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    LuFins Dad
    wrote on 13 Aug 2023, 15:18 last edited by
    #22

    So apparently the marketing for the movie consists of the star insulting the original and everyone that liked the original story.

    The Brad

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      jon-nyc
      wrote on 13 Aug 2023, 15:26 last edited by jon-nyc
      #23

      That tweet is a total mischaracterization of that interview. Surely intentional.

      The problem with all these accounts that grift off of the other tribe's stupidity is you get a situation where the demand for such stupidity exceeds the supply and they do shit like this.

      "You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from."
      -Cormac McCarthy

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      • J jon-nyc
        13 Aug 2023, 15:26

        That tweet is a total mischaracterization of that interview. Surely intentional.

        The problem with all these accounts that grift off of the other tribe's stupidity is you get a situation where the demand for such stupidity exceeds the supply and they do shit like this.

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        Doctor Phibes
        wrote on 13 Aug 2023, 15:28 last edited by
        #24

        @jon-nyc said in Show White Privilege and the Seven … Whatever They Identify As:

        That tweet is a total mischaracterization of that interview. Surely intentional.

        People like 'End Wokeness' complain about the left being humourless, and then they post that. She's clearly kidding around.

        I was only joking

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        • J jon-nyc
          13 Aug 2023, 15:26

          That tweet is a total mischaracterization of that interview. Surely intentional.

          The problem with all these accounts that grift off of the other tribe's stupidity is you get a situation where the demand for such stupidity exceeds the supply and they do shit like this.

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          LuFins Dad
          wrote on 13 Aug 2023, 15:35 last edited by
          #25

          @jon-nyc said in Show White Privilege and the Seven … Whatever They Identify As:

          That tweet is a total mischaracterization of that interview. Surely intentional.

          The problem with all these accounts that grift off of the other tribe's stupidity is you get a situation where the demand for such stupidity exceeds the supply and they do shit like this.

          So she didn’t refer to the Prince as a stalker?

          The Brad

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            jon-nyc
            wrote on 13 Aug 2023, 16:14 last edited by jon-nyc
            #26

            She said in the 1937 version the prince stalked her. Not this one.

            And the prince could be cut out was not in any way a suggestion, it was a flip way of saying “who knows what the editors will do with the final cut”, entirely consistent with what she spent most of the interview talking about, which is the relationship between snow white and the prince in the movie and the uncertainty about how it’ll look to the audience once the director is done.

            "You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from."
            -Cormac McCarthy

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            • L LuFins Dad
              13 Aug 2023, 15:35

              @jon-nyc said in Show White Privilege and the Seven … Whatever They Identify As:

              That tweet is a total mischaracterization of that interview. Surely intentional.

              The problem with all these accounts that grift off of the other tribe's stupidity is you get a situation where the demand for such stupidity exceeds the supply and they do shit like this.

              So she didn’t refer to the Prince as a stalker?

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              Doctor Phibes
              wrote on 13 Aug 2023, 16:18 last edited by
              #27

              @LuFins-Dad said in Show White Privilege and the Seven … Whatever They Identify As:

              @jon-nyc said in Show White Privilege and the Seven … Whatever They Identify As:

              That tweet is a total mischaracterization of that interview. Surely intentional.

              The problem with all these accounts that grift off of the other tribe's stupidity is you get a situation where the demand for such stupidity exceeds the supply and they do shit like this.

              So she didn’t refer to the Prince as a stalker?

              Did you watch the interview? She was clearly kidding around. The portrayal by the humourless dweeb on Twitter is ridiculous.

              I was only joking

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              • J jon-nyc
                13 Aug 2023, 16:14

                She said in the 1937 version the prince stalked her. Not this one.

                And the prince could be cut out was not in any way a suggestion, it was a flip way of saying “who knows what the editors will do with the final cut”, entirely consistent with what she spent most of the interview talking about, which is the relationship between snow white and the prince in the movie and the uncertainty about how it’ll look to the audience once the director is done.

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                LuFins Dad
                wrote on 13 Aug 2023, 17:36 last edited by
                #28

                @jon-nyc said in Show White Privilege and the Seven … Whatever They Identify As:

                She said in the 1937 version the prince stalked her. Not this one.

