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[quote=Anonymous]I have been following this story for a few days with much interest probably because I am physically disabled myself and often seen very ablest posts here on DCUM. I was waiting to see if anyone else would post about it but surprisingly (or maybe unsurprisingly) no one has so I will.

On Monday a podcast called WTF published an interview session with the actor Peter Dinklage during which the conversation discusses Disney's announcement to remake Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs and Disney's promotion of casting Rachel Zegler (whose mother is Colombian) as Snow White as being evidence of Disney's commitment to diversity, inclusion and progressiveness.  If you listen to the podcast (I have), the conversation starts around the 50-55 min mark. Dinklage makes the criticism of Disney for patting itself on the back as being so "progressive" with hiring Zegler but still even remaking the movie at all when the entire premise is discriminatory against little people and promotes a stereotype/connotation of dwarfs that is very negative.

“They were very, very proud to cast a Latino actress as Snow White, but you’re still telling the story of ‘Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs,’ ” Dinklage said, adding, “You’re progressive in one way … but you’re still making that … backward story about seven dwarfs living in a cave. What … are you doing, man?”

Disney responded with the following statement:  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,” a Disney spokesperson told Variety in a statement. “We look forward to sharing more as the film heads into production after a lengthy development period.”

IMO, there is zero reason that this movie needs to be remade in 2022. There are many troubling issues with the storyline in addition to the seven dwarfs. But with regards to Dinklage's complaints in general, I am aghast at the online push back against a dwarf reporting what is discriminatory against dwarfs (including a story about seven dwarf men who are rejected by society so they have to live together in house and their job is to work in a diamond mine, they can't seem to clean or feed themselves until Snow White comes along, because dwarfs apparently are so childlike they need a non disabled person to take care of them).  Do white people get to tell black people when something qualifies as racists against blacks?  So why is this different? It's not. Diversity, equity and inclusion should ALWAYS include the disabled, otherwise it's none of those.

Do people understand the issues here?  The ableism?  The pushing of a narrative that is harmful towards a marginalized population?

Here is the WaPo article re it:  https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/01/26/peter-dinklage-snow-white-dwarfism/

And another article whose author is a dwarf in support of Dinklage: https://www.theguardian.com/film/2022/jan/27/peter-dinklage-snow-white-and-the-seven-dwarfs-disablist-representation-disney[/quote]

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