That would give me nightmares if I went to see it and I don’t think that’s what Disney is going for.

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    I really don’t get the racism around her being Snow White. She literally looks exactly like the cartoon character. What a dumb hill to take a stand on.

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      Agreed. She looks like a typical white lady to me. In fact, I’ve seen plenty of people who call themselves white with darker skin.

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    Pretty much entirely defeats the purpose of “live action”. There’s essentially 7 dwarves and four humans that are going to have any lines worth mentioning. So out of ten possible roles only four are actually live. At that point, just animate the damn thing lol

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      8 days ago

      Sorry I don’t understand how the article you linked implies what you’re saying. Is there some context I’m missing?

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        From my understanding, Peter blasted Hollywood for wanting to use little people to cast as dwarves. The little people actors in Hollywood were pissed at Peter because that’s like the only roles they ever get. Now instead of using real people they use CGI, so Peter basically stole seven roles from real actors in Hollywood.

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          When they went CGI they also took 6 roles from any actors because they are having one person do all the motion capture.

          This is entirely Disney’s fault for missing the point about steretypes and making it about casting so they could hire fewer actors.

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                The Cliffs Notes version is that Walt thought actors were too unreliable and inconsistent. With perfected animatronics, who needed actors? Obviously it’s more nuanced than that but that’s the gist.

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      He is in no way responsible for a movie he criticized. His entire point is that negative stereotypes are a thing and Disney should be improving in more areas than just skin tone.

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      Peter Dinklage can get seriously fucked for being directly responsible for this nightmare. Way to pull the ladder (and the stack of books you used to reach the ladder) up behind you, Pete.

      I fail to see how this is Peter’s fault… Especially with the article you’ve linked…