# 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:** 20
**Author:** ![Novelty\_Bobble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Novelty\_Bobble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Novelty_Bobble)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2023, 9:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-dinklage-rips-disney-for-snow-white-remake-what-the-f-k-are-you-doing/958359/385 "2023-07-16T09:01:03Z")
The current trend for “reimagining” and remaking classic movies through a modern political and cultural lens seems like a particularly idiotic idea. As you say, it ends up bearing virtually no relation to the original, which (if it was particularly well done) still exists in harsh comparison. There is always room for making a point but if you have a valid political, social or cultural case to make then I suggest it is better done by coming up with original content rather than trying to shoehorn it into an inferior version of a classic movie. It certainly doesn’t seem to be a winning formula for Disney at the moment. ---
**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, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-dinklage-rips-disney-for-snow-white-remake-what-the-f-k-are-you-doing/958359/386 "2023-07-16T12:22:16Z")
They are trying to leverage the “brand name”. I am not the target audience. Neither are most of you. I’m curious whether this will work, or be a flop. ---
**Author:** ![Novelty\_Bobble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Novelty\_Bobble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Novelty_Bobble)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2023, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-dinklage-rips-disney-for-snow-white-remake-what-the-f-k-are-you-doing/958359/387 "2023-07-16T13:26:23Z")
Well actually I am sort of, as a family we look out for family friendly movies that we all fancy watching and no reason why Snow White wouldn’t be. Top Gun Maverick was, Mission Impossible will be, Super Mario movie and Puss in Boots 2 were as well. However, the slew of recent Disney remakes just haven’t been attractive enough to make any of us think that we’d like to watch them. ---
**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, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-dinklage-rips-disney-for-snow-white-remake-what-the-f-k-are-you-doing/958359/388 "2023-07-16T13:49:53Z")
Well, i enjoyed “Frozen” enough that i watched the sequel (in parallel with friends, during the pandemic lockdown). So it’s not as if i avoid “family friendly” movies. But i feel like “remake of ancient Disney princess movie” isn’t really aimed at the broader market, but at little girls and their parents. ---
**Author:** ![chela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chela/32/21582_2.png) [@chela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chela)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2023, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-dinklage-rips-disney-for-snow-white-remake-what-the-f-k-are-you-doing/958359/389 "2023-07-16T13:56:00Z")
Don’t leave out little boys who like princess movies I think most little kids boys and girls like Disney princess movies. ---
**Author:** ![Novelty\_Bobble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Novelty\_Bobble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Novelty_Bobble)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2023, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-dinklage-rips-disney-for-snow-white-remake-what-the-f-k-are-you-doing/958359/390 "2023-07-16T13:58:32Z")
Not sure I’d agree. The remakes don’t seem to have any less mass-market potential than a Frozen 2 or a Toy Story 4. And if they are truly aimed at a very limited market it seems bizarre to spend upwards of $250 million on such as the recent “The Little Mermaid”. (which is more than Maverick, Puss in boots 2, Toy Story 4, The Super Mario Movie…and many more) Not sure how you are going to turn a profit on such an expensive movie with a purposefully limited audience. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Librarian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_librarian/32/402_2.png) [@The\_Librarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Librarian)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2023, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-dinklage-rips-disney-for-snow-white-remake-what-the-f-k-are-you-doing/958359/391 "2023-07-16T14:08:02Z")
Nevermind ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2023, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-dinklage-rips-disney-for-snow-white-remake-what-the-f-k-are-you-doing/958359/392 "2023-07-16T14:18:37Z")
> [@Novelty\_Bobble](#): > > Not sure how you are going to turn a profit on such an expensive movie with a purposefully limited audience. “Little girls and their parents” means at least 100 million people in the United States alone. Not what I’d call a limited audience, especially with repeat viewings. ---
**Author:** ![flurb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/51bf81/32.png) [@flurb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flurb)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2023, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-dinklage-rips-disney-for-snow-white-remake-what-the-f-k-are-you-doing/958359/393 "2023-07-16T14:19:40Z")
_The Lion King, Beauty and the Beast_ and _Aladdin_ all grossed over $1 billion worldwide. These aren’t niche market films. ---
