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Disney sued by little people for using CGI dwarfs in Snow White (cinema hobbies) - C C - Mar 30, 2025
Parody Alcove: The problem with a symbolic capitalist empire like Disney promoting positive discrimination in its films and shows -- for profit and public image purposes -- is that in the course of that, you get held to higher standards than entertainment studios that don't indulge in such so lavishly. Criteria which you cannot possibly satisfy (without conflict) due to all the competing self-interests of the marginalized population groups subsumed under the Woke banner.
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The Dave Cullen Show
https://youtu.be/0K34lo5Xll4
VIDEO INTRO (excerpts) Disney's Snow White liveaction remake seems to be just one car crash after another. We've already talked about the very low ratings that we've seen so far...
[...] Now there's another problem that Disney is going to have to deal with, another issue that has emerged from this film. ... Disney faces discrimination lawsuit over Snow White snub of little people actors... In the Woke remake of the classic 1937 cartoon, they are planning a class action lawsuit against Disney for replacing them with cartoons [CGI dwarfs].
A top US lawyer has been appointed, and is expected to file a claim against the studio alleging discrimination. It's just another bad news story for this Snow White film. [...] Last week it was revealed that little people actors were planning a rally outside Disney's studios in California to protest...
Snow White’s Nightmarish CGI Dwarfs
RE: Disney sued by little people for using CGI dwarfs in Snow White (cinema hobbies) - Magical Realist - Mar 30, 2025
Peter Dinklage was complaining at one time about the depiction of dwarves by Disney as prejudicial to little people. I guess he was for the avoidance altogether of fairy tales that include such characters. Kinda makes sense to me. But what next? No more hobbits or dwarves from Tolkien? No more misogynistic portrayals of witches as old crones either?