is a better movie about wishes even though TLW's theme is about appreciating life and the family and friends you have while Wish's themes is about encouraging and supporting each others to pursue their dreams. They use Bruce Almighty as a comparable movie yet they let Bruce off the hook despite he misused of his powers out kf laziness and causing the town into brief chaos before fixing it while they villainize Asha for Magnifico's own actions and the non existent "consequences" of returning people their wishes as if Magnifico allowed the non existent "bad wishes" to be in his hoard in the first place (he deemed Sabino's wish as bad because he didn't like knowing people other than him getting attention and he flat out spites Asha and Sabino during the ceremony).

THIS!!! Here’s an example (I probably used it before but it really fits now): some people are like “why have the forbidden book in the first place? It makes no sense the writing for this movie is so bad” well where the hell did the beast get the enchanted mirror?? How does the evil queen have a talking mirror in her castle and no one questions it? Where did the genie’s lamp come from? In frozen we just had to believe elsa was born with ice magic for no reason (they invented lore for the sequel but it wasn’t planned. They were gonna leave it with no explication hadn’t been for the incredible success). Theses are NOT plot holes; they’re just things you’re supposed to not ask questions about in a fairytale. It’s literally not that deep. Or better, you CAN ask questions and maybe imagine scenarios, but a movie isn’t inherently bad for not explaining it all to you. We’re not required to know how the queen got the mirror, or how magnifico got the book. It’s not “bad writing”; you’re just evaluating a disney fairytale movie through average mcu youtuber’s lens (everything needs to be addressed, otherwise it’s poorly written and “it makes no sense” (so what? Does a singing lion and warthog make sense in the first place?)).

Not to talk about the other problems you’ve mentioned; the stereotypes, the gender roles… as much as we love them, ANY movie has its issues. Many things wish gets blamed for, I can find them in other movies too. And actually, some of them aren’t even bad things, or at least they weren’t until wish did it. I’ve seen someone go “asha’s friends are just for the sake of diversity🙄” but like… is that a bad thing? Big hero 6 members were diverse too. Gee, winx are 20 years old and they’re all diverse. How am I supposed to take that criticism seriously? “They’re just forcing diversity on kids” my man I’ll tell you something. Remember when pocahontas (with all its issues) had a whole song about painting with the colors of the wind. Well I know this is shocking news to you but. It wasn’t actually the wind. She was talking about skin colors. The song was about racism. It’s from the 90s.

And the songs comparisons oh my. “Good to be king from journey to bethlehem is a way better villain song than this is the thanks I get” yeah, this is 100% relevant! It totally makes sense to draw a comparison between the guy who killed infants because he was not sure about which one was Jesus, and king magnifico from wish! I’m so surprised king herod’s song sounds so ominous! I’m sure ALL of these people have the journey to bethlehem soundtrack on their playlists and sing the songs out loud because they are SO much better!!❤️

Don’t get me started about the snow white drama, you are absolutely right, people get mad over something they couldn’t care less seconds ago (just like they did for ariel and tinker bell lmao). They’ve been shitting on snow white for years, there’s been ENDLESS youtube parodies and essays about disney princesses and especially snow white being “weak”, “a bad example for girls because she makes chores and settles for a man” and other bullshit but! As soon as the actress playing her (who happens to be not white) says the exact same thing, everyone is like “oh my goddd!!! Disrespect for our snow white!!! A woman can have love dreams!!! Walt disney is turning in his grave!!!” Like wow bro. You suddenly care now. You are so coherent and definitely not racist👍🏻

[submissivegayfrenchboy2]

23 / 12 / 2024

Snow White's trailers

If you are (still) a Disney fan, you have probably saw the trailers of the upcoming (but not awaited) movie SNOW-WHITE

(But not SNOW-WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS, because the actress won't be saved by a prince, but neither by her friends, as if needing help was supposed to be bad...)

So there is the first trailer, where I was so afraid because it was like the real movie but made uglier :

The second trailer, where we discover Jonathan, her male love interest, but also the song "Waiting for a wish", that seems to be a really good song :

And the new trailer, where we discovers her childhood. At least it makes a difference from the original movie where we didn't knew anything about her parents.

It doesn't looks as bad as I feared it would be.

