Will Snow White's Enchanted Wish suffer same fate as Splash Mountain following Peter Dinklage's comments?

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Disney_TX_Guy

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The portrayals of the Seven Dwarfs have now unfortunately become problematic due to Peter Dinklage slamming the upcoming live-action remake of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. His comments have swearing, so you read about them in the article below.

Peter Dinklage Slams Disney’s Planned Live-Action Remake Of ‘Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs

Disney has responded to what he said about what they plan to do with the characters.

A Disney spokesperson told Deadline, “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. We look forward to sharing more as the film heads into production after a lengthy development period,” .

Disney, Deadline understands, has cultural consultants on all of its live-action films including previous titles Aladdin and Mulan, in addition to animated movies like Encanto recently.
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Do you think the ride is now in danger of suffering the same fate as Splash Mountain and will have to be given a retheme. Last year, a critic ridiculously attacked the ride for featuring the ride for featuring what they thought was a non-consensual kiss.

Disneyland's new Snow White ride criticized for including Prince Charming's 'non-consensual' kiss

What are your thoughts?
 
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MoonRakerSCM

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This entire situation is a culmination of the PC idiocy and lunacy. I'm glad it's blowing up in Disney's face.

But what this boils down to though is internet media doin their thing for clicks. I found it odd that no one has called out that Dinklage doesn't know what he's talking about... The dwarves live in a cottage, not a cave. I assume he's never actually seen the original?
 
mickEblu

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MoonRakerSCM said:
This entire situation is a culmination of the PC idiocy and lunacy. I'm glad it's blowing up in Disney's face.

But what this boils down to though is internet media doin their thing for clicks. I found it odd that no one has called out that Dinklage doesn't know what he's talking about... The dwarves live in a cottage, not a cave. I assume he's never actually seen the original?
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I was assuming that he knew something about the plot of the live action remake we didn’t. Hes either never seen it or hasn’t seen it since he was a kid and conflated where they live and work.
 
Too Many Hats

Too Many Hats

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Dinklage SLAMS Show White remake!!!!

Haven't listened to the Maron episode myself, but I've read he was laughing as he made the comments. Wouldn't be the first time this country's garbage media outlets characterized an extemporaneous comment by a celebrity in this way (see: Jon Stewart's comments about the Gringotts goblins, two weeks ago).

That said, Dinklage is 100% correct that dogmatic commitment to wokeness inevitably leads to hypocrisy. It's not a functional worldview.
 
el_super

el_super

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It seemed his comments were directed more toward the new movie, and not the depictions from the old film.

If that's the case, he's absolutely right. There's no way that Disney will produce a movie with singing/dancing happy dwarfs in 2022.

They've already said they are going a different route with this film, so they're obviously open to listening. Let's wait until the film is done to see how it turns out.

As for the ride: 100% chance they will change it again in the next 20 to 30 years.
 
Phroobar

Phroobar

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"Last year, a critic ridiculously attacked the ride for featuring the ride for featuring what they thought was a non-consensual kiss."

Well, Snow White is an unconscious fourteen year old being kissed by an adult man.

Hakunamatata said:
So what exactly was the character he played for marvel? Eitiri the dwarf king. Kind of hypocritical?
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Yeah, but he was a really big dwarf king.

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Mac Tonight

Mac Tonight

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Next thing you know, Zak Bagans (host of Ghost Adventures) is going to come out and say that Disney's depiction of "spirits" in Haunted Mansion is offensive to actual spirits, and should be changed.

Before long, is there going to be anything at Disneyland that someone won't be able to find offense with? And before you say anything, yes, I know the main subject/controversy has to do with the upcoming remake movie, but here we are.

All that to say, to answer to OP's question: NO.
 
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TP2000

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The comments from Peter Dinklage (still giggling when I type that name!) read like a comedy piece from The Onion.

It can't be real. It just can't. And yet, here we are in woke 2022. :rolleyes:

Since when were dwarves "disabled"? I have never in all my life thought of the Seven Dwarves as disabled people. Yes, they are very short. But that's not really a disability, any more than being very tall is. The Seven Dwarves are all savvy, independent people. The Seven Dwarves are literally the definition of effective teamwork and succesful humanity working in a group. Why would you strip them of their humanity and turn them into "magical creatures"? If I had the medical condition of dwarfism, being cancelled and stripped of my humanity is what I would find very offensive.

Does anyone know how tall Mr. Dinklage is? (hee hee!) Is he perhaps working with his own Napolean complex and he's projecting his hangups onto the Dwarves?

If he meant this as a joke, and the media being as stupid as they now are ran with it and turned into real criticism, he should know better and be more careful when discussing studio topics. But if he was even semi-serious about this, he's a complete idiot. Either way, it's HOLLYWOOD! 🤪
 
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D.Silentu

D.Silentu

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I think the biggest point to examine in this case is prevalence of both stories within the company. Splash Mountain is Disney's last holdout for Song Of The South. 1937's Snow White saturates every division of the company almost a century later and would be considerably tougher to dismiss.
 