                Right. This is not the first interview she has given. Not by far. And in each and every interview she repeatedly casts aspersions on the original source material. This is a repeated pattern of behavior and not a one off. If she doesn’t like the original Snow White story, that’s fine. Don’t do the project.

                The Brad

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                • L LuFins Dad
                  13 Aug 2023, 17:36

                  @jon-nyc said in Show White Privilege and the Seven … Whatever They Identify As:

                  She said in the 1937 version the prince stalked her. Not this one.

                  Right. This is not the first interview she has given. Not by far. And in each and every interview she repeatedly casts aspersions on the original source material. This is a repeated pattern of behavior and not a one off. If she doesn’t like the original Snow White story, that’s fine. Don’t do the project.

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                  Doctor Phibes
                  wrote on 13 Aug 2023, 17:41 last edited by
                  #29

                  @LuFins-Dad said in Show White Privilege and the Seven … Whatever They Identify As:

                  If she doesn’t like the original Snow White story, that’s fine. Don’t do the project.

                  It's an adaptation of a folk tale, not the Holy Bible. You are allowed to change it. It's not as if Disney has a great track of honouring the original text of the stories they plunder, or indeed that the 1937 is the original source material.

                  I was only joking

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                  • D Doctor Phibes
                    13 Aug 2023, 17:41

                    @LuFins-Dad said in Show White Privilege and the Seven … Whatever They Identify As:

                    If she doesn’t like the original Snow White story, that’s fine. Don’t do the project.

                    It's an adaptation of a folk tale, not the Holy Bible. You are allowed to change it. It's not as if Disney has a great track of honouring the original text of the stories they plunder, or indeed that the 1937 is the original source material.

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                    Aqua Letifer
                    wrote on 13 Aug 2023, 20:08 last edited by Aqua Letifer
                    #30

                    @Doctor-Phibes said in Show White Privilege and the Seven … Whatever They Identify As:

                    @LuFins-Dad said in Show White Privilege and the Seven … Whatever They Identify As:

                    If she doesn’t like the original Snow White story, that’s fine. Don’t do the project.

                    It's an adaptation of a folk tale, not the Holy Bible. You are allowed to change it.

                    No, you're actually not. Not if you expect anyone out there to like any of it.

                    You can change things, sure, but it better be changes in service to the spirit of the story and not some faux inclusivity attempt or... well you get responses like this.

                    It's not as if Disney has a great track of honouring the original text of the stories they plunder, or indeed that the 1937 is the original source material.

                    No, but they did understand the stories they adapted, which is what led to their success. Modern Disney—and the people who like this stuff or shrug it off as no big deal—do not, and so when these abominations flop it's of course because the people who didn't like it are racist or whatever. Not because the spirit of the story wasn't honored. Gotta be racism.

                    Please love yourself.

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                      LuFins Dad
                      wrote on 13 Aug 2023, 20:22 last edited by
                      #31

                      This is nearly as idiotic as Mattel saying “hey! Why don’t we make a movie that shows just how shallow and demeaning Barbie and the related products are! Wouldn’t that be great?”

                      The Brad

                      A 1 Reply Last reply 13 Aug 2023, 20:31
                      • L LuFins Dad
                        13 Aug 2023, 20:22

                        This is nearly as idiotic as Mattel saying “hey! Why don’t we make a movie that shows just how shallow and demeaning Barbie and the related products are! Wouldn’t that be great?”

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                        Axtremus
                        wrote on 13 Aug 2023, 20:31 last edited by
                        #32

                        @LuFins-Dad said in Show White Privilege and the Seven … Whatever They Identify As:

                        This is nearly as idiotic as Mattel saying “hey! Why don’t we make a movie that shows just how shallow and demeaning Barbie and the related products are! Wouldn’t that be great?”

                        Have you watched the Barbie (2023) movie?
                        It’s over $1 Billion idiotic by now.
                        Maybe Disney should aim to be even more idiotic?

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                        • A Aqua Letifer
                          13 Aug 2023, 20:08

                          @Doctor-Phibes said in Show White Privilege and the Seven … Whatever They Identify As:

                          @LuFins-Dad said in Show White Privilege and the Seven … Whatever They Identify As:

                          If she doesn’t like the original Snow White story, that’s fine. Don’t do the project.