Even though the CGI are awful 😱

Rachel Zegler as Snow-White

Rachel Zegler as Snow-White... Well, I don't hate her, but I don't like her. I won't talk about all the problematic things she said or made. 🙄

 I'm not judging on her beauty, but, god, the costumes are so bad. She is supposed to dress like a servant, but it's so ugly 😱

 But, honestly. She is supposed to be the most beautiful woman? In the inside, maybe? I mean, I am not judging her body, but her haircuts in the movie is so bad 🤢

I'm not mad at her for being a Latina actress even though Snow-White is supped to have the whitest skin. They can changes her origins, okay. That's already been done with this movie with Miranda Richardson as the Queen. You can watch the entire movie :

But what's the point of changing her personality too? We already got Kristen Stewart and Ginnifer Goodwin as "strong female characters" versions of Snow White.

I've seen countless of videos mocking how "weird, weird" Rachel Zegler is. It's not that I hate her, it's just that the way she talks about Snow-White is disrespectful and not sincere.

I really recommend you these videos, they are so funny 🤣

Gal Gadot playing Evil Queen

So far the only reason I wanted to watch the movie was Gal Gadot as Evil Queen / Queen Grimhilde 😍, and based on the trailer she looks exactly like the character in the movie. However, her costumes on promotional pictures are... well, it looks god on her, but il not sure it looks regal enough. It looks more like Madame de Tremaine, Cinderella's stepmother, than Evil Queen.

But her costumes in the trailer are awesome (maybe too dark though, but it suits the character), and at least she changes a lot.

The Huntsman played by a Black actor

Gal Gadot would be my only reason to watch the movie, but now I've discovered that the English actor Ansu Kabia will play the Huntsman 😍 Since he is a Black man, we can be sure he'll play a more important role in the movie and won't be killed by the Queen.

If the movie was as woke as people says, maybe it would end with the Black huntsman capturing the whiteboy or white prince and taking him as his sissy boy lover 🤣.

That's why Devin Dickie invented a story (Snowden White & the Evil Queen) where the Prince is transformed into a Princess to serve Black men and white women as their slave.

Andrew Burnap as Jonathan, not Prince

The only thing I wanted to discover from the trailer is Andrew Burnap as Jonathan, a new character who isn't Prince Florian.

It's seems that him and Snow-White will meet in the Queen's castle, because he is a thief. I don't dislike his haircut...

At least they will have time to talk, I hope.

What's sure is that Jonathan is supposed to be a "Robin Hood".

He is so beautiful, and i want their love story to be interesting, convincing and moving

Rachel Zegler said that Snow White "won't be saved by Prince Charming". Yes, since he isn't Prince Florian here, but a new character.

We'll have the "I don't need your help" moment, even though he protected her.

Thanks to the trailers, we already knows they'll meet at least twice before the end of the movie, including one when Snow-White is living with the dwarfs.

Snow White versions

I think I'll always prefer MIRROR MIRROR and the SNOW-WHITE AND THE HUNTSMAN saga. First because there was my two childhood gods Armie Hammer as Prince Andrew Alcott (MIRROR MIRROR) and Chris Hemsworth as the Huntsman (SNOW-WHITE AND THE HUNTSMAN) 😍

But also because they had their own visuals, like MIRROR MIRROR was the light and colorful version with sparkles and song, a little bit childish but really funny and cute 😊

That's my story about Andrew Alcott, Armie Hammer's character, where he is worshipped

SNOW-WHITE AND THE HUNTSMAN was really dark and terrifying with sexual tension (and Charlize Theron as Queen Ravenna is one of my first awakening to femdom kink, and i love her dresses 🥰)

So, to conclude, I hope Jonathan will be an interesting character and have a good love story with Snow White 🥰

And i love these cute drawings inspired by the upcoming movie 😊 You'll find the link of the Twitter account of the artist below.

[1nky-quill]

I’m tired of seeing nothing good when I look up Snow White. She’s been my hyperfix character for over a year and in that span of time almost all I’ve seen online about her has either been people fucking hating her and calling her boring or flat out annoying. They’ll say she has no depth at all, they probably haven’t watched the movie since they were 5. Or it’s people bitching and crying about Rachel Zegler either bc she’s a Latina woman (a white Latina might I add) or because of what she said about Snow White— honestly I think she just said that to appeal to the internet’s perception of Snow White that they’ve had for years. She just restated points she thought were considered popular and ‘woke’.

