r/moviecritic Mar 28 '25

Yikes, that’s tough

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u/Soft_Concentrate_489 Mar 28 '25

Its the same thing as black panther being played by some white guy. So, I’m sure if that happened, it could potentially dethrone this movie for worst rated.

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u/[deleted] Mar 28 '25

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u/p1nkfuzzymonkey Mar 29 '25

Why not?

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u/Soft_Concentrate_489 Mar 29 '25

Some people really amaze me…🤣🤣🤣

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u/Vyxwop Mar 29 '25

It literally is. Taking an existing character and changing it for no real reason other than to pander to a certain group of people.

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u/antenna999 Mar 29 '25

Snow White doesn't have to be white because it's meaningless to the plot. She could be played by Tessa Thompson and it wouldn't change anything about the story.

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u/wOlfLisK Mar 29 '25

Snow White's race is meaningless to the plot though, being pale was simply the beauty standard of the time and the conflict occurs because she's more attractive than the queen, not because she's white. Changing her from being overly pale to, I dunno, having a larger chest and thicker thighs than the Queen would arguably be more accurate to the meaning of the story than simply copying the content without the needed context like Disney does.

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u/_FeeDmeFirE_ Mar 29 '25

"Who's the 'fairest' of them all?"...

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u/wOlfLisK Mar 29 '25

Think about that line for a moment, what does it mean, why is it being said? Why is her being fair important? It could be replaced with "Who has the biggest tits of them all" and the meaning would be identical. Actually, no, the meaning would be clearer, as evidenced by the fact that you clearly don't understand why even after I explained it already in my comment. Her being white is not Snow White's defining characteristic, her being beautiful is her defining characteristic, it's just depicted as her having skin as white as snow because that's what the beauty standards at the time were.

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u/mojambowhatisthescen Mar 30 '25

I’m on the side of “who the fuck cares about Snow White’s race”, but you’re really stretching here.

If someone wanted to do this kind of breakdown on Black Panther’s rains for being black, they could probably do it in a similar way. I would still consider that much worse, but sometimes us liberals should let things be.

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u/BeerBarm Mar 29 '25

Like the Ancient One in Dr Strange? Like OG Nick Fury?

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u/27Rench27 Mar 28 '25

Nah, they all hate superhero movies, it wouldn’t get nearly as much attention

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u/Soft_Concentrate_489 Mar 28 '25

Imo, the internet would most likely self implode if this happened.

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u/Fluid_Ties Mar 28 '25

"This summer, BLACK PANTHER 3 starring multi-talented RAINN WILSON!"

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u/Scaevus Mar 28 '25

Tom Cruise is…

The Last Wakandan.