                          It's an adaptation of a folk tale, not the Holy Bible. You are allowed to change it.

                          No, you're actually not. Not if you expect anyone out there to like any of it.

                          You can change things, sure, but it better be changes in service to the spirit of the story and not some faux inclusivity attempt or... well you get responses like this.

                          It's not as if Disney has a great track of honouring the original text of the stories they plunder, or indeed that the 1937 is the original source material.

                          No, but they did understand the stories they adapted, which is what led to their success. Modern Disney—and the people who like this stuff or shrug it off as no big deal—do not, and so when these abominations flop it's of course because the people who didn't like it are racist or whatever. Not because the spirit of the story wasn't honored. Gotta be racism.

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                          Axtremus
                          wrote on 13 Aug 2023, 20:32 last edited by
                          #33

                          @Aqua-Letifer said in Show White Privilege and the Seven … Whatever They Identify As:

                          No, but they did understand the stories they adapted, which is what led to their success. …

                          How do you measure success? By box office take?

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                          • A Axtremus
                            13 Aug 2023, 20:32

                            @Aqua-Letifer said in Show White Privilege and the Seven … Whatever They Identify As:

                            No, but they did understand the stories they adapted, which is what led to their success. …

                            How do you measure success? By box office take?

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                            Aqua Letifer
                            wrote on 13 Aug 2023, 20:39 last edited by
                            #34

                            @Axtremus said in Show White Privilege and the Seven … Whatever They Identify As:

                            @Aqua-Letifer said in Show White Privilege and the Seven … Whatever They Identify As:

                            No, but they did understand the stories they adapted, which is what led to their success. …

                            How do you measure success? By box office take?

                            Try again. Stories are older than capitalism.

                            Please love yourself.

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                            • A Aqua Letifer
                              13 Aug 2023, 20:08

                              @Doctor-Phibes said in Show White Privilege and the Seven … Whatever They Identify As:

                              @LuFins-Dad said in Show White Privilege and the Seven … Whatever They Identify As:

                              If she doesn’t like the original Snow White story, that’s fine. Don’t do the project.

                              It's an adaptation of a folk tale, not the Holy Bible. You are allowed to change it.

                              No, you're actually not. Not if you expect anyone out there to like any of it.

                              You can change things, sure, but it better be changes in service to the spirit of the story and not some faux inclusivity attempt or... well you get responses like this.

                              It's not as if Disney has a great track of honouring the original text of the stories they plunder, or indeed that the 1937 is the original source material.

                              No, but they did understand the stories they adapted, which is what led to their success. Modern Disney—and the people who like this stuff or shrug it off as no big deal—do not, and so when these abominations flop it's of course because the people who didn't like it are racist or whatever. Not because the spirit of the story wasn't honored. Gotta be racism.

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                              Doctor Phibes
                              wrote on 13 Aug 2023, 20:44 last edited by
                              #35

                              @Aqua-Letifer said in Show White Privilege and the Seven … Whatever They Identify As:

                              No, but they did understand the stories they adapted, which is what led to their success. Modern Disney—and the people who like this stuff or shrug it off as no big deal—do not, and so when these abominations flop it's of course because the people who didn't like it are racist or whatever. Not because the spirit of the story wasn't honored. Gotta be racism.

                              I actually found a lot of the early Disney adaptations really vomit-inducingly twee. Grimm and Hans Christian Andersen were very different in tone.

                              But that's just me. A lot of people seemed to like their stomach turning saccharin quality.

                              I was only joking

                              A 1 Reply Last reply 13 Aug 2023, 20:51
                              • D Doctor Phibes
                                13 Aug 2023, 20:44

                                @Aqua-Letifer said in Show White Privilege and the Seven … Whatever They Identify As:

                                No, but they did understand the stories they adapted, which is what led to their success. Modern Disney—and the people who like this stuff or shrug it off as no big deal—do not, and so when these abominations flop it's of course because the people who didn't like it are racist or whatever. Not because the spirit of the story wasn't honored. Gotta be racism.

                                I actually found a lot of the early Disney adaptations really vomit-inducingly twee. Grimm and Hans Christian Andersen were very different in tone.