I honestly don’t mind Rachel as a person, she’s a kind woman. At first I thought she was good casting but the more clips I see of her and the more I hear her singing voice the more I realize she really isn’t a good fit to play Snow at all (not saying she’s not a good actor and singer, she just isn’t Snow)

I’m so fucking pissed because after the live action comes out everyone’s gonna talk about the live action like it’s superior because for some reason that’s what people enjoy doing for some reason. I’ve ALREADY seen that and the movie hasn’t even come out yet. Again, this isn’t meant to be hateful towards Rachel, I don’t really have a problem with her. I JUST WISH PEOPLE CARED ABOUT THE OG MOVIE OUTSIDE OF USING IT TO TELL RACHEL TO KILL HERSELF.

I’m tired of either being called annoying, boring, or stupid for Snow White being my favorite princess and hyperfixation, and I’m tired of being expected to hate some random woman for not being a perfect live action version of Snow. Like I literally don’t give a fuck. Can we just leave that poor woman alone??

I just wanna talk about Snow White. I wanna infodump about her and the movie to everyone I meet, not complain endlessly about a live action movie I’m not even gonna fucking watch.

Idk I’m just so fucking pissed I wish people saw the princesses as more than just princesses. Especially the first few princesses. We need to acknowledge that they’re actually characters with arcs and interesting internal and external conflicts. I might rant about that in a reblog.

Anyways bye if you love Snow White please follow me💔💔

[coolcumberdelrey]

Looks like Rachel Zegler is biting the hand that feeds her…. or should I say apple?!?

I want to make it clear that I am in no way against a latina woman playing snow white. If you have any negative opinions concerning her ethnicity I would recommend you find another post. Rachel is a very talented and beautiful actress. She has been in many fan favorite movies such as: Paddington, Shazam, and Westside story. Rachel Zegler is also set to be starring in the new Hunger Games movie: The Ballad of the Songbirds and Snakes. However, her attitude towards the iconic original Snow White is just NOT it.

Why is Snow White so important?

Snow White, a sweet lovable princess, was the first princess to be made by Walt Disney. What makes her movie incredibly special is that it is the first full-length animated movie in history. She paved the way for all other princesses to be made. She really is the “it” girl. Snow White teaches compassion, kindness, patience and prosperity. She is loved by all! Well, All except the evil queen and Rachel Zegler…

In a recent interview Rachel has made comments on the films outdated values and lesson. She makes a point saying “shes not going to be saved by the prince, and shes not going to be dreaming about true love.” News flash Disney!! You don’t need to change old animated movies to SEEM progressive. It is 2023 women can win and have a smoking hot bf (or gf) next to them while doing it. One of THE BEST princess of all time did both a career and love. Of course I’m talking about my girl Tiana!!! She never needed a man. She was fine working for what she got, but found love along the way. There is no shame in finding love. After all, isn’t that just what life is all about?!

Anywho! That was just my 2 cents. Let me know what else you think down below!!

English isn’t my first language so if there are grammar mistakes Id love to hear any constructive criticism!!

[whoiwanttoday]

There aren't a lot of rules on this blog but among the few that exist a big one is if you dress like Daphne Blake you're probably getting posted. Some people would say it's sloppy legal work to write a law that has the word "probably" in it but to that I'd say I have a massive fear of fully committing to anything. This should be obvious by the very nature of this blog. Secondly, I'd say shut the fuck up nerd! Anyway, Rachel Zegler dressed as Daphne at Heidi Klum's Halloween party, traditionally the best Halloween party every year. I haven't seen a lot of looks yet from it but I don't have to because Rachel Zegler dressed as Daphne. This makes me like her more as a person for having such excellent taste. Otherwise, I actually don't really have strong opinions about Rachel Zegler cause I have never seen her in anything. I heard West Side Story is an absolute marvel and I believe it because Spielberg is too skilled a director to make a bad movie but he also hasn't made a movie I have enjoyed or been interested in in over a decade at this point so I never got around to it. I do know the racists online hate her because she packs the double punch of not being white AND being a woman, the two worst things a person can be and that just makes me worry about her because we can all tell ourselves those guys don't matter but the relentless hate can't be fun to deal with. Like, I just think about how it can beat you down. The simple truth is those guys are losers and as losers they have a lot of free time to basically spend every moment of every day being awful. There is a cottage industry around hating Brie Larson and rumors say she is done with Marvel as a result cause it's just not a pleasant way to live life. Rachel Zegler seems to have been anointed as the replacement because she is daring to play Snow White and the worst people in the world saw that and realized they could monetize hating her by getting a bunch of sad losers really worked up about how she isn't white enough to play Snow White. Which makes sense, this comes from a very genuine place because I think we all know the thing most adult men are most passionate about is Snow White. Men think about one thing and it's Snow White. Anyway, I didn't mean to take this down such an ugly path but it's just shocking cause in my search for pictures today two things stood out about her. One she is beautiful. Two… I forget the second one but she's really beautiful and guys, she looks great as Daphne because everyone does. And you know what? White people still allowed to dress as Daphne Blake if they want. It turns out that a Latina dressing as Daphne Blake has cost us nothing. We can all do it. And we got a great Daphne Blake look. How can anyone not see what a huge win this is? Today I want to fuck Rachel Zegler.

