I’ve said repeatedly that Disney’s seemingly woked-up Snow White (3.21) is almost certainly going to be an instructive (read: punishing) militant feminist fantasy by way of a manifesto…not my cup but fine, whatever.
But rightwing notions that star Rachel Zegler (of Columbian-Polish descent) is somehow an inappropriate choice for the titular role…these slags are ridiculous. Zegler is a beautiful, fair-skinned, dark-haired actress with an excellent singing voice…where’s the problem in that?
Nonetheless The Ankler‘s Richard Rushfield has apparently been persuaded that conservative gripes about Zegler not being “white” enough…Rushfield thinks this is some kind of major narrative out there. Well, not to my fucking knowledge…
The Ankler‘s Richard Rushfield, posted on 2.25.25: “A studio calling out criticisms of Rachel Zegler’s ethnicity as the disgusting filth it is, is not a studio ‘going woke,’ but rather making a basic stand for decency and refusing to be dragged into the dark places where much of the world seems determined to go.”
“And following in the path of Glenn Powell‘s character in Twister, relegated to the sidelines during the action-packed climax, there ain’t no savior prince in the new Snow White (Disney, 3.21) — this is apparently a militant, storm-the-barricades show aimed at progressive women of all ages. (The script is by Greta Gerwig and Erin Cressida Wilson.) Okay, there’s the kind-hearted, mild-mannered Jonathan character (Andrew Burnap) as well as the Huntsman (Ansu Kabia)), but, like Powell, these are second-banana characters.”
