A new trailer for <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/disney">Disney</a>’s live-action “<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/snow-white">Snow White</a>” just dropped, and it’s getting a lot of negative attention from fans. One of the biggest criticisms has to do with the computer-generated imagery (CGI) portrayal of the seven dwarfs.
Even overseas outlets are ripping on the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/movies">trailer</a>, with a writer from <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/2024/dec/04/disney-snow-white-live-action-movie-cgi">The Guardian</a> calling it “hauntingly bad” and “the ugliest thing ever committed to screen.”
Most of those complaints revolve around the appearance of the CGI characters. “It treats the animals that Snow White finds in the woods with the same photorealistic CGI that was used in the most recent Lion King remake, which has the effect of transforming helpful woodland creatures into literal vermin. And then there are the dwarves. My God, the dwarves,” the writer continues.
“The new Snow White dwarves look like someone has snuck into Disneyland, grabbed the statues from Snow White’s Enchanted Wish and wrapped them in human flesh, as a serial killer would with a gift for their mother. They look like something a seaside caricaturist would draw of someone they openly hated. They look like animatronic figures that were struck by lightning and came to life before the fire was put out. They look like someone has shaved the Sonic the Hedgehog from that first Sonic the Hedgehog trailer that everyone hated,” The Guardian writer says, adding that they serve as “nightmare fuel.”
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Reactions on social media are not much better. 
“Are you honestly telling me that disney executives saw footage from the live action snow white movie and thought &#8216;yeah those dwarves look great, no notes&#8217;&#8230;Yikes,” one person <a href="https://x.com/mikehartigan/status/1864161794261934495">shared</a> on X. 
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“They look so fake to me,” another wrote.
“This is the CGI dwarves that Disney will have in the new adaptation of Snow White? This movie is going to bomb so hard that it will make the Hindenburg look like a small camp fire,” another agreed.
Rumor has it that live actors were originally cast as the dwarfs, but that plan was scrapped during filming when photos of the diverse group were leaked and mocked on social media. Actor Peter Dinklage, who has dwarfism, also denounced the film in the early stages.
“Literally no offense to anything, but I was sort of taken aback,” he <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/fing-backward-story-peter-dinklage-slams-disney-for-attempting-snow-white-and-the-seven-dwarfs-remake">said</a> during a podcast interview in 2022. “They were very proud to cast a Latin[a] actress as Snow White, but you’re still telling the story of ‘Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.’ Take a step back and look at what you’re doing there. It makes no sense to me. You’re progressive in one way, but you’re still making that f***ing backward story about seven dwarfs living in a cave together. Have I done nothing to advance the cause from my soapbox? I guess I’m not loud enough.”
Since its beginning, “Snow White” has been plagued by controversy, thanks in part to lead actress Rachel Zegler&#8217;s <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/disneys-snow-white-star-slammed-as-she-continues-bashing-original-film-in-another-resurfaced-video" target="_blank" rel="noopener">negative remarks</a> about the fairytale and other <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/snow-white-star-rachel-zegler-apologizes-after-backlash-for-attacking-trump-voters">inflammatory statements</a>. Her comments have inspired many fans to boycott the film.

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“Snow White” actress <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/rachel-zegler">Rachel Zegler</a> apologized after facing a backlash for attacking Trump voters following the reelection of President-elect Donald Trump.
“Hi everyone, I would like to sincerely apologize for the election post I shared on my Instagram last week,” the 23-year-old actress wrote on Thursday on her Instagram Story, amid calls to boycott the upcoming Disney film, the <a href="https://nypost.com/2024/11/15/entertainment/snow-white-star-rachel-zegler-apologizes-after-post-about-trump-voters/">New York Post </a>reported.
“I let my emotions get the best of me,” she added. “Hatred and anger have caused us to move further and further away from peace and understanding, and I am sorry I contributed to the negative discourse.”
“This week has been emotional for so many of us but I firmly believe that everyone has the right to their opinion, even when it differs from my own,” Zegler continued. “I am committed to contributing positively toward a better tomorrow.”
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Rachel Zegler has apologized for lashing out at Trump supporters! The Snow White trailer is about to drop this month, and Disney is doing DAMAGE CONTROL!! <a href="https://t.co/SwW5eAoj7E">pic.twitter.com/SwW5eAoj7E</a>
— Steph Anie (@mynerdyhome) <a href="https://twitter.com/mynerdyhome/status/1857248839914131885?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 15, 2024</a></blockquote>
In a series of <a href="https://x.com/EndWokeness/status/1856779822682574854">posts</a> that were screenshotted from her <a href="https://x.com/mynerdyhome/status/1856622409941446785">Instagram Stories</a>, Zegler wrote, “may Trump supporters and Trump voters and Trump himself never know peace,” calling it “absolutely terrifying the number of people who stand behind” Trump.
“I shouldn’t be this shocked, but I am,” she added. “I am heartbroken for my friends who awoke fear this morning … this loss should not have been by so many votes.”
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“I echo Ethel Cain’s statement more than anything, may Trump supporters and Trump voters and Trump himself never know peace,” the actress continued. “It is a foolish subscription to a false sense of security, of masculinity, of intelligence, of patriotism, and of humanity. There is no help, no counsel in any of them.”
She then called on people to get off Elon Musk’s app X because he “helped get that man [Trump] elected and you’re giving him business.” Zelger closed out her rant by calling on her followers to focus now on their Democrat Governors and then wrote, “F*** Donald Trump.”
Zegler, a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/disney-says-live-action-snow-white-will-be-delayed-one-year-just-weeks-after-backlash-to-lead-actress-bashing-original-film">vocal left-wing activist</a>, made headlines last year when she faced a backlash over her feminist complaints about the 1937 animated film “Snow White” following news about her taking on the lead role in the remake of the classic Disney film.
Months later in an interview for <a href="https://x.com/realDailyWire/status/1734342385721844037">Variety</a> with fellow Disney actress Halle Bailey, Zegler appeared to sing a different tune when she gushed over the original “Snow White” as “a monumental moment in film history,&#8221; and said she “loves everything the Disney company has put out” since its inception.
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/disneys-snow-white-star-slammed-as-she-continues-bashing-original-film-in-another-resurfaced-video">Zegler</a> previously slammed the original story, describing the prince as a “stalker” and made it clear the live-action story she was part of would have nothing in common with the “weird” original 1937 love story.
Following Zegler’s remarks bashing the original film, The Daily Wire’s kids entertainment company <a href="https://get.dailywire.com/?utm_campaign=dwplus&amp;utm_medium=paid&amp;utm_source=googlesearch&amp;utm_content=na_subscriptions&amp;mid=g&amp;cid=dailywire&amp;xid=0&amp;gad_source=1&amp;gclid=CjwKCAiAudG5BhAREiwAWMlSjDtFJvH0hNmWFWoNpN27XnORbr00zIj739tvZaCKUXcX1pwQuB2CnBoCehsQAvD_BwE">Bentkey</a> announced it would make a live-action film titled “Snow White and the Evil Queen,” starring YouTube sensation Brett Cooper.
Amanda Prestigiacomo contributed to this piece.