[sarcasticsweetlara]

With all the backlash against Snow White being a latina woman, let me tell you it's not impossible. I am Honduran and if you have ever read about Latin America beyond the American occupations in our countries we have had immigration from other continents, including Europe.

Many Germans migrated to Latin America before and after the World War II, and even though they have lost German as their first language, many aspects of their culture have impacted the Latin American countries in which they have settled.

The German diaspora in Latin America began around the year 1530 when the King of Spain Charles V gave part of Venezuela to the families of German bankers, the Welsers, and likewise to the Fuggers in South America with the Klein-Venedig.

Carlos Hartling, the composer of the music for the Honduran Anthem was of German descent.

And considering Snow White is of German descent, then there is no problem with a German-descended Latin American actress being Snow White, you all are just against the idea of giving the role to an actual white latina.

Deutsche

Bei all dem Widerstand dagegen, dass Schneewittchen eine Latina-Frau ist, möchte ich Ihnen sagen, dass es nicht unmöglich ist. Ich bin Honduraner, und wenn Sie jemals über Lateinamerika gelesen haben, das über die amerikanische Besatzung in unseren Ländern hinausgeht, gab es Einwanderung aus anderen Kontinenten, einschließlich Europa.

Viele Deutsche wanderten vor und nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg nach Lateinamerika aus, und obwohl sie Deutsch als Muttersprache verloren haben, haben viele Aspekte ihrer Kultur die lateinamerikanischen Länder, in denen sie sich niedergelassen haben, beeinflusst.

Die deutsche Diaspora in Lateinamerika begann um das Jahr 1530, als der spanische König Karl V. einen Teil Venezuelas den Familien deutscher Bankiers, den Welsern, und ebenfalls den Fuggern in Südamerika schenkte mit der Klein-Venedig.

Carlos Hartling, der Komponist der Musik für die honduranische Hymne, war deutscher Abstammung

Und wenn man bedenkt, dass Schneewittchen deutscher Abstammung ist, dann gibt es kein Problem damit, dass eine deutschstämmige lateinamerikanische Schauspielerin Schneewittchen ist. Sie alle sind einfach gegen die Idee, die Rolle einer echten weißen Latina zu geben.

Es tut mir leid, wenn mein Deutsch nicht gut ist. Ich verwende den Google Übersetzer und wollte auf Deutsch schreiben, um meinen Standpunkt zu unterstreichen.

[ariel-seagull-wings]

@faintingheroine

@themousefromfantasyland @princesssarisa @the-blue-fairie @tamisdava2 @softlytowardthesun @grimoireoffolkloreandfairytales

@angelixgutz

@adarkrainbow

""Grandma, who invented people’s color?"

I asked this because I had learned that some are yellow, others white and others red. She said:

"I'll only answer if you tell me who invented the names of people's colors.""

(Histórias da Preta, Heloisa Pires Lima, 1998)

So, I read your text saying that casting a brown skinned latina diaspora actress to play a character named Snow White can be a shot on the foot because it can bring colorist implications, and I get the well meaning intention, but I will say that actually the question of naming someone after colors and racialization is way more complex outside of places like France and the US, to the point that this question of the Snow White name and casting becomes really not a big deal.