                                But that's just me. A lot of people seemed to like their stomach turning saccharin quality.

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                                Aqua Letifer
                                wrote on 13 Aug 2023, 20:51 last edited by
                                #36

                                @Doctor-Phibes said in Show White Privilege and the Seven … Whatever They Identify As:

                                @Aqua-Letifer said in Show White Privilege and the Seven … Whatever They Identify As:

                                No, but they did understand the stories they adapted, which is what led to their success. Modern Disney—and the people who like this stuff or shrug it off as no big deal—do not, and so when these abominations flop it's of course because the people who didn't like it are racist or whatever. Not because the spirit of the story wasn't honored. Gotta be racism.

                                I actually found a lot of the early Disney adaptations really vomit-inducingly twee. Grimm and Hans Christian Andersen were very different in tone.

                                But that's just me. A lot of people seemed to like their stomach turning saccharin quality.

                                So you're okay with their virtue-signaling remakes but not the originals that put Disney on the map?

                                Please love yourself.

                                D 1 Reply Last reply 13 Aug 2023, 20:59
                                • A Aqua Letifer
                                  13 Aug 2023, 20:51

                                  @Doctor-Phibes said in Show White Privilege and the Seven … Whatever They Identify As:

                                  @Aqua-Letifer said in Show White Privilege and the Seven … Whatever They Identify As:

                                  No, but they did understand the stories they adapted, which is what led to their success. Modern Disney—and the people who like this stuff or shrug it off as no big deal—do not, and so when these abominations flop it's of course because the people who didn't like it are racist or whatever. Not because the spirit of the story wasn't honored. Gotta be racism.

                                  I actually found a lot of the early Disney adaptations really vomit-inducingly twee. Grimm and Hans Christian Andersen were very different in tone.

                                  But that's just me. A lot of people seemed to like their stomach turning saccharin quality.

                                  So you're okay with their virtue-signaling remakes but not the originals that put Disney on the map?

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                                  Doctor Phibes
                                  wrote on 13 Aug 2023, 20:59 last edited by Doctor Phibes
                                  #37

                                  @Aqua-Letifer said in Show White Privilege and the Seven … Whatever They Identify As:

                                  @Doctor-Phibes said in Show White Privilege and the Seven … Whatever They Identify As:

                                  @Aqua-Letifer said in Show White Privilege and the Seven … Whatever They Identify As:

                                  No, but they did understand the stories they adapted, which is what led to their success. Modern Disney—and the people who like this stuff or shrug it off as no big deal—do not, and so when these abominations flop it's of course because the people who didn't like it are racist or whatever. Not because the spirit of the story wasn't honored. Gotta be racism.

                                  I actually found a lot of the early Disney adaptations really vomit-inducingly twee. Grimm and Hans Christian Andersen were very different in tone.

                                  But that's just me. A lot of people seemed to like their stomach turning saccharin quality.

                                  So you're okay with their virtue-signaling remakes but not the originals that put Disney on the map?

                                  I'm not really ok with any of it, TBH. I've never liked Disney very much as an organization. They've always been as preachy as shit, it's just they're now doing it in a different way which annoys a different segment.

                                  However, I didn't think the characterization of the interview with the actress was accurate.

                                  I was only joking

                                  A 1 Reply Last reply 13 Aug 2023, 21:02
                                  • D Doctor Phibes
                                    13 Aug 2023, 20:59

                                    @Aqua-Letifer said in Show White Privilege and the Seven … Whatever They Identify As:

                                    @Doctor-Phibes said in Show White Privilege and the Seven … Whatever They Identify As:

                                    @Aqua-Letifer said in Show White Privilege and the Seven … Whatever They Identify As:

                                    No, but they did understand the stories they adapted, which is what led to their success. Modern Disney—and the people who like this stuff or shrug it off as no big deal—do not, and so when these abominations flop it's of course because the people who didn't like it are racist or whatever. Not because the spirit of the story wasn't honored. Gotta be racism.

                                    I actually found a lot of the early Disney adaptations really vomit-inducingly twee. Grimm and Hans Christian Andersen were very different in tone.

                                    But that's just me. A lot of people seemed to like their stomach turning saccharin quality.

                                    So you're okay with their virtue-signaling remakes but not the originals that put Disney on the map?