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‘Snow White’ Star Rachel Zegler Apologizes After Backlash For Attacking Trump Voters

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Disney’s “Snow White” actress <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/rachel-zegler">Rachel Zegler</a> called on people to leave the social media platform X and attacked voters who picked President-elect Donald Trump.
In a series of <a href="https://x.com/EndWokeness/status/1856779822682574854">posts</a> that were screenshotted from her <a href="https://x.com/mynerdyhome/status/1856622409941446785">Instagram Stories</a>, the 23-year-old actress bemoaned the results of the 2024 election and Vice President Kamala Harris’ defeat before she lashed out at what she said would be “four years of hatred.”
“I shouldn’t be this shocked, but I am,” Zegler wrote in the screenshot. “I am heartbroken for my friends who awoke fear this morning … this loss should not have been by so many votes.”
“I echo Ethel Cain’s statement more than anything, may Trump supporters and Trump voters and Trump himself never know peace,” she added, calling it “absolutely terrifying the number of people who stand behind” Trump.
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Disney&#8217;s Snow White (Rachel Zegler) says she hopes harm befalls Trump and all his voters: <a href="https://t.co/rEWlpOVZvu">pic.twitter.com/rEWlpOVZvu</a>
— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) <a href="https://twitter.com/EndWokeness/status/1856779822682574854?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 13, 2024</a></blockquote>
“It is a foolish subscription to a false sense of security, of masculinity, of intelligence, of patriotism, and of humanity,” the actress continued. “There is no help, no counsel in any of them.”
She then called on people to get off Elon Musk’s app, because he “helped get that man [Trump] elected and you’re giving him business.” Zelger closed out her rant by calling on her followers to focus now on their Democrat Governors and then wrote, “F**k Donald Trump.”
Zegler, a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/disney-says-live-action-snow-white-will-be-delayed-one-year-just-weeks-after-backlash-to-lead-actress-bashing-original-film">vocal left-wing activist</a>, made headlines last year when she faced a backlash over her feminist complaints about the 1937 animated film “Snow White” following news about her taking on the lead role in the remake of the classic Disney film.
Months later in an interview for <a href="https://x.com/realDailyWire/status/1734342385721844037">Variety</a> with fellow Disney actress Halle Bailey, Zegler appeared to sing a different tune when she gushed over the original “Snow White” as “a monumental moment in film history.”
“The cartoon is so beloved — it’s like a monumental moment in film history. It’s the first feature-length cartoon movie, to the point where it won honorary Oscars, and all these amazing things that happened for that film are the reason that you and I get to sit here today, because it made Disney what it is,” Zegler told Bailey, who starred as Ariel in the live-action version of Disney’s “The Little Mermaid.”
The actress went on to veer away from her past comment, saying she “loves everything the Disney company has put out” since its inception.
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/disneys-snow-white-star-slammed-as-she-continues-bashing-original-film-in-another-resurfaced-video">Zegler</a> previously slammed the original story, describing the prince as a “stalker” and made it clear the live-action story she was part of would have nothing in common with the “weird” original 1937 love story.
Following Zegler’s remarks bashing the original film, The Daily Wire’s kids entertainment company <a href="https://get.dailywire.com/?utm_campaign=dwplus&amp;utm_medium=paid&amp;utm_source=googlesearch&amp;utm_content=na_subscriptions&amp;mid=g&amp;cid=dailywire&amp;xid=0&amp;gad_source=1&amp;gclid=CjwKCAiAudG5BhAREiwAWMlSjDtFJvH0hNmWFWoNpN27XnORbr00zIj739tvZaCKUXcX1pwQuB2CnBoCehsQAvD_BwE">Bentkey</a> announced it would make a live-action film titled “Snow White and the Evil Queen,” starring YouTube sensation Brett Cooper.
Amanda Prestigiacomo contributed to this piece.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/disneys-snow-white-delay-reportedly-comes-from-fears-it-will-be-a-financial-disaster-insider-says" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Disney’s ‘Snow White’ Delay Reportedly Comes From Fears It Will Be A ‘Financial Disaster,’ Insider Says</a>

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Daily Wire host <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/the-thrill-of-a-lifetime-brett-cooper-takes-questions-from-fans-about-starring-role-in-snow-white-and-the-evil-queen" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Brett Cooper</a> shared new details about her upcoming Bentkey movie, “<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/snow-white">Snow White and the Evil Queen</a>,” making it clear that the film will be “in line with the values in which it was written.&#8221;
During Cooper’s recent appearance on “<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/episode/tbd-brett-cooper-fr">The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast</a>,” the two hosts discussed her role, in the first feature-length live-action production for Bentkey, The Daily Wire’s children’s entertainment platform, and the film’s challenge to Disney’s “woke” “Snow White” movie.
“People were very disappointed, very upset about the way Disney was rolling out this project,&#8221; the actor and host of “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/@TheCommentsSection">The Comments Section</a>” said, revealing that they are currently “in pre-production” on the film which is coming out soon.
&#8220;As somebody who is more traditional &#8230; it&#8217;s sad to watch these stories be completely destructed for that [woke] agenda,&#8221; Cooper said, noting that she grew up reading classic literature and loved Brothers Grimm’s version.
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.<a href="https://twitter.com/imbrettcooper?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@imbrettcooper</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/jordanbpeterson?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@jordanbpeterson</a> talk new details about Bentkey&#39;s &quot;Snow White and the Evil Queen.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/VfVo9x71pq">pic.twitter.com/VfVo9x71pq</a>
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She said that Daily Wire co-founder Jeremy Boreing told her they wanted to do a Snow White story that will be &#8220;in line with the values in which it was written. We want to honor the story.”
Cooper also revealed that Bentkey’s “Snow White” will be a musical, after sharing that she’d taken singing and dancing lessons for her role as Snow White.
Last year, Boreing revealed the “<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/daily-wire-announces-live-action-snow-white-and-the-evil-queen-starring-youtube-sensation-brett-cooper">Snow White and the Evil Queen</a>” film was in the works during the launch of <a href="https://www.bentkey.com/launch/">Bentkey</a>, The Daily Wire’s new kids entertainment company.
“Instead of telling stories about timeless truth, what the ancient fairy tales were all about, Disney’s new ‘Snow White’ is an apology for their past and will expose children to the popular but destructive lies of the current moment,” Boreing said at the time.
Disney announced in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/disneys-snow-white-delay-reportedly-comes-from-fears-it-will-be-a-financial-disaster-insider-says" target="_blank" rel="noopener">November</a> that there would be a delay in the release of its “Snow White” following a <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/snow-white-remake-rachel-zegler-criticism-1235569835/">backlash</a> from those upset about the casting of Latin actress Rachel Zegler as the maiden with “skin as white as snow,” and then from actor <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/fing-backward-story-peter-dinklage-slams-disney-for-attempting-snow-white-and-the-seven-dwarfs-remake">Peter Dinklage,</a> who slammed Disney for attempting to remake the “f***ing backward” story about seven cave-dwelling dwarfs. 
The criticism against the movie escalated after <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/disneys-snow-white-star-slammed-as-she-continues-bashing-original-film-in-another-resurfaced-video">Zegler</a> slammed the original story, describing the prince as a “stalker” and made it clear the live-action story she was part of would have nothing in common with the “weird” original 1937 love story.
“It’s one of those things that I think everyone’s going to have their assumptions about what it’s going to be, but it’s really not about the love story at all, which is really, really wonderful,” Zegler said.
In another video that resurfaced later, the actress faced another <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/media/another-resurfaced-clip-snow-white-star-knocking-1937-love-story-draws-backlash-literally-stalks-her">backlash</a> after she said that the remake wasn’t going to have any of those things like Snow White “being saved by the prince” or  the princess “dreaming about true love.&#8221;