TP2000

TP2000

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el_super said:
It seemed his comments were directed more toward the new movie, and not the depictions from the old film.

If that's the case, he's absolutely right. There's no way that Disney will produce a movie with singing/dancing happy dwarfs in 2022.
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So the dwarfs are going to be sad men who have no singing ability and don't like to dance? I don't get it.

But turning them into "magical creatures" that live in a cave seems to be more offensive to dwarfs than keeping them human and recreating the diverse and supportive team that the Seven Dwarfs were originally. Who also had a little song they sang called "Hi-Ho" that is one of the most famous in American pop culture.

el_super said:
They've already said they are going a different route with this film, so they're obviously open to listening. Let's wait until the film is done to see how it turns out.
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True. We don't yet have the full picture here. But the recent track record from Disney is not exactly comforting.

And the official statement from Disney on this already rings all the proper alarm bells for Wokeism and "Inclusion!" that will satisfy humorless HR execs and a small Twitter mob from Brooklyn and Silverlake and Portland, but will likely not satisfy actual paying audiences in Baltimore and San Diego and Pittsburgh. :rolleyes:

A Disney spokesperson told Deadline, “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."

What "stereotypes" from the original film? That dwarves are short? Or that they are (short) caring, loving humans who have a diverse range of human emotions and talents that can all come together to work as a team to achieve great results?
 
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TP2000

TP2000

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I'm reminded that Disney already took a cinematic classic and ruined it by going Woke like this. Audiences stayed away in droves, and it ended up costing the studio machine that made it at least one hundred million dollars. One hundred to one hundred and fifty Millions of dollars went up in smoke. Gone.

The 2022 remake of West Side Story is that example. As if West Side Story needed to be remade anyway?! It was perfect the first time, and beloved. But they went Woke, made a big deal about using a Trans actress (which got it banned by government censors in some overseas markets), and gave it all a modern take that left audiences staying home in droves. Critics and the HR Department officially raved about it, but the actual paying audiences voted with their wallet and stayed away in droves. And then waited in line to see Spiderman again instead.

From December 26th, when the film had been in theaters for weeks...
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With just $36.6 million in ticket sales, âWest Side Storyâ is officially a box-office bomb

"West Side Story" is a box-office bomb, having only generated around $36 million in ticket sales on a $100 million production budget.
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And on the exact same day, CNBC released this info about Spiderman's box office...
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'Spider-Man: No Way Home' becomes first pandemic-era film to break $1 billion at global box office

"Spider-Man: No Way Home" reached $1.05 billion at the global box office over the Christmas weekend.
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Phroobar

Phroobar

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TP2000 said:
Since when were dwarves "disabled"? I have never in all my life thought of the Seven Dwarves as disabled people. Yes, they are very short. But that's not really a disability, any more than being very tall is. The Seven Dwarves are all savvy, independent people. The Seven Dwarves are literally the definition of effective teamwork and successful humanity working in a group. Why would you strip them of their humanity and turn them into "magical creatures"? If I had the medical condition of dwarfism, being cancelled and stripped of my humanity is what I would find very offensive.
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Actually dwarfism is very much recognized as a disability. Dwarfism is extremely expensive disorder, both because of the treatments and of the complications. Children with dwarfism, in addition to having problems with their skeletal system, may also suffer from hearing loss, vision loss, heart defects, intense pain, arthritis, and breathing problems, which can follow them into adulthood and drive up healthcare costs substantially throughout their lifetime.

There are different types of treatments for dwarfism will ultimately depend on the underlying condition, but at a high price. Surgeries can change directions bones are growing, correct the spine, and more, but many patients must undergo many to deal with the symptoms. The operations, hospital stays, physical therapy, and recuperation can cost tens of thousands of dollars.

For example, some patients decide to have limb lengthening surgeries, which make them the taller than their condition allows. Height Lengthening reported their operations usually costs between $50,000 and $75,000. Traditional, more invasive leg lengthening surgeries, according to NBC News, often go as high as $200,000 and require three to four months of constant attention as the patient's legs are stretched after being broken.

However, those that are born with complications associated with dwarfism, mainly orthopedic, could be considered disabled. There are also access issues and problems even with healthy dwarfs/little people that could also classify them as disabled. For example, most dwarfs/little people cannot reach an automated teller machine (ATM) or the ones at supermarket checkouts. Gas/petrol pumps and even pay phones are sometimes impossible to use. It’s the little things (pun intended) that people often don’t think about when engaging a dwarf/little person. Dwarfs become accustomed to the way we do things because most of the time, they don’t have a choice and just have to soldier on. But in many cases, there are times where they need help/assistance because access just isn’t available to them. Dwarfism is a recognized condition under the Americans with Disability Act.
 

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