                                    I'm not really ok with any of it, TBH. I've never liked Disney very much as an organization. They've always been as preachy as shit, it's just they're now doing it in a different way which annoys a different segment.

                                    However, I didn't think the characterization of the interview with the actress was accurate.

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                                    Aqua Letifer
                                    wrote on 13 Aug 2023, 21:02 last edited by
                                    #38

                                    @Doctor-Phibes said in Show White Privilege and the Seven … Whatever They Identify As:

                                    @Aqua-Letifer said in Show White Privilege and the Seven … Whatever They Identify As:

                                    @Doctor-Phibes said in Show White Privilege and the Seven … Whatever They Identify As:

                                    @Aqua-Letifer said in Show White Privilege and the Seven … Whatever They Identify As:

                                    No, but they did understand the stories they adapted, which is what led to their success. Modern Disney—and the people who like this stuff or shrug it off as no big deal—do not, and so when these abominations flop it's of course because the people who didn't like it are racist or whatever. Not because the spirit of the story wasn't honored. Gotta be racism.

                                    I actually found a lot of the early Disney adaptations really vomit-inducingly twee. Grimm and Hans Christian Andersen were very different in tone.

                                    But that's just me. A lot of people seemed to like their stomach turning saccharin quality.

                                    So you're okay with their virtue-signaling remakes but not the originals that put Disney on the map?

                                    I'm not really ok with any of it, TBH. I've never liked Disney very much as an organization. They've always been as preachy as shit, it's just they're now doing it in a different way which annoys a different segment.

                                    Do you hate Miyazaki stuff, too, then?

                                    Please love yourself.

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                                    • A Aqua Letifer
                                      13 Aug 2023, 21:02

                                      @Doctor-Phibes said in Show White Privilege and the Seven … Whatever They Identify As:

                                      @Aqua-Letifer said in Show White Privilege and the Seven … Whatever They Identify As:

                                      @Doctor-Phibes said in Show White Privilege and the Seven … Whatever They Identify As:

                                      @Aqua-Letifer said in Show White Privilege and the Seven … Whatever They Identify As:

                                      No, but they did understand the stories they adapted, which is what led to their success. Modern Disney—and the people who like this stuff or shrug it off as no big deal—do not, and so when these abominations flop it's of course because the people who didn't like it are racist or whatever. Not because the spirit of the story wasn't honored. Gotta be racism.

                                      I actually found a lot of the early Disney adaptations really vomit-inducingly twee. Grimm and Hans Christian Andersen were very different in tone.

                                      But that's just me. A lot of people seemed to like their stomach turning saccharin quality.

                                      So you're okay with their virtue-signaling remakes but not the originals that put Disney on the map?

                                      I'm not really ok with any of it, TBH. I've never liked Disney very much as an organization. They've always been as preachy as shit, it's just they're now doing it in a different way which annoys a different segment.

                                      Do you hate Miyazaki stuff, too, then?

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                                      Doctor Phibes
                                      wrote on 13 Aug 2023, 21:15 last edited by
                                      #39

                                      @Aqua-Letifer said in Show White Privilege and the Seven … Whatever They Identify As:

                                      @Doctor-Phibes said in Show White Privilege and the Seven … Whatever They Identify As:

                                      @Aqua-Letifer said in Show White Privilege and the Seven … Whatever They Identify As:

                                      @Doctor-Phibes said in Show White Privilege and the Seven … Whatever They Identify As:

                                      @Aqua-Letifer said in Show White Privilege and the Seven … Whatever They Identify As:

                                      No, but they did understand the stories they adapted, which is what led to their success. Modern Disney—and the people who like this stuff or shrug it off as no big deal—do not, and so when these abominations flop it's of course because the people who didn't like it are racist or whatever. Not because the spirit of the story wasn't honored. Gotta be racism.

                                      I actually found a lot of the early Disney adaptations really vomit-inducingly twee. Grimm and Hans Christian Andersen were very different in tone.

                                      But that's just me. A lot of people seemed to like their stomach turning saccharin quality.

                                      So you're okay with their virtue-signaling remakes but not the originals that put Disney on the map?

                                      I'm not really ok with any of it, TBH. I've never liked Disney very much as an organization. They've always been as preachy as shit, it's just they're now doing it in a different way which annoys a different segment.