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Disney actress Rachel Zegler, a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/disney-says-live-action-snow-white-will-be-delayed-one-year-just-weeks-after-backlash-to-lead-actress-bashing-original-film" target="_blank" rel="noopener">vocal left-wing activist</a>, is singing a different tune about the 1937 animated film &#8220;Snow White&#8221; amid backlash over her past feminist complaints about the Disney classic — and after The Daily Wire announced it is producing its own take on the timeless fairy tale.
During an interview for Variety with fellow Disney actress Halle Bailey, Zegler gushed over the original &#8220;Snow White&#8221; as &#8220;a monumental moment in film history.&#8221;
&#8220;The cartoon is so beloved — it&#8217;s like a monumental moment in film history. It&#8217;s the first feature-length cartoon movie, to the point where it won honorary Oscars, and all these amazing things that happened for that film are the reason that you and I get to sit here today, because it made Disney what it is,&#8221; Zegler told Bailey, who starred as Ariel in the live-action version of Disney&#8217;s &#8220;The Little Mermaid.&#8221;
The actress went on to veer away from her past comment, saying she &#8220;loves everything the Disney company has put out&#8221; since its inception.
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Rachel Zegler backtracks previous remarks and praises Disney&#39;s animated Snow White film as &quot;a monumental moment in film history&quot; <a href="https://t.co/oKBhYZIwhP">pic.twitter.com/oKBhYZIwhP</a>
&mdash; Daily Wire (@realDailyWire) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDailyWire/status/1734342385721844037?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 11, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Before the Variety interview, Zegler claimed she had only watched the original &#8220;Snow White&#8221; once as a kid and found it off-putting. “I think I watched it once and never picked it up again. I’m being so serious,” she <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/rachel-zegler-viral-backlash-snow-white-disney-live-action-rcna99848">said</a>.
The 22-year-old also made clear in past interviews that the new &#8220;Snow White&#8221; flick will not need a man or “true love.”
“It’s no longer 1937, and we absolutely wrote a ‘Snow White’ — she’s not going to be saved by a prince! And she’s not gonna be dreaming about true love,” Zegler said. “She’ll be dreaming about becoming a leader she knows she can be.”
In another example, the actress quipped that Disney could cut out all of Prince Charming’s scenes from the remake, emphasizing how apparently unimportant he is to the story. And perhaps most notably, Zegler said Prince Charming in the original fairy tale “stalks” Snow White.
“I mean, you know, the original cartoon came out in 1937 and very evidently so. There’s a big focus on her love story with a guy who literally stalks her. Weird! Weird,” the actress <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/disneys-snow-white-star-slammed-as-she-continues-bashing-original-film-in-another-resurfaced-video">said</a>.
Zegler&#8217;s newfound praise for &#8220;Snow White&#8221; comes on the heels of The Daily Wire/Bentkey’s announcement of its own live-action take on the beloved tale, titled “<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/daily-wire-announces-live-action-snow-white-and-the-evil-queen-starring-youtube-sensation-brett-cooper">Snow White and the Evil Queen</a>,&#8221; which is set to be released in 2024 and star actress and Daily Wire host Brett Cooper.
When Daily Wire co-founder Jeremy Boreing first announced the live-action adaptation, he took aim at Disney for disavowing its classic animated version. “Instead of telling stories about timeless truth, what the ancient fairy tales were all about,&#8221; said Boreing. &#8220;Disney’s new ‘Snow White’ is an apology for their past and will expose children to the popular but destructive lies of the current moment.&#8221;
Disney has since pushed back its remake&#8217;s release date by a full year. Following the revelation in October, Boreing said the actors’ strike in Hollywood would be used as an excuse for the film’s delayed release, but guessed Disney is likely scrambling to reshoot large parts of the film.
“My guess is the SAG strike excuse is just cover and that they are actually reshooting large parts of the movie to make it a more faithful adaptation of their own classic film,” Boreing posted to X, formerly Twitter. “Will be interesting to see how Rachel Zegler and Gal Gadot walk back their previous denouncements and insistence that this movie will be different…”
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/disney-vs-daily-wire-snow-white-actresses-side-by-side-video-clips-go-viral" target="_blank" rel="noopener">‘Disney Vs Daily Wire’: Snow White Actresses’ Side-By-Side Video Clips Go Viral</a>

WATCH: Disney Actress Does Full-180 On ‘Snow White’ After Backlash For Feminist Comments Criticizing Original