Here is turkish actress Zeynep Değirmencioğlu playing Snow White in a 1970 unauthorized turkish TV movie adaptation of the 1937 Disney Movie. Bear in mind that in Turkey, ethnic conflicts and discrimination manifest due to nationality/ethnic ancestry, but skin colour is not really a big deal in that problem.

Here is a character from a 1990 brazilian telenovela called Vamp, who was named Branca, played by black brazilian actress Aída Leiner

Two black Biancas from a 1990 and 1995 production of Othello, played by Marsha Hunt and Indra Ové

An episode of the 1995 HBO animated anthology series Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales For Every Child, about retelling european tales set in non european culture, where the Grimm's Snow White was retold with native american characters from the Southwest of the US, naming the main heroine White Snow and taking inspiration from some native systems that call the child after the first thing the parents sees in nature when they are born.

The voice actors were also Native American actors.

The main female character from a 2000s brazilian TV Show called Pedro e Bianca, about two teenager twin siblings called Pedro, who was white, and Bianca (played by Heslaine Vieira), who was black.

The FX TV Series Pose, from 2020, set between in the 80s and 90s ballroom culture of the trans comunity, where a group of trans woman of collor presented the Once Upon a Time Category, and a brown dominican character was named Blanca (played by M J Rodriguez) and was who walked the ballroom as Snow White.

You can see that people in latin american cultures have been naming brown and black women with Bianca, Branca or Blanca (all meaning white) as no big deal.

And Shakespeare plays have started a long tradition of color blind casting that have been critically aclaimed.

And when it comes to variants of the tale and how they treat beauty patterns regarding racialization... the Grimm's Snow White is surprisingly one of the least racialized variants there is. The main princess is only named Snow White, and praised as beautiful, but there is no dark skinned character to be mocked as ugly in contrast to her, or mentions of an ethnic minority that is put down as uglier while Snow White can be presented as "an example of anglo saxon, aryan beauty."

If you mean to specifically search for Brothers Grimm where race is a deal, The Jew Among Thorns is right there for your suffering read.

In case of other fairy tales that talk about "white skin = good and beauty, while dark/black/brown skin = evil", you can choose several variants of The Love of Three Oranges.

As for specificaly variants of Snow White with the weight of racial prejudices included in their narrative, you can read Marigo and the 40 Dragons, The World's Beautiful Woman, Romana, The Little Sister of the Giants, The Maiden with a Rose in her Forehead and Udea and Her Seven Brothers.

So the Disney Company is least likely to get in controversy over colorism for casting a mixed latina diaspora actress into the role of a princess named Snow White who is considered the fairest of them all.

They can get in controvery over other things (mainly bad marketing choices), but not over this.

Resuming:

Sometimes colors are just the name we give to them;

Not every racial conflict in the world emphasizes skin colour discrimination, in fact this can be considered a recent adition to pre existing problems of racism in certain countries, specially in the west;

Culturally, black and brown women received names like Blanca, Branca and Bianca as a common name in Latin American cultures;

There are other international variants of Snow White where racialized beauty standards play an important role, but the Grimm's fairy tale is not really one of them;

Disney can get trouble for their Snow White remake being a cash grab with bad marketing, but casting a latina actress for a character named Snow White will not really be a big deal for panic over colorism.

In fact, HBO's Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child experimented in 1995 with keeping the name while portraying the character as a brown native american woman, and it worked with great aclaim that makes the series a cult classic to this day.

[marciabrady]

*Also adding to my most recent ask, Rachel has said multiple times that she’s a white Latina and was born in America so if Disney thinks they’re doing something groundbreaking by casting her then they didn’t do a great job ☠️☠️

Yeah, watching the way Disney's navigated her casting is...confusing. It's like they want a pat on the back and are overly marketing the fact that she's supposedly a POC...when she literally has a German last name and her father is Polish. And when people do get upset about her "not being white," they point those facts out really quickly and switch their take on her race depending on the fan reception at the time lol it's funny because nothing Rachel is doing is groundbreaking in any way, and any Snow White fan worth their salt could tell you that. There was a Snow White in film in 2001 that was partly Chinese and Jamaican and Irene Cara, a black woman, voiced Snow White in the 1980s for a film and spoke about in great length how much it meant for her to be able to contribute to the legacy as a black woman. So casting Rachel...who's literally played Princess Fiona, Ariel, and Belle isn't the serve they think it is lol she also played a character in West Side Story, where a huge plotline was her Puerto Rican heritage, and Rachel...is not...but that's another topic. But it really does make you realize how disingenuous Rachel is and how canned her takes are when she says things like "I can finally see myself as a Disney Princess!" when she literally has endless pictures of her dressing up in princess costumes as a kid and she's already played three in huge productions and now is playing the original Disney Princess omg

[anthonysmakebelieveblog]

This is gonna be a very random rant but I have found a way to connect it with Anthony so I can post it here.

