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With live-action ‘Snow White,’ Disney finds itself again in culture war crosshairs
A poster for the live-action "Snow White."
Walt Disney Co.’s “Snow White” opens next week. It reportedly cost $250 million to make before marketing expenses. (Disney Enterprises, Inc.)
By Samantha Masunaga
Staff Writer
March 12, 2025 3:24 PM PT
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Almost from the beginning, Walt Disney Co.’s “Snow White” live-action remake became a political lightning rod.
First, it was the racist backlash to the casting of actor Rachel Zegler, who is of Colombian descent on her mother’s side, as the titular character who canonically had “skin as white as snow.” Then, die-hard fans got up in arms about Zegler’s comments that the story would be updated for modern times, putting less emphasis on Snow White’s dreams of Prince Charming. (Masunaga, Los Angeles Times)
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