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/disney-says-live-action-snow-white-will-be-delayed-one-year-just-weeks-after-backlash-to-lead-actress-bashing-original-film" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Disney</a> recently announced that it was delaying the debut of its &#8220;<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/snow-white-is-shaping-up-to-be-disneys-wokest-remake-of-them-all" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Snow White</a>&#8221; remake until March 2025, and an insider reportedly says it is out of fear that the film will be a &#8220;financial disaster&#8221; and hurt plans for future spinoffs.
A source told the <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-12690259/disney-snow-white-rachel-zegler-delayed-woke-controversy.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Daily Mail</a> that when Disney cited the ongoing SAG-AFTRA strike as the reason behind delaying the film&#8217;s release one full year, that wasn&#8217;t the whole story. Disney has reportedly spent $330 million on the upcoming remake.
&#8220;Disney had to delay &#8216;Snow White&#8217; because they have spent so much money on it, and if it is a financial disaster at the box office, it might single handedly cripple future remakes and potential &#8216;Snow White&#8217; sequels that they have planned,&#8221; an insider told the outlet.
&#8220;They also have to remove themselves from the bad taste in the mouths of online critics and want to instead deliver a great film and get to a point where they get it right,&#8221; the insider added, noting the backlash against the lead actress <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/disneys-snow-white-remake-will-update-classic-story-with-a-stronger-narrative-lead-actress-says" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Rachel Zegler</a> who slammed the original story with a &#8220;stalker&#8221; prince.
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EXCLUSIVE: Disney delayed Snow White over fears it will be a &#8216;financial DISASTER&#8217; and flop like Cats &#8211; as controversy continues after Rachel Zegler&#8217;s woke tirade at &#8216;weird&#8217; original plot with &#8216;stalker&#8217; Prince <a href="https://t.co/oC615zrvbk">https://t.co/oC615zrvbk</a>
— Daily Mail Celebrity (@DailyMailCeleb) <a href="https://twitter.com/DailyMailCeleb/status/1720119746903879805?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 2, 2023</a></blockquote>
&#8220;They realize that they were overthinking things and are now reigning it all in a little bit more,&#8221; the source continued. &#8220;They just need some time to figure it all out – plus we are still dealing with the strikes. It is a perfect storm right now, but they are embracing change and anticipate it all to work out and exceed expectations. The work starts now.&#8221;
The film faced <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/snow-white-remake-rachel-zegler-criticism-1235569835/">backlash</a> from those upset about Disney casting Latin actress Zegler as the maiden with &#8220;skin as white as snow,&#8221; and then from actor <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/fing-backward-story-peter-dinklage-slams-disney-for-attempting-snow-white-and-the-seven-dwarfs-remake">Peter Dinklage,</a> who slammed Disney for attempting to remake the &#8220;f***ing backward&#8221; story about seven cave-dwelling dwarfs.
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&#8220;Literally no offense to anyone, but I was a little taken aback when they were very proud to cast a Latina actress as Snow White — but you&#8217;re still telling the story of &#8216;Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs,'&#8221; Dinklage said on a podcast.
&#8220;Take a step back and look at what you&#8217;re doing there,&#8221; he added. &#8220;It makes no sense to me. You&#8217;re progressive in one way and you&#8217;re still making that f***ing backward story about seven dwarfs living in a cave together, what the f*** are you doing man?&#8221;
In response, Disney announced first that in order to &#8220;avoid reinforcing stereotypes,&#8221; &#8220;magical creatures&#8221; would replace the seven dwarves. Images surfaced of women and men of different ethnicities as the dwarfs, which the outlet noted now appear to be replaced by CGI-created characters.
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/disneys-snow-white-star-slammed-as-she-continues-bashing-original-film-in-another-resurfaced-video" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Zegler</a> then slammed the original story, describing the prince as a &#8220;stalker&#8221; and made it clear the live-action story she was part of would have nothing in common with the &#8220;weird&#8221; original 1937 love story.
Following Zegler’s remarks bashing the original film, The Daily Wire’s kids entertainment company <a href="https://get.dailywire.com/subscribe/plus-v3?utm_campaign=snow&amp;utm_medium=paid&amp;utm_source=googlesearch&amp;utm_content=na_subscriptions&amp;gclid=CjwKCAjwkY2qBhBDEiwAoQXK5e6Wzs5KD6KX4uiyntRVBcSm1Wig50HOMZ7wGb0WIR3wf5XGbAWoTRoCsowQAvD_BwE" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Bentkey</a> announced it would make a live-action film titled “Snow White and the Evil Queen,” starring YouTube sensation Brett Cooper.
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The following is a partial transcript of a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/podcasts/morning-wire/dw-launches-kids-app-bent-key-10-22-23" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Morning Wire interview</a> with Daily Wire co-founder Jeremy Boreing and culture reporter Megan Basham on the launch of <a href="https://get.dailywire.com/subscribe/plus?utm_campaign=bentkey&amp;utm_medium=podcastdescriptions&amp;utm_source=podcastdescriptions&amp;utm_content=na&amp;_gl=1*ojrbxo*_ga*MTY3NDIxODg5My4xNjgyMDg3MjM4*_ga_CZKR9ZYKJP*MTY5ODY5Nzg4MC45OTMuMS4xNjk4NzAwNjIzLjUyLjAuMA.." target="_blank" rel="noopener">Bentkey</a>, a new Kids Entertainment platform.
Megan: So Jeremy, I am in the midst of the heavy mom years. All my friends are moms and we&#8217;re constantly talking about this problem of entertainment — especially the need to monitor our kids&#8217; shows for content we don&#8217;t want them exposed to. It&#8217;s truly become a constant source of aggravation. So, the minute you announced the <a href="https://get.dailywire.com/subscribe/plus?utm_campaign=bentkey&amp;utm_medium=podcastdescriptions&amp;utm_source=podcastdescriptions&amp;utm_content=na&amp;_gl=1*ojrbxo*_ga*MTY3NDIxODg5My4xNjgyMDg3MjM4*_ga_CZKR9ZYKJP*MTY5ODY5Nzg4MC45OTMuMS4xNjk4NzAwNjIzLjUyLjAuMA.." target="_blank" rel="noopener">Bentkey</a> app, my phone blew up. There has been nothing like this for my demographic and I’ve never seen this level of excitement and enthusiasm. The first question I want to ask you is, what was your inspiration for this particular venture? And when you were thinking about what you wanted this kids entertainment platform to offer, what kind of shows did you have in mind?
Jeremy: Well, I think one of the reasons that Daily Wire has been successful is because we don&#8217;t necessarily give people exactly what they think they want. We give them what we think they actually want. And so, at Daily Wire I&#8217;ve always said part of our job as lowercase “r” republicans is to represent our audience, never to betray our audience, but also to help lead our audience to the thing they actually want. If you watch many of the movies we&#8217;ve produced along the way, we try to make movies that are actually good, entertaining movies for adults and aren&#8217;t movies that pander to complete ideological purity, because I think it actually results in being unentertaining. But when we got the opportunity to make content for kids, I felt completely the opposite. Adults should be challenged, adults should be exposed to things that they don&#8217;t always agree with, so that adults can make good and informed decisions. Kids do not have the tools to make those kinds of decisions. You say you&#8217;re a mom and you&#8217;re in your core mom years — you&#8217;re on the front lines of the most important battle not only of our time, but of all time. And that&#8217;s inculcating values into children. It&#8217;s teaching children how to become the adults we want to see them become. And for that reason, when I started thinking about what kind of content we want to make in our kids entertainment operation, the answer was obvious to me: I want to make wonderful, beautiful, hilarious, highly entertaining content that is chock-full of goodness, that parents can trust implicitly. So when they put their kids in front of one piece of our content, they don’t have to worry about what it’s going to roll into as the next piece of content. Of course, parents should vet our content just like they do everything for their kids. You&#8217;re the most responsible person for your kids. But what if you don&#8217;t? If you didn&#8217;t, I want it to still be okay, because we&#8217;re vetting that content.
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Megan: Is there a particular scene in one of the shows available on the <a href="https://get.dailywire.com/subscribe/plus?utm_campaign=bentkey&amp;utm_medium=podcastdescriptions&amp;utm_source=podcastdescriptions&amp;utm_content=na&amp;_gl=1*ojrbxo*_ga*MTY3NDIxODg5My4xNjgyMDg3MjM4*_ga_CZKR9ZYKJP*MTY5ODY5Nzg4MC45OTMuMS4xNjk4NzAwNjIzLjUyLjAuMA.." target="_blank" rel="noopener">Bentkey</a> app right now that stands out to you as sort of emblematic of that kind of goodness that you&#8217;re talking about?
Jeremy: I think every single scene of “A Wonderful Day with Mabel Maclay” perfectly encapsulates what we&#8217;re trying to create. 
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Megan: Even though my kids are long past pre-school age, a friend of mine who has a 3-year-old watched several episodes and she told me she was really struck by the quality of the production that has gone into “Mabel Maclay.” She did wonder, though, how Daily Wire, a new player in this game, is going to be able to keep up the pace of that level of production.
Jeremy: We&#8217;ve launched 16 series, almost 150 episodes on the app with new episodes coming every single Saturday. We&#8217;re bringing back Saturday morning cartoons. But only four of those shows are original productions. It&#8217;ll take a long time before we&#8217;ve produced enough original content that everything on the app is ours. Now, that&#8217;s not to say that everything on the app hasn&#8217;t been vetted, it has been — every single minute of every single show. But obviously the shows we&#8217;re making best represent what our long-term vision is for the company.
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Megan: When I was looking through the current offerings, it was very clear to me that there&#8217;s been an effort, right out of the gate, to serve all the different kids demographics, all at once. I have a 14-year-old, and a 9-year-old, and I often have nieces and nephews who range all the way from 2 to 10 years old over at my house. What I appreciated was that we went from “Mabel Maclay” and some other shows for the very youngest set to “Runes” and then to “How Ridiculous,” which appeal to older kids. “How Ridiculous” features the well-known trio of young Australian men doing their signature YouTube competitions. And I&#8217;ll tell you, Jeremy, there was an audible cheer from the 9- and 10-year-olds in our house when they saw that “How Ridiculous” was available. So, was it a deliberate decision? Why get something for all of these age ranges and release them all right out of the gate rather than release them one at a time? What was the thinking behind that?
Jeremy: I suppose it&#8217;s because we believe this is the most important work we have ever undertaken. The politics of the day are urgent, but the culture is important. And most of our Daily Wire efforts heretofore have been focused on the urgent problem. This is a turn to the important problem, the generational problem. And you can&#8217;t just say, “Well, let&#8217;s start with four-year-olds,” and, be on the hundred-year plan or the 20-year plan to raise them to adulthood, you&#8217;ve got to go meet all the needs. Where the needs exist. Doesn&#8217;t mean you can do all of that all at one time, all the time, but we certainly thought at launch we needed to be serving all kids and then you&#8217;ll learn over time which kids are reacting better to the kind of content that you&#8217;re making and you&#8217;ll make more investments in those areas. But right out of the gate, it was very important to us to serve all of the needs that a parent might have in this regard.
Megan: Are there shows from your childhood or, you know, as you were growing up over the years that you remember and you think that was a great show, that was a great film, that&#8217;s what I aspire to, that stick out in your mind today? 
Jeremy: Oh, absolutely. The first one is “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood.” I grew up with no cable, we had network television which was three channels back then, but we also had PBS. I loved “Mr. Rogers” for this very reason: “Mr. Rogers” was about goodness. I can&#8217;t tell you what Fred Rogers’ politics were, but I know that my politics were built on a foundation that Fred Rogers helped to create by loving and celebrating childhood, by inspiring me to use my imagination, to think about what was right and what was wrong. That show has sort of been my North Star as I&#8217;ve thought about the kind of content we want to create.
Megan: Well, it&#8217;s interesting then because when I was watching “Mabel Maclay,” I thought we don&#8217;t really have this kind of thing anymore and she brought me back to Fred Rogers in a way I didn&#8217;t really remember for years.
Jeremy: Absolutely. You know, I&#8217;ve known Ryan and Katie Chase, who created “Mabel Maclay,” for two decades. They ran a kids improv school in L.A. They love children, they understand children and they know the power of childhood. I think they were in many ways put on earth to make this show. And in our earliest conversations, I kept saying, “Mr. Rogers, Mr. Rogers, Mr. Rogers.” I think what they created, though, is in no way derivative. If anything, it&#8217;s sort of like one part “Mr. Rogers,” one part “Mary Poppins.” It has this whimsy and magic that “Mr. Rogers” didn&#8217;t have, but it has all the goodness and all of the relating to kids and  “meeting kids where they are” aspect of what Fred Rogers was able to create with “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood.” So that was very much on their mind and on my mind as that show was developed.
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Megan: You mentioned what you&#8217;re not trying to do here is create entirely ideologically driven entertainment, that it&#8217;s something that kids will really enjoy. But to do that, you need really talented artists potentially across the ideological spectrum themselves. So, how do you recruit talented artists who aren&#8217;t afraid of being associated with a conservative company?
Jeremy: Well, it&#8217;s always challenging in our part of the ideological world to recruit great artists. For one thing, artists tend to be liberal. It&#8217;s a very natural thing that occurs — that conservatives tend to forsake the arts across all of history and liberals tend to engage in the arts across all of history. Then you run into the problem of, if they come work for us, they are in some ways risking their career. And it&#8217;s a lot to ask someone to risk their career for a job. What I will say, though, is that it has been much, much easier to recruit with our kids entertainment program than it has been with our general entertainment program. And I think the reason is this: If you risked it all; you left your home and your family; you “went west, young man;” you waited tables, even after law school, and you went to work in the mailroom at one of the big agencies, all of that to try to get your foot in the door in Hollywood. And you had the opportunity to write on some HBO show that&#8217;s one of the most high quality shows ever made, but a lot of what&#8217;s in it you don&#8217;t necessarily approve of. There&#8217;s a high probability you&#8217;ll take that opportunity, because you&#8217;ll rationalize, and probably not altogether incorrectly, “Yes, I don&#8217;t agree with everything about this show, but the opportunity to work at this high level can&#8217;t be denied and adults can make their own decisions.” But when you ask people to do that with content that is aimed at 7-year-olds, they simply cannot live with themselves. You&#8217;re now not asking them to do something where people can make rational choices, you&#8217;re asking them to treat children like they&#8217;re specimens in a petri dish and to experiment on them with all of these radical new ideas. The kinds of people who are drawn to children&#8217;s entertainment love children and so they simply can&#8217;t sleep at night. And for that reason, we have an embarrassment of riches in this department. People want this to work. They want to come work for this company. They want to see it succeed because they don&#8217;t want to do evil.
Megan: Yeah, it&#8217;s been interesting to me to hear the buzz from people that I know in some of these studios, particularly Disney, who quietly have reached out to me and to others I know and said,“Hey, what&#8217;s going on over there? Do you have room for someone like me for someone, you know, with my talents?” But part of what I&#8217;ve noticed, and obviously you leaned into this a little bit in the announcement, is the dichotomy between what your vision is and where a company like Disney is now. And one of the things you announced along with the <a href="https://get.dailywire.com/subscribe/plus?utm_campaign=bentkey&amp;utm_medium=podcastdescriptions&amp;utm_source=podcastdescriptions&amp;utm_content=na&amp;_gl=1*ojrbxo*_ga*MTY3NDIxODg5My4xNjgyMDg3MjM4*_ga_CZKR9ZYKJP*MTY5ODY5Nzg4MC45OTMuMS4xNjk4NzAwNjIzLjUyLjAuMA.." target="_blank" rel="noopener">app launch</a> is that you&#8217;re working on a live-action adaptation of “Snow White” and here&#8217;s a little clip from that first teaser:
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Megan: So, how do you respond to headlines like the one at The Hollywood Reporter that said that The Daily Wire is trolling Disney with this new “Snow White and the Evil Queen” adaptation? Do you think that&#8217;s a fair characterization?
Jeremy: Well, yes, it&#8217;s an accurate characterization. We are political. The Daily Wire is political. Launching Bentkey is a political act. The content at Bentkey, however, is not political. It&#8217;s pre-political. It&#8217;s for children. I don&#8217;t believe that children should be cogs in our, sort of, political war machine. I believe children should be children. But of course launching the company is political and of course making “Snow White and the Evil Queen” is political. It&#8217;s a reaction to the political move by Disney to remake their own animated classic, a tale of timeless truth, a fairy tale that was probably centuries old before it was ever written down by the Brothers Grimm that contains the kind of wisdom that generation after generation after generation after generation benefited from. To say, as Rachel Zegler did, “Yeah, it&#8217;s not 1937 anymore.” Rachel, the story wasn&#8217;t written in 1937. Those truths existed in that story long before Disney was born or Disney&#8217;s parents or his grandparents or his great-grandparents were born. To throw that out as though you know best, because you have imbibed the du jour woke politics — the crazy radical ideas of this fleeting moment — that&#8217;s the very reason Benkey exists. And so, responding to that is, yes, a troll of Disney. It&#8217;s a rebuke of Disney. It&#8217;s saying to Disney, “If you weren&#8217;t doing what you&#8217;re doing, we wouldn&#8217;t have to do what we&#8217;re doing.&#8221; But we do have to do what we&#8217;re doing. Because, as I said at the top, I think this is the most important fight that Ben Shapiro or Caleb Robinson or Jeremy Boreing or The Daily Wire have ever engaged in. This is what I most hope is our legacy.
Megan: Well, thanks so much, Jeremy. As I said, as a mom, finding entertainment for our kids that not only doesn&#8217;t undermine our values, but in fact actually can help establish them, is a constant source of concern. So, more and better options in this area are really welcome. We very much appreciate it.
Jeremy: Thank you.

