The all new live action Snow White currently in the works from Disney replaces dwarfs , features no true love, and boasts a lead actress who seems to despise the story. In an interview with Variety last fall, Rachel Zegler, who plays Snow White, extolled the virtues of bringing a “modern edge” to the classic, northern European fairy tale.
But what she means by “modern edge” is eliminating the feminine hero journey and replacing it with a masculine one. On so many “modern retellings” of classic stories, the female character takes on the role that would have been for the male hero, and the male hero is eliminated entirely. In so doing, partnership is also eliminated. It’s as though the ethos of feminist Hollywood is to allow for only one kind of heroes’ journey: the one that strives for power above all else, that seeks individual affirmation, and sees love […]
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