# Peter Dinklage Rips Disney For ‘Snow White’ Remake: ‘What The F\*\*k Are You Doing?!’ **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** movies\ **Created:** [January 25, 2022, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-dinklage-rips-disney-for-snow-white-remake-what-the-f-k-are-you-doing/958359 "2022-01-25T13:44:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 19
**Author:** ![MaxTheVool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2022, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-dinklage-rips-disney-for-snow-white-remake-what-the-f-k-are-you-doing/958359/365 "2022-02-12T21:47:09Z")
> [@DSeid](#): > > Pretty sure that some when they met a Jew would think it clever to ask “Do you wish you were a rich man?” > > As a Jew I would find that insulting and othering. Hearing it many times, each person pleased with the joke they came up with, annoyed if anything that I didn’t find it funny, would be more than tiresome. Sure. And if the inciting incident for this thread was “Peter Dinklage snaps at someone who makes Snow White joke” I don’t think anyone would be criticizing him. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2022, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-dinklage-rips-disney-for-snow-white-remake-what-the-f-k-are-you-doing/958359/366 "2022-02-12T23:51:08Z")
Yeah, and I can certainly see that. Many of us here agree that the 7 dwarves are not bad guys or just comedy relief- they are fun loving but hardworking, caring, and brave. They are the true heroes of the film. Oh, but those names! If a short person does a sternutation, he is bound to be called “Sneezy”, a little nap = “Sleepy” and of course- “Grumpy” too many damn times to count. I am sure that gets to be annoying really damn fast. If they do have 7 dwarves in the remake, give them better names, _please._ True, no one in that film has a real name- It is just “the Evil Queen” and “the Prince”- even with Snow White, that is doubtful to be on her baptismal certificate. As a side note, the 6 are: Randall, Fidgit, Strutter, Og, Wally and Vermin. _Dream Away_ by George Harrison does include the line _It’s so dark in mythology_ ---
**Author:** ![DSeid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dseid/32/20194_2.png) [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2022, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-dinklage-rips-disney-for-snow-white-remake-what-the-f-k-are-you-doing/958359/367 "2022-02-13T18:25:09Z")
Finished my rewatch of Time Bandits. I am not someone with skeletal dysplasia but gosh I did not remember how cringy that movie is from that perspective. The Gang are clearly in the Vaudeville “Dwarf” tradition, falling over each other and comic Punch and Judy style fighting with each other. And while they are set up as agents of the Supreme Being from the beginning of Creation, they are not a clearly non-human fantasy race or cartoons. Good movie but ooof. IMHO of course. Also to make sure it is clear. Someone in my hypothetical asking me that would being bigoted. Their bigotry would be the result of ignorance, lack of exposure. It would not be the result of the existence of Fiddler. When QtM, I presume a decent person, made that dwarf joke it was also bigotry, resulting from the same lack of exposure. As a decent person I suspect he has realized such himself. It was not a result of how the dwarfs were portrayed in Snow White. I salute Mr. Dinklage for his success in having personal success that has also provided images of those with extreme short stature that are not just funny, for providing images to popular culture of full characters who are of extreme short stature. I hope his new movie, Cyrano, is a major popular success. It sounds great! And I think his blaming the very dated in many ways classic animated movie for people’s current ignorance was misplaced. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2022, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-dinklage-rips-disney-for-snow-white-remake-what-the-f-k-are-you-doing/958359/368 "2022-02-13T20:23:36Z")
> [@DSeid](#): > > And I think his blaming the very dated in many ways classic animated movie for people’s current ignorance was misplaced. _Where_ did he do that? He didn’t blame the movie for anything, he just said remaking the dated movie today was unnecessary. ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2023, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-dinklage-rips-disney-for-snow-white-remake-what-the-f-k-are-you-doing/958359/369 "2023-07-15T15:14:15Z")
> **[EXCLUSIVE Snow White and the Seven... Politically-Correct Companions?](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-12298801/EXCLUSIVE-Snow-White-Seven-Politically-Correct-Companions.html)** > > EXCLUSIVE: Rachel Zegler, who plays the fictional princess, has been pictured for the first time with her new companions who appear to be a mix of genders, ethnicities and heights. Apparently only one out of seven is a dwarf. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2023, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-dinklage-rips-disney-for-snow-white-remake-what-the-f-k-are-you-doing/958359/370 "2023-07-15T15:34:04Z")
Don’t know any details about this movie but as I recall the dwarves in Snow White are presented as hard working virtuous men who protect Snow White from her evil stepmother. If that’s not how they are portrayed in this movie I can understand the complaints, but otherwise I never thought of the story demeaning dwarves. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2023, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-dinklage-rips-disney-for-snow-white-remake-what-the-f-k-are-you-doing/958359/371 "2023-07-15T17:39:22Z")
They could go the _The Watch_ route and have everyone normal height but still _call_ them dwarves and/or dwarfs. ---
**Author:** ![Pavelb1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/439d5e/32.png) [@Pavelb1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pavelb1)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2023, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-dinklage-rips-disney-for-snow-white-remake-what-the-f-k-are-you-doing/958359/372 "2023-07-15T18:28:14Z")
So Snow White…isnt…the dwarves are ‘magical creatures’, and no Prince Charming. Got it. I look forward to not watching this on Disney plus. By the way…this film and countless others have done no favors to stepparents also. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2023, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-dinklage-rips-disney-for-snow-white-remake-what-the-f-k-are-you-doing/958359/373 "2023-07-15T18:47:25Z")
> [@Pavelb1](#): > > By the way…this film and countless others have done no favors to stepparents also. Also talking mirrors are portrayed as snitches. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2023, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-dinklage-rips-disney-for-snow-white-remake-what-the-f-k-are-you-doing/958359/374 "2023-07-15T18:50:18Z")