Jeremy Boreing

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Jeremy Boreing On Why Bentkey Is 'The Most Important Work We Have Ever Undertaken'

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A post featuring video clips from Disney&#8217;s &#8220;Snow White&#8221; actress <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/rachel-zegler">Rachel Zegler</a> and Daily Wire/Bentkey&#8217;s “<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/daily-wire-announces-live-action-snow-white-and-the-evil-queen-starring-youtube-sensation-brett-cooper">Snow White and the Evil Queen</a>&#8221; star <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/the-thrill-of-a-lifetime-brett-cooper-takes-questions-from-fans-about-starring-role-in-snow-white-and-the-evil-queen">Brett Cooper</a> speaking about the relationship between the sexes went viral, last week.
The side-by-side videos were posted by popular X account &#8220;End Wokeness&#8221; and captioned, &#8220;[Two] remakes of &#8216;Snow White&#8217; coming out in 2024 (Disney vs Daily Wire,&#8221; adding, &#8220;Spot the difference.&#8221;
In the clip of Zegler, who has been a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/disney-says-live-action-snow-white-will-be-delayed-one-year-just-weeks-after-backlash-to-lead-actress-bashing-original-film" target="_blank" rel="noopener">vocal far-Left feminist activist</a>, the actress makes it clear that Disney&#8217;s &#8220;Snow White&#8221; will not need a man or &#8220;true love.&#8221;
&#8220;It&#8217;s no longer 1937, and we absolutely wrote a &#8216;Snow White&#8217; — she&#8217;s not going to be saved by a prince! And she&#8217;s not gonna be dreaming about true love,&#8221; Zegler told an interviewer about the upcoming movie. &#8220;She&#8217;ll be dreaming about becoming a leader she knows she can be.&#8221;
Alternatively, Cooper, in her video clip, identifies feminist talking points that have hurt women and emphasizes how men and women need each other.
&#8220;But by 2030, it&#8217;s predicted that 45% of women will be unmarried and childless,&#8221; Cooper says. &#8220;Why do you think that is? Well, it&#8217;s because we&#8217;ve been told that &#8216;men are trash&#8217; and that our career is the only thing that matters and that marriage and children will inhibit that, which is unnatural. That is biologically unnatural for women.&#8221;
The post has been viewed more than 1.7 million times, garnering hundreds of comments from users.
&#8220;Woke vs based. The battle for our culture,&#8221; one comment read, reacting to the post&#8217;s caption to &#8220;spot the difference&#8221; between the two videos.
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&#8220;Daily Wire: concerned about women&#8217;s health,&#8221; another comment said. &#8220;Disney: doesn&#8217;t know how to define what a woman is.&#8221;
&#8220;The radical left has been promoting this ideology since the Obama days to destabilize the [men/women] dynamic, and the result has been a &#8216;woke&#8217; over sexualize hookup culture that don’t believe in marriage, or family,&#8221; one comment said, referencing Zegler&#8217;s commentary.
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Zegler has made repeated comments disparaging the original &#8220;Snow White&#8221; fairytale. She once told an interviewer that she watched the Disney film once as a kid and found it off-putting. “I think I watched it once and never picked it up again. I’m being so serious,” she <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/rachel-zegler-viral-backlash-snow-white-disney-live-action-rcna99848">said</a>. In another example, the actress quipped that Disney could cut out all of Prince Charming&#8217;s scenes from the remake, emphasizing how apparently unimportant he is to the story. Perhaps most notably, Zegler said Prince Charming in the original fairytale &#8220;stalks&#8221; Snow White. 
“I mean, you know, the original cartoon came out in 1937 and very evidently so. There’s a big focus on her love story with a guy who literally stalks her. Weird! Weird,&#8221; the actress <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/disneys-snow-white-star-slammed-as-she-continues-bashing-original-film-in-another-resurfaced-video">said</a>.
Disney made waves Friday when the corporation <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/disney-says-live-action-snow-white-will-be-delayed-one-year-just-weeks-after-backlash-to-lead-actress-bashing-original-film" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced</a> that the release date of their &#8220;Snow White&#8221; movie will be pushed back a full year. There was no reason given for the delayed release, but the move aligns with Disney, particularly Zegler, getting slammed for woke messaging about the &#8220;Snow White&#8221; adaptation.
Daily Wire co-founder Jeremy Boreing said Friday that he believes the ongoing actors’ strike in Hollywood will be used as an excuse for the film’s delayed release, but guessed Disney is likely scrambling to reshoot large parts of the film.
“My guess is the SAG strike excuse is just cover and that they are actually reshooting large parts of the movie to make it a more faithful adaptation of their own classic film,” Boreing posted to X. “Will be interesting to see how Rachel Zegler and Gal Gadot walk back their previous denouncements and insistence that this movie will be different…”
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My guess is the SAG strike excuse is just cover and that they are actually reshooting large parts of the movie to make it a more faithful adaptation of their own classic film. 
Will be interesting to see how Rachel Zegler and Gal Gadot walk back their previous denouncements and… <a href="https://t.co/8pemrv0OVs">https://t.co/8pemrv0OVs</a>
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Cooper, unlike Zegler, has gushed about how much she loved the original Brothers Grimm fairytale as a girl and felt honored and excited to be able to bring the story to life, adding that the story showcases important values. 
“I’m just so excited to bring this story to you guys. The values in the original ‘Snow White’ story are so wonderful and so timeless, and so true,” Cooper said last week, when the live-action film was first announced to the public. “I think that those are values that are missing a lot in our culture today. I’m very excited for you guys to be watching something that is beautifully shot, and beautifully written, and experiencing that along with all of us.”
Popular YouTuber The Critical Drinker, who highlighted the differences between Zegler and Cooper, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dl79_LF9wwQ&amp;t=5482s">commented</a> on Bentkey’s “Snow White and the Evil Queen” trailer, saying, “It’s like a direct f*** you to Disney.”
“I think it’s just funny that something like this is allowed to exist, and it’s probably going to go head-to-head with Disney next year,” he added. 
“Let’s go. I’m for it,” one of The Critical Drinker’s guests chimed in. “It’s about time we had some competition in this space. These massive corporate structures have formed and something needs to disrupt it.” 
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Amanda Harding contributed to this report 
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/the-thrill-of-a-lifetime-brett-cooper-takes-questions-from-fans-about-starring-role-in-snow-white-and-the-evil-queen">‘The Thrill Of A Lifetime’: Brett Cooper Takes Questions From Fans About Starring Role In ‘Snow White And The Evil Queen’</a>