The new trailer for Snow White came out and obviously the movie is not taken well, however, instead of people being upset that Gal Gadot, a raging Zionist, who served in the IOF, stars in the film, they are more concerned that Rachel Zegler, a latina, is playing snow white. Some comments are calling her "snow brown" or "snow black" which is disgusting. To add onto that, they are claiming that, because of the premise of the story, movie makes no sense and that's because, get this, Rachel Zegler is "uglier" than that zionist, therefore movie plot doesn't fit. I have never felt rageful reading comments before. I want Snow White to flop because of Gal, not because I am racist, sexist and think that Rachel Zegler is ugly...

So how does this connect to Anthony? Well, if you were there when the first Transformers trailer came out, you probably remember that a frightening amount of TF fans exclaimed racist and sexist remarks about Anthony and Dominique. Saying that them acting in this film "ruined the beauty of transformers". Also the constant hate on the hip-hop soundtrack rather than rock had certain racist connotations attached to it. By the time film came out it died down but holy crap was it bad.

Rant over, thanks for staying. Here's a picture of Anthony for good luck

and one of Rachel Zegler bc I love my queen

Wow, I didn’t know the Transformers fandom didn’t like Ant and Dom being cast!

I feel so bad for Rachel, she’s a great actress and singer, and people calling her ugly must be blind or just hateful.

Also, another awesome take bestie!

[felucians]

lol people are arguing if rachel zegler is a white latina again so she can play snow white because she isn't pale, she's tan.

i'm the only latina weighing in and they have absolutely no concept of race whatsoever aside from the basic "dark = not white" "tan = not white" "pale = white" which doesn't account for anywhere outside of the western world

[exceedinglypeculiars]

the internet's vitriol for rachel zegler is honestly wild. like. even if you think the girlboss-ified version of snow white that she's going to be starring in is dumb or bad or a reductive 2015 form of feminism (i tbh will probably think all of these things if i ever see it!) - she has not done anything to actually elicit the extreme level of ire she's receiving on the internet right now.

this hatred is coming not only from conservatives who despise the idea of a latina actress playing a previously white cartoon character. who think she should just shut up, do her job, and be more grateful when she says on the picket line and on twitter that she believes actors, writers, and crew deserved to be paid fairly for their work.

but also from people who claim progressivism. who think she's a bad feminist for saying she likes that her version of snow white isn't looking for a prince and doesn't need to be saved. and all that's fine - women who are docile and want to be saved have a place in feminism. but the thing that gets me is that 95% of this criticism jumps straight from valid critiques of a movie (that she didn't write plan or produce, mind you) to straight attacks on her character and out of pocket bad-faith 'readings' of her body language and tone.

i've seen so many of these tiktoks especially that so rapidly devolve from initial critiques of girlbossing a disney princess into parroting actual fox news talking points. tearing this young woman down to shreds in the name of feminism and acting morally superior while doing it. and obviously you can be critical of a woman and be a feminist - i'm not saying you can't. lots of women suck. lots of women need to be called out and called in. but so many times now i've seen these videos mocking rachel and justifying it as an inherently feminist act where the top comment liked by the creator is just a mean-spirited comment about her appearence, not-so-thinly veiled racism, or straight up some incel-ass dude saying they want to "show rachel why she needs a man to save her." like how do you lose the plot so fucking badly that you see manasphere magabros are agreeing with you and feeling comfortable to write that kind of shit in your comments and not reflect at all on wtf you're doing. how can you possibly think the punishment you're giving this girl is equivalent to the crime you perceived her to have committed.

and the thing that really gets me is that we're seeing this girl react in real time. people are seeing her tweets about feeling helpless and alone and like she can't handle the extreme level of hatred she's getting. and they don't care! they think she deserves it! they laugh at her saying she thinks the only person who likes her is her dog! because we've gotten to the point in internet discourse where people genuinely think someone is deserving of this level of overwhelming unkindness and dogpiling just because you find them kind of annoying and think they starred in a bad movie you haven't seen yet.

