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Gal Gadot says 'pressure' to speak out against Israel hurt 'Snow White' at box office
(www.usatoday.com)
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Was there not a backlash to Snow White being portrayed by a person of color? Prior to everyone knowing it was also a bad movie, I have to think that would have had an impact. Especially because a major part of Disney's market is appealing to families in flyover states.
Good point. That was another factor. There were a lot of scandals (some legit, some silly) the with that movie. But Disney supposedly pushing some sort of anti-Israel agenda was not one of them.
There's always a backlash when there's someone non-white (and often non-male) in a leading role in a movie these days. Often they really only get traction when the movie sucks, though.
I agree that typically that backlash is stupid and just racist, but even in the original folktale the entire reason she is called "Snow White" was because she was supposed to have "skin as white as snow". It is weird that they chose a non-white actress in this case.
She also had a sister named Rose Red.
I feel like there's already been significant changes from the source material, so changing such a minor factor as her skin color is probably not the faux pas racists think it is.
seems like they were all railing on rachel zelger for some reason.