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‘Disney Vs Daily Wire’: Snow White Actresses’ Side-By-Side Video Clips Go Viral

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The quality of kids’ content is rapidly declining. That is just an unfortunate fact. The decline is being ushered along by the idea that traditions are bad and, therefore, anything having to do with a tradition is not good either. So anything remotely traditional must go. “Throw the baby out with the bathwater,” they say. This, of course, is all evidence of new-age parenting and coddle culture, which I will continue to speak out against. 
Nowhere are the effects of coddle culture more evident than on college campuses. I often get asked to speak at colleges and sometimes I am just baffled by the students — so baffled that I want to know who raised them. I really want to meet their mom and dad. How did they get to college <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/taylor-swift-has-the-maturity-of-a-15-year-old-girl">with the mentality they have at 19- and 20-years-old</a>? These students will wait in incredibly long lines and sit through my speech just to turn around and try to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/lifes-tough-get-a-helmet-man">give their own</a> during the question-and-answer portion of the session because they want people to hear how they feel. They missed some obvious lessons on values growing up. 
Meanwhile, I am trying to instill traditional values in my children. But that’s not necessarily easy because when you pay attention as a parent, you see how much our culture has shifted, even in the slightest ways. Take, for example, the music I allow my children to listen to. In my book <a href="https://store.dailywire.com/products/blackout?_pos=1&amp;_sid=8d5e63a77&amp;_ss=r">“Blackout,”</a> I quoted Confucius, a Chinese philosopher, who said, “If one should desire to know whether a kingdom is well governed, if its morals are good or bad, the quality of its music will furnish the answer.” In my book, I was relaying how music has changed drastically in only a few decades. We went from The Temptations and the Commodores to Cardi B and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/what-is-justice-in-america-today">Megan Thee Stallion</a>. My point in “Blackout” was, the values of black America are reflected in its music. But it’s not just black America; it’s all of America. 
We can even see this degradation of music over time in Disney music. My favorite Disney princess has always been Aurora in “Sleeping Beauty.” I absolutely loved Aurora, so I often play “Once Upon a Dream” for my daughter. Even the sound of Aurora’s voice is uplifting, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXbHShUnwxY" target="_blank" rel="noopener">and the song’s lyrics</a> are lovely and classic: 
<blockquote>I know you, I walked with you once upon a dream
I know you, that gleam in your eyes is so familiar a gleam
And I know it&#8217;s true that visions are seldom all they seem
But if I know you, I know what you&#8217;ll do
You&#8217;ll love me at once, the way you did once upon a dream</blockquote>
Fast forward to the movie “Frozen.” To be clear, I have no issue with this movie. I have watched the movie, and it’s fine; however, I am disappointed at how modern these movies have become. Anna, played by Kristin Bell (who, for the record, does great work and is amazingly talented), sings <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrX1XKtShSI" target="_blank" rel="noopener">a song titled “For the First Time in Forever.”</a> These lyrics are quite a bit different than those of Aurora’s song:
<blockquote>Don&#8217;t know if I&#8217;m elated or gassy
But I&#8217;m somewhere in that zone
&#8216;Cause for the first time in forever
I won&#8217;t be alone</blockquote>
Later in the song, Anna sings, “I wanna stuff some chocolate in my face.” I suppose the song is meant to be relatable and cute, but it’s also off-putting and tactless. In the bigger picture, the change of lyrics represents a degradation in our music, our language, and even how we communicate. Aurora is frightened when her path crosses with the prince, while Anna wants to meet a prince, feels gassy, and hopes to stuff her face with chocolate. 
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These lyrics are by no means something to panic over. After all, “Frozen” is a cute movie, but we should pay attention to the fact that the lesson it carries with it is, without question, that traditions should be done away with. And — spoiler alert — just when you think Princess Anna is going to be rescued by a handsome prince, she’s actually rescued by her sister’s love. The implication is, having a handsome prince save her (i.e., the idea of a budding nuclear family) must be done away with; it’s garbage. This is the message being funneled to children today, and though you may be tempted to think it doesn’t matter, it does.
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Disney is remaking the classic movie “Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs,” and with it, they’re sending a new message. Rachel Zegler is the lead actress playing Snow White, and listening to her is thoroughly unbearable. She is an entitled brat and probably someone I would have come across on one of the college campuses I visit. She believes that everything in the past is terrible, that we should only be looking forward, and that being progressive is a necessity. She despises the idea of a pretty princess and a prince. She does not like any of that. Furthermore, she knows what she wants and what she deserves, which she has made crystal clear when she commented on the money she deserves for her role. She’s been filmed saying, “If I’m going to stand there 18 hours in a dress of an iconic Disney princess, I deserve to be paid for every hour that it’s streamed online.” 
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“I’m if gonna stand there 18 hours in a dress of an iconic Disney princess, I deserve to be paid for every hour that it’s streamed online.” 
The new Snow White is the most insufferable woman I’ve ever seen <a href="https://t.co/U1swu4roRl">pic.twitter.com/U1swu4roRl</a>
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She sounds nice. She sounds even nicer when she talks about “Snow White,” the classic movie we grew up watching with the princess everyone loves. (By the way, this is not a partisan issue. Most Democrats and Republicans enjoy the Disney classics. Except Rachel, who just happens to be the one acting in the role of one of those major classics.) 
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We get it, Rachel. It’s not 1937. Men are weird. Men are creepy. Weird. Weird. Men might even be cut from the film. But she doesn’t stop there. She continues to drone on about her version of a princess.
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I don’t know how many more times she could say it or how much clearer she can make it for us: Snow White is going to be a boss. She’s going to go to work. She’s not going to worry about family. Who cares about finding a handsome prince? She can make money. The idea of a prince can no longer be tolerated. She can do “bad” all by herself because that’s really where the future is. It’s progressive.
While these are subtle changes to characters, they are changes parents should be paying attention to — because it’s morphing into entitlement and narcissism. It’s all about you and what you bring to the table and how much you can accomplish without any other person. As Confucius once said, our morals — which I would argue are very bad — are just being furnished by our culture. We are living among the most entitled generation that has ever existed, and the last thing we need is for it to continue to show up in the content our kids are watching.
This is why there needs to be a disruption in kids’ content. The Daily Wire made a promise to spend $100 million over three years to build a kids entertainment company, and on Monday, we delivered on that promise. The Daily Wire released <a href="https://twitter.com/i/status/1713994985505185941" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Bentkey</a>, the <a href="https://www.bentkey.com/launch/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">new streaming platform</a> for kids entertainment, dedicated to telling stories that kids will love and parents can trust. And this is <a href="https://twitter.com/realDailyWire/status/1714000370806997389?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1714000370806997389%7Ctwgr%5Ebefe8836829781da4537205047d147d850283421%7Ctwcon%5Es1_c10&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dailywire.com%2Fnews%2Fintroducing-bentkey-a-new-adventure-in-kids-entertainment" target="_blank" rel="noopener">just the beginning</a> of what is to come.
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Kids Entertainment: Out With The Old, In With The New