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Yes. I have to say it really wasn't good not casting actors with dwarfism in a role that calls for them!

Mirror Mirror and Snow White and The Huntsman use dwarf actors, and they do a great job.

The issues with Rachel Zeglar are perfectly reasonable as far as I can see.

Firstly, you don't endear yourself to fans of a film you are starring in a remake of, particularly a remake that isn't widely wanted in the first place, by bad mouthing everything about it!

Secondly, and this time the fault lies entirely with Disney, not Rachel Zeglar herself.

When are these companies going to realise that diversity should mean a lot more than simply taking a 'white' character and race swapping?

I've said before and will say again. Why the heck doesn't Disney make live action versions of their fairy tale animations, by using a different version of the tale from across the world? Isn't that 'diversity'?

Why cast a Latina actress as a German girl, specifically required to have very pale skin, black hair and rosy red lips?

There are several tales on the Snow White theme from Spain and Portugal alone, there's at least 1 from Chile and from Italy!

SurLaLune Fairy Tales can only have the online text for a few. But they list books with the stories in.

They've done a chunk of the work already! All Disney would need to do is have someone to write how they want to tell it.

They could be as 'modern' as they liked. And this version, along with the 1937 version could stand alone.

Gal Gadot as the ultra vain queen, pathologically jealous of a sweet young teenage girl who shows every sign of being more beautiful than her.

Excuse me?! There are only a limited number of women in the film industry who can be said to be equally beautiful as Gal Gadot.

But one that we could believe is going to grow up even more beautiful? That's a tall order indeed.

And besides which. If this is a 'feminist' version, where Snow isn't looking for Love, just becoming 'The Leader She Knows She Can Be'.

Why is the queen bothering with a mirror and asking who is the 'fairest of all'?

Now granted, 'fair' can also mean 'just', and perhaps this is the intended meaning here.

BUT, this is another reason for using a different version of the story.

If they're using the same wording as the 1937 version, then a family audience is going to assume that this Evil Queen has the exact same motivation as the first. Why wouldn't we?

Have a different version of the story, and you could make it quite clear that this Queen fears a rival to the throne, not a budding young woman whose beauty will be more admired than her own.

Regarding Harrison Ford and Robert Pattinson. It's not the same situation. Aside from the actor in Solo, Harrison Ford is the only actor to play Han, and Robert Pattinson is the only actor to play Edward Cullen.

Whether they loved or loathed the franchises they played in. Their movies are The Originals.

Rachel Zeglar is is playing the same character as the very much beloved, first animated Disney Princess.

Disney aren't using different versions of the fairy tales that were animated, for the live action, because lazy sods that they've become. They are banking on nostalgia for the originals, to make us want to see the 'updated' 🙄 live action version.

Wasted on me, in any case. I'm old fashioned and happy to admit it. I enjoy the originals and will stick with them.

Cinderella and Pete's Dragon have live action versions than can be enjoyed alongside the originals.

Jungle Book's live action version has some good moments. But I'll stay with the animation.

All the others. I've had no interest in seeing.

Rachel Zeglar's first,disparaging comments about the 1937 Snow White are the problem.

She is going to be compared to the animated Snow White, like it or not. And she's have been wiser to at least have started off on a positive note.

As I've said before.

If they're insisting on these live action remakes. Then I'd prefer them to showcase other versions of these fairy tales.

It's not like there's a shortage of material!

Haley Berry should have had her own entirely new and fresh black mermaid Disney Princess, with her own story.

(Look at how well they did with Tiana for The Princess and The Frog. I'm not madly keen on the original fairy tale. But this Disney version is brilliant. 👍🏿)

There aren't many mermaid fairy tales, beside Hans Andersen. But there are oceans of mermaid folklore from all across the globe.

I'd have queued up to see that!

As it stands, all she has is comparison with Disney's original pale skinned, red headed Ariel.

And on top of that, with every other movie made of The Little Mermaid.

You call that 'diversity'? Well I don't.

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