                                      Do you hate Miyazaki stuff, too, then?

                                      Never watched any.

                                      Obviously, I've enjoyed some Disney - a lot of the Pixar stuff was great, but it wasn't really Disney in the same way. I'm sure there are others, and if you watch something like Pinocchio while ignoring some of the subtext, it's fine. But all those cutesy little birdies are revolting. And don't get me started on that freaking Gopher.

                                      There's also levels of wokeness. Insisting on using Asian or black actors to portray Asian or black characters isn't really that horrendous an idea. I don't need every third character to be gay or anything, but also it doesn't mean there shouldn't be any gayness whatsoever. It's a fact of modern life.

                                      I tell you what I did enjoy recently - Arcane. I'm sure some people think it's a bit woke, but I thought it was great. It's pretty dark.

                                      I was only joking

                                      G A CopperC 3 Replies Last reply 13 Aug 2023, 21:48
                                      • A Axtremus
                                        13 Aug 2023, 20:32

                                        @Aqua-Letifer said in Show White Privilege and the Seven … Whatever They Identify As:

                                        No, but they did understand the stories they adapted, which is what led to their success. …

                                        How do you measure success? By box office take?

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                                        George K
                                        wrote on 13 Aug 2023, 21:44 last edited by
                                        #40

                                        @Axtremus said in Show White Privilege and the Seven … Whatever They Identify As:

                                        How do you measure success? By box office take?

                                        "Success" ≠ "Quality"

                                        "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                                        The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                                        • D Doctor Phibes
                                          13 Aug 2023, 21:15

                                          @Aqua-Letifer said in Show White Privilege and the Seven … Whatever They Identify As:

                                          @Doctor-Phibes said in Show White Privilege and the Seven … Whatever They Identify As:

                                          @Aqua-Letifer said in Show White Privilege and the Seven … Whatever They Identify As:

                                          @Doctor-Phibes said in Show White Privilege and the Seven … Whatever They Identify As:

                                          @Aqua-Letifer said in Show White Privilege and the Seven … Whatever They Identify As:

                                          No, but they did understand the stories they adapted, which is what led to their success. Modern Disney—and the people who like this stuff or shrug it off as no big deal—do not, and so when these abominations flop it's of course because the people who didn't like it are racist or whatever. Not because the spirit of the story wasn't honored. Gotta be racism.

                                          I actually found a lot of the early Disney adaptations really vomit-inducingly twee. Grimm and Hans Christian Andersen were very different in tone.

                                          But that's just me. A lot of people seemed to like their stomach turning saccharin quality.

                                          So you're okay with their virtue-signaling remakes but not the originals that put Disney on the map?

                                          I'm not really ok with any of it, TBH. I've never liked Disney very much as an organization. They've always been as preachy as shit, it's just they're now doing it in a different way which annoys a different segment.

                                          Do you hate Miyazaki stuff, too, then?

                                          Never watched any.

                                          Obviously, I've enjoyed some Disney - a lot of the Pixar stuff was great, but it wasn't really Disney in the same way. I'm sure there are others, and if you watch something like Pinocchio while ignoring some of the subtext, it's fine. But all those cutesy little birdies are revolting. And don't get me started on that freaking Gopher.

                                          There's also levels of wokeness. Insisting on using Asian or black actors to portray Asian or black characters isn't really that horrendous an idea. I don't need every third character to be gay or anything, but also it doesn't mean there shouldn't be any gayness whatsoever. It's a fact of modern life.

                                          I tell you what I did enjoy recently - Arcane. I'm sure some people think it's a bit woke, but I thought it was great. It's pretty dark.

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                                          George K
                                          wrote on 13 Aug 2023, 21:48 last edited by George K
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                                          @Doctor-Phibes said in Show White Privilege and the Seven … Whatever They Identify As:

                                          Insisting on using Asian or black actors to portray Asian or black characters isn't really that horrendous an idea.

                                          Right.

                                          A while ago we talked about a black James Bond and how that was not true to the origin story by Fleming. I could easily enjoy a black Bond.

                                          But...a Hispanic Snow White, or...a black Salieri?

                                          Link to video

                                          "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                                          The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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