Actor and host of “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/@TheCommentsSection">The Comments Section</a>” Brett Cooper chatted with fans Tuesday during an Instagram Live about her anticipated starring role in The Daily Wire/Bentkey’s live-action film “<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/daily-wire-announces-live-action-snow-white-and-the-evil-queen-starring-youtube-sensation-brett-cooper">Snow White and the Evil Queen</a>.” 
The Daily Wire <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/daily-wire-announces-live-action-snow-white-and-the-evil-queen-starring-youtube-sensation-brett-cooper">announced</a> Monday it will make its own adaptation of the Brothers Grimm fairytale. The film, which is set to release in 2024, will be the first feature-length production of its newly-launched kids entertainment platform, <a href="https://www.bentkey.com/launch/">Bentkey</a>.
“It feels so great to finally tell you guys about this super-secret project,” Cooper told viewers. “I was raised just on Grimm’s fairy tales. I love Grimms, so I love the original ‘Snow White and the Evil Queen.’ The story has the most amazing values.” 
Cooper also revealed that, yes, she is indeed singing in the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/daily-wire-announces-live-action-snow-white-and-the-evil-queen-starring-youtube-sensation-brett-cooper">film’s teaser clip</a>, which was released Monday. 
“Yes, that actually is me singing,” she answered one fan’s question. “That is the first time that I have sung musical theater-style music in many, many years. I started in musical theater. Actually, my first professional job was singing opera with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra.”
Cooper, who started professionally acting at just age 8, told viewers that she had “shut off” acting and singing after the pandemic. “I walked away from acting after the COVID years,” she explained. “I was so bitter about the entertainment industry, and about Hollywood. I felt burned out because I had been a professional actor since I was 8 years old – I loved it, but I felt burned during college, then I didn&#8217;t get vaccinated and … felt blacklisted in a lot of ways.”
The YouTube sensation explained that, out of her frustration, she “lied” to herself and told herself she never needed to act again. Things changed when Daily Wire co-founder Jeremy Boreing asked Cooper to act in both “Snow White and the Evil Queen” and The Daily Wire’s “<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/the-pendragon-cycle-debuts-first-sneak-peek-of-behind-the-scenes-filming-of-epic-adventure-series-with-production-diary-1">The Pendragon Cycle</a>.”
While “The Comments Section” filled a void in a lot of ways, Cooper said, acting in the two films has reignited her passion and love of acting. “It has been the thrill of a lifetime,” she said. 
“I am just, incredibly, incredibly lucky to work with such an amazing team of creatives. I cannot say that enough,” Cooper gushed. “I trust them completely.”
When another fan inquired about Cooper’s acting experience in Hollywood, versus working with The Daily Wire, she responded, “In a lot of ways, it’s very similar. The caliber is very similar, the attitude of production is similar, the caliber of the people we’re working with is up to par – I would argue even better than what they’re doing.”
“But, as an actor, it is so freeing [to work with Daily Wire] because I don’t feel like I’m censoring myself at all,” she said, adding that the conservative company is not trying to “appease anybody” or “check any boxes” like Hollywood now does. 
It’s also a “bit more gritty” working here, Cooper said, “because we’re not just fighting to create a movie or a TV show, we’re fighting to create … something much bigger. I love it. I think it’s the perfect combination.” 
As to what she’s looking forward to the most with “Snow White and the Evil Queen,” Cooper said she’s excited to push herself creatively, particularly with the singing: “I think I’m flexing different muscles than I have been in the last couple of years. … It will be a new challenge, it will be super fulfilling.”
“But on a grander scale,” she added, “I’m just so excited to bring this story to you guys. The values in the original ‘Snow White’ story are so wonderful and so timeless, and so true. I think that those are values that are missing a lot in our culture today. I&#8217;m very excited for you guys to be watching something that is beautifully shot, and beautifully written, and experiencing that along with all of us.”
Toward the end of the livestream, Cooper was asked by a viewer if Bentkey is going to do more live-action films.
 “This is just the beginning,” she responded, “so get excited.” 
To watch the full Instagram Live video, <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/Cygq54rLPkz/?hl=en" target="_blank" rel="noopener">click here</a>. 
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‘The Thrill Of A Lifetime’: Brett Cooper Takes Questions From Fans About Starring Role In ‘Snow White And The Evil Queen’

Brett Cooper Takes Questions From Fans About Starring Role In ‘Snow White And The Evil Queen’ 

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Disney has failed to make any inroads with conservative Americans who turned on the entertainment industry giant over its woke politics, according to results from a new Rasmussen Reports survey previewed exclusively by The Daily Wire.
Just over 60% of Republicans have an unfavorable opinion of Disney, including 35% who say they have a “very unfavorable&#8221; opinion, the survey <a href="https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/partner_surveys/has_politics_damaged_disney_s_brand">conducted by Rasmussen</a> in late September found. The results are starkly divided by political identity. While among Republicans only 32% have a favorable view and 61% have an unfavorable view, for Democrats the results are almost exactly the opposite — 61% of Democrats view Disney favorably and just 29% unfavorably.
The polling indicates that Disney’s woke politics have a real-time impact on its standing popularity. A March 2022 poll conducted as Disney was in the middle of a high-profile fight with Florida Governor Ron DeSantis found the company in a similarly poor position — Republicans viewed Disney by a nearly identical margin, with 29% favorable and 64% unfavorable. The results for Democrats — 58% favorable and 29% unfavorable — also closely mirror what was found in last week’s survey. That poll was conducted just days after then-CEO Bob Chapek<a href="https://www.npr.org/2022/03/08/1085130633/disney-response-florida-bill-dont-say-gay" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> publicly chastised</a> DeSantis for targeting the LGBTQ community.
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/not-at-all-secret-gay-agenda-disney-employees-break-down-adding-queerness-to-shows-and-degenderizing-theme-parks" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Video also emerged</a> that month of a producer confessing that she pushes a “not-at-all secret gay agenda” through Disney content, “adding queerness” to its children’s programming.
Disney&#8217;s best polling performance, on the other hand, came earlier this year in March, when only 54% of Republicans viewed it unfavorably. That poll was conducted after Chapek was replaced at the helm of Disney by its former CEO, Bob Iger, who <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/new-disney-ceo-says-company-will-quiet-things-down-regrets-predecessor-battled-desantis" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pledged</a> to “quiet things down” on the political front.
But Iger has failed to steer Disney clear of politics. Disney embroiled itself in viral controversy in August over comments made by the lead actress in its remake of &#8220;Snow White,&#8221; Rachel Zegler, who called the classic love story “extremely dated” and labeled Snow White’s prince “a guy who literally stalks her. Weird. Weird.”
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“I’m if gonna stand there 18 hours in a dress of an iconic Disney princess, I deserve to be paid for every hour that it’s streamed online.” 
The new Snow White is the most insufferable woman I’ve ever seen <a href="https://t.co/U1swu4roRl">pic.twitter.com/U1swu4roRl</a>
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“She’s not going to be saved by the prince and she’s not going to be dreaming about true love,” the actress said, suggesting that it pained her to have to wear the “dress of an iconic Disney princess.”
Disney was also highlighted this week by GLAAD, the Gay &amp; Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, for including LGBTQ content into a whopping 41% of its films in 2022, making it the second most &#8220;LGBTQ-inclusive&#8221; studio, behind only Netflix. It received its<a href="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2023/10/Screenshot-2023-10-04-at-3.36.19-PM-e1696448764475.png" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> best rating ever from GLAAD</a>, which rates studios annually, and was also praised by GLAAD&#8217;s CEO for its decision to cut off all political donations in Florida over its fight with DeSantis.Analysts have<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/woke-disney-lost-almost-900-million-on-last-8-films-report" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> estimated</a> that Disney’s stature with conservative audiences may have cost the company nearly $1 billion, with its major theatrical releases underperforming at the box office.
A <a href="https://news.gallup.com/opinion/gallup/511346/fewer-americans-back-businesses-wading-current-events.aspx">Gallup poll released this week</a> found that nearly 60% of Americans think companies should avoid politics, up from 52% last year. Only 37% of Americans think businesses should take a public stance on &#8220;LGBTQ+ issues,&#8221; the poll found.
The company’s embrace of radical politics has been in the works for years. In 2019, Disney executives threatened to boycott the state of Georgia if it passed legislation restricting abortions. In the past several years the company has also signed a<a href="https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/29417850/colin-kaepernick-disney-announce-partnership-deal" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> partnership</a> with Black Lives Matter hero Colin Kaepernick,<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/disney-cancels-gina-carano-over-tweets-while-ignoring-far-worse-from-others" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> fired</a> actress Gina Carano over conservative social media posts, and infused liberalism into countless classic cartoons, including an “exclusively gay moment” into the remake of &#8220;<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/disney-unleashes-its-first-exclusively-gay-moment-amanda-prestigiacomo" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Beauty and the Beast</a>.&#8221;
(Disclosure: The Daily Wire has announced plans for kids’ entertainment content.)

