IT has been a classic fairytale for more than two centuries, crafted by folklore icons the Brothers Grimm, its beautiful lead character blazing a trail as Disney’s first ever princess. Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs’ adaptation to the big screen in 1937 was a huge success, with the Evil Queen who asked her magic mirror “Who’s the fairest of them all” setting the standard for the female cartoon villain. But the reboot of Disney’s landmark animation has become the bad apple in the studio’s portfolio after being mired in one controversy after another.
The film is set for release next spring but behind its glitzy trailer, which dropped this month, it has been engulfed by race, sexism and political rows in a woke landscape the late Walt Disney could never have imagined. The dwarfs have been ditched for CGI versions amid claims of stereotyping, Snow White actress Rachel Zelger slammed the original film “creepy and stalker-ish” , and Disney was blasted for casting a part-Latina star in the main role. To make things worse, Zegler, 23, and Wonder Woman actress Gal Gadot , who plays the Evil Queen, are at loggerheads on social media over their opposing political views on the Israel-Hamas war.
READ MORE DISNEY NEWS It has prompted calls for a boycott of the movie by Palestinian supporters. Branding expert Carla Speight believes Disney bosses will be “mortified” over the rows. Massive delays She said: “I don’t know if this film is a victim of wokery or entitl.