I’m reminded of The Play That Goes Wrong, where in the opening scene the “director” apologizes for the poor casting choices behind their recent production of “Snow White and the Two Tall Broad Gentlemen”. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2023, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-dinklage-rips-disney-for-snow-white-remake-what-the-f-k-are-you-doing/958359/375 "2023-07-15T18:58:37Z")
It reminds me of the old joke where a guy says that he has the actual axe owned by Abraham Lincoln. Twenty years back the handle splintered so he had it replaced, then the blade rusted out so he had _it_ replaced. Only in this case the ax handle has been replaced with the stick shift from a Chevy pickup, and the blade has been replaced with head from a ten pound sledgehammer. Godfrey Ho could have come up with a better rewrite than this. ---
**Author:** ![DSeid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dseid/32/20194_2.png) [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2023, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-dinklage-rips-disney-for-snow-white-remake-what-the-f-k-are-you-doing/958359/376 "2023-07-15T20:23:49Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > could have come up with a better rewrite than this. Probably? But I am impressed that you’ve gotten an advance copy of the script such that you have a basis for an opinion! I’m not the target audience for this thing so even if I watched it my opinion would matter little. It clearly isn’t going to be a faithful life action recreation, but whether that does or does not make for something entertaining will be for those who eventually see it to opine. Personally I’d be happy if they used the following for inspiration … > **[Snow, Glass, Apples | The Dreaming](https://thedreaming.moteofdust.com/1999/10/10/snow-glass-apples/)** > > Snow, Glass, Apples appears as a benefit book published by Dreamhaven for the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund. Proceeds from this book go to CBLDF. The CBLDF is a non-profit charitable tax-exempt protects first amendment rights for comic book creators... ---
**Author:** ![flurb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/51bf81/32.png) [@flurb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flurb)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2023, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-dinklage-rips-disney-for-snow-white-remake-what-the-f-k-are-you-doing/958359/377 "2023-07-15T22:12:43Z")
Disney first said that the photos were fake and that they were demanding that the Daily Mail issue a retraction. Only to later state that they weren’t “official” photos – i.e., these are absolutely photos from set. > **[Disney now says those Snow White photos are simply "not official"](https://www.avclub.com/snow-white-rachel-zegler-fake-set-photos-1850642707)** > > The photos that sparked conservative backlash were initially shared by British tabloid Daily Mail ---
**Author:** ![mordecaiB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mordecaib/32/7725_2.png) [@mordecaiB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mordecaiB)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2023, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-dinklage-rips-disney-for-snow-white-remake-what-the-f-k-are-you-doing/958359/378 "2023-07-15T22:13:54Z")
I never saw the original, nor will I see this one, but whoever came up with _Snow White and the Seven Dorks_ back in 2022 should sue Disney for stealing their story. In those couple pictures they all look like dorks and Snow’s huge robe makes her look like Red Riding Hood. I see it making a half billion easy. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2023, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-dinklage-rips-disney-for-snow-white-remake-what-the-f-k-are-you-doing/958359/379 "2023-07-16T01:45:05Z")
> 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. > **[Disney Responds to Peter Dinklage’s ‘Snow White’ Live-Action Criticisms...](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/peter-dinklage-disney-responds-snow-white-criticism-1235080612/)** > > "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," says Disney. Looks like they decided to go with “malicious compliance”. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2023, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-dinklage-rips-disney-for-snow-white-remake-what-the-f-k-are-you-doing/958359/380 "2023-07-16T02:46:44Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > Don’t know any details about this movie but as I recall the dwarves in Snow White are presented as hard working virtuous men who protect Snow White from her evil stepmother. If that’s not how they are portrayed in this movie I can understand the complaints, but otherwise I never thought of the story demeaning dwarves. In the movie they are comic relief. “Heigh ho, heigh ho, it’s off to work i go.” ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2023, 7:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-dinklage-rips-disney-for-snow-white-remake-what-the-f-k-are-you-doing/958359/381 "2023-07-16T07:50:35Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > > 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. > > [Peter Dinklage: Disney Responds to Snow White Criticism – The Hollywood Reporter](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/peter-dinklage-disney-responds-snow-white-criticism-1235080612/) > > Looks like they decided to go with “malicious compliance”. Is this like how they consulted with Black people while making _Song of the South?_ Because see how well that worked out… ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2023, 7:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-dinklage-rips-disney-for-snow-white-remake-what-the-f-k-are-you-doing/958359/382 "2023-07-16T07:55:53Z")
So they’re happy working at their job. What is objectionable about that? ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2023, 8:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-dinklage-rips-disney-for-snow-white-remake-what-the-f-k-are-you-doing/958359/383 "2023-07-16T08:27:11Z")
Have you seen the movie? ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2023, 8:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-dinklage-rips-disney-for-snow-white-remake-what-the-f-k-are-you-doing/958359/384 "2023-07-16T08:29:58Z")
So she isn’t going to be “Snow White” in any discernable way, they aren’t going to be “seven dwarves” in any possible way, there is no “Prince Charming” and her goals are different from how the story usually is. Solution: _Call it something different._ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-dinklage-rips-disney-for-snow-white-remake-what-the-f-k-are-you-doing/958359.md?page=18) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-dinklage-rips-disney-for-snow-white-remake-what-the-f-k-are-you-doing/958359.md?page=20)