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EXCLUSIVE: Disney’s Favorability Plummets With Conservatives After Snow White Controversy

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Mirror, mirror on the wall, which is the wokest of them all?
Anyone who’s been paying attention to the entertainment industry over the past few years could have guessed that Disney’s latest live-action adaptation of a classic film was going to thrust modern elements into a timeless fairy tale. Disney keeps using this strategy for all their remakes despite the backlash.
“Peter Pan &amp; Wendy” (2023) mixed girls into the Lost Boys. “The Little Mermaid” (2023) writers updated the lyrics to “Kiss the Girl” lest they be accused of Prince Eric failing to get consent for physical contact. The director for “Beauty and the Beast” (2017) famously bragged about including an “exclusively gay moment.”
All the women in these remakes also get stronger, more feminist-approved backstories. In “Aladdin” (2019), Jasmine gets a much bigger backstory and a desire to run the city, not just escape it. “Beauty and the Beast” depicts Belle as an inventor just like her father.
But no film is catching so much heat before making it into theaters as the new “Snow White.” More than six months prior to its scheduled release, this live-action adaptation of the 1937 animated musical is getting a lot of bad press due mostly to comments made by the actress cast in the lead role, Rachel Zegler.
Like so many other Disney films, “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” is based on a Brothers Grimm fairytale. Zegler, who is of Colombian and Polish descent, responded to fans on social media who were questioning her being cast in the film despite the original Snow White being described as having skin, “white as snow.”
<blockquote>&#8220;You don’t normally see Snow Whites that are of Latin descent, even though Snow White is really a big deal in Spanish-speaking countries,” Zegler said. “Blanca Nieves is a huge icon whether you’re talking about the Disney cartoon or just different iterations and the Grimm fairy tale and all the stories that come with it. But you don’t particularly see people who look like me or are me playing roles like that.”</blockquote>
Anyone who questioned Zegler’s casting was immediately denounced as a racist. Zegler responded to the backlash on X by sharing photos of herself dressed as Snow White as a young child. “Extremely appreciative of the love I feel from those defending me online, but please don’t tag me in the nonsensical discourse about my casting,” Zegler wrote.
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extremely appreciative of the love i feel from those defending me online, but please don’t tag me in the nonsensical discourse about my casting. 
i really, truly do not want to see it.
so i leave you w these photos! i hope every child knows they can be a princess no matter what <a href="https://t.co/AU5PjJutK5">pic.twitter.com/AU5PjJutK5</a>
&mdash; rachel zegler (she/her/hers) (@rachelzegler) <a href="https://twitter.com/rachelzegler/status/1680225020772057088?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 15, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Things went downhill from there. Appearances aside, some of the strongest reservations to the new “Snow White” come from comments Zegler made about updates to the storyline, which seem to indicate writers have completely changed the storyline.
The original &#8220;Snow White&#8221; is about an Evil Queen (played in the new version by Gal Gadot) who is jealous of Snow White&#8217;s beauty. She orders a huntsman to murder of her stepdaughter, but later discovers that Snow White is still alive and hiding in a cottage with seven friendly dwarves. The Evil Queen disguises herself as an old woman and brings a poisoned apple to Snow White, who falls into a death-like sleep that can be broken only by a kiss from a prince.
“It’s no longer 1937,” the actress told Variety during a September 2022 interview of the new movie. “She’s not going to be saved by the prince, and she’s not going to be dreaming about true love; she’s going to be dreaming about becoming the leader she knows she can be and that her late father told her that she could be if she was fearless, fair, brave and true.&#8221;
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And that’s not all. In another clip that went viral, Zegler accused Snow White’s prince of “stalking” her.
“I mean, you know, the original cartoon came out in 1937, and very evidently so. There’s a big focus on her love story with a guy who literally stalks her. Weird! Weird. So we didn’t do that this time,” she said.
“We have a different approach to what I’m sure a lot of people will assume is a love story just because, like we cast a guy in the movie …  It’s one of those things that I think everyone’s going to have their assumptions about what it’s actually going to be, but it’s really not about the love story at all, which is really, really wonderful.”
This left many fans wondering: if &#8220;Snow White&#8221; wasn’t a love story, then what kind of story was it, exactly?
Disney already changed the storyline from the original film once. The Brothers Grimm version included macabre details like the Evil Queen demanding for the huntsman to bring back Snow White’s heart and liver as proof that he killed her. He returned with the organs of a deer instead, and the queen ate them.
Disney softened the story for a young audience, as they did with so many other old fairytales. But now “Snow White” will be apparently be so unrecognizable that fans wonder why the studio bothered using the story for inspiration at all.
There’s also the matter of those seven dwarves. Last year, &#8220;Game of Thrones&#8221; actor Peter Dinklage spoke out publicly about the remake happening in the first place, saying Disney shouldn’t be telling a &#8220;backward story&#8221; about dwarves.
Disney responded with a statement, saying, &#8220;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.&#8221;
Photos leaked from the film’s set sparked all kinds of reactions. Zegler’s crew of “companions” included people of varying heights, genders, and appearance, prompting The Daily Mail to run a <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-12298801/EXCLUSIVE-Snow-White-Seven-Politically-Correct-Companions.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">headline</a> touting them as “Snow White and the Seven Politically-Correct Companions.”
“So they have one little person playing a dwarf to be more ‘politically correct?’ So 6 other little people didn’t get the job or the check and somehow this is more ‘sensitive?’ Disney is a joke,” Fox News commentator Tomi Lahren <a href="https://twitter.com/TomiLahren/status/1679841554175868933" target="_blank" rel="noopener">tweeted</a> in response to the article.
Many people have been complaining about the woke-ification of &#8220;Snow White.&#8221; David Hand, the son of one of the original film’s directors, called the remake a “disgrace.” He also claimed his father and Walt Disney would, “very much disagree with it.&#8221;
&#8220;I think Walt and he would be turning in their graves,” Hand <a href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2023/08/18/disney-snow-white-seven-dwarfs-remake-woke-backlash/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> The Telegraph in an August interview. He said Disney is “just so radical now. They change the stories, they change the thought process of the characters. They’re making up new woke things and I’m just not into any of that. I find it quite frankly a bit insulting (what) they may have done with some of these classic films.”
There is a chance that “Snow White” won’t be as insufferable as it seems. There’s also a small chance that Disney will notice all the negative press and rather than forging ahead, they’ll stall the project and address some of the more egregious issues.
The likelier outcome is that the studio will force their agenda on a disinterested audience and “Snow White” will become yet another pointless, embarrassing disaster of a remake that leaves everyone questioning why it was ever made.
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