**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, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-dinklage-rips-disney-for-snow-white-remake-what-the-f-k-are-you-doing/958359/394 "2023-07-16T14:20:07Z")
> [@Novelty\_Bobble](#): > > The remakes don’t seem to have any less mass-market potential than a Frozen 2 or a Toy Story 4. Well, i wouldn’t have watched frozen 2 if it hadn’t been lockdown. 😉 (What a terrible movie!) And i think it would have done okay anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Novelty\_Bobble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Novelty\_Bobble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Novelty_Bobble)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2023, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-dinklage-rips-disney-for-snow-white-remake-what-the-f-k-are-you-doing/958359/395 "2023-07-16T14:32:01Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > “Little girls and their parents” means at least 100 million people in the United States alone. Not what I’d call a limited audience, especially with repeat viewings. Clearly that would be a more limited audience than “everyone and anyone” but I’m not actually convinced that it is aiming purely at that audience. (That was puzzlegal’s suggestion) The “live action version of an aimated original” seems to me to be an attempt to _broaden_ the appeal and the massive budget would suggest that is what Disney are hoping for. Are they good enough and compelling enough to do that for a mass audience? Doesn’t feel like it. Seeing the trailers for the remakes leaves me and the family with an overwhelming meh! They ain’t clamouring to see them in the same way as they did for Mario, Puss in Boots 2 or Mission Impossible. If they _are_ for a more limited market then sure, maybe that limited market is still big enough to turn a profit but if it is sub-standard and very expensive to make then your basic problem is still there. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2023, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-dinklage-rips-disney-for-snow-white-remake-what-the-f-k-are-you-doing/958359/396 "2023-07-16T14:36:29Z")
I don’t think that kind of mass audience exists any more - there are no types of movies that can appeal to the entire population, if there ever were. One third of everyone is the best _any_ movie can hope for. ---
**Author:** ![Novelty\_Bobble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Novelty\_Bobble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Novelty_Bobble)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2023, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-dinklage-rips-disney-for-snow-white-remake-what-the-f-k-are-you-doing/958359/397 "2023-07-16T14:40:12Z")
> [@flurb](#): > > _The Lion King, Beauty and the Beast_ and _Aladdin_ all grossed over $1 billion worldwide. These aren’t niche market films. Yes, I specifically _disagreed_ with puzzlegal who suggested that such films were not aimed at the broader market. So I _don’t_ think Disney is aiming them at niche markets. They are spending huge amounts on them in the hope of making a profit from a very broad audience. Those first remakes from a few years ago turned a profit, the more recent ones seem to be struggling to do so. ---
**Author:** ![Novelty\_Bobble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Novelty\_Bobble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Novelty_Bobble)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2023, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-dinklage-rips-disney-for-snow-white-remake-what-the-f-k-are-you-doing/958359/398 "2023-07-16T14:46:47Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > I don’t think that kind of mass audience exists any more - there are no types of movies that can appeal to the entire population, if there ever were. One third of everyone is the best _any_ movie can hope for. Sure, few movies are going to appeal to everyone and as long as you don’t overspend and can continue to appeal to enough of the potential audience then you’re golden. My point is that the recent output doesn’t seem to be doing that and that’s a problem for Disney. ---
**Author:** ![flurb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/51bf81/32.png) [@flurb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flurb)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2023, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-dinklage-rips-disney-for-snow-white-remake-what-the-f-k-are-you-doing/958359/399 "2023-07-16T15:01:46Z")
I should have been clearer, I was _agreeing_ with you. These films are clearly aimed at a mass audience, and their biggest earners are the “reimagining” of films from Disney’s 90s animation renaissance which pull in nostalgic Gen Xers. That’s a reason why I’m not sold on _Snow White_ – there almost no one left who was around for the original release for whom this could be a trip down memory lane. ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2023, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-dinklage-rips-disney-for-snow-white-remake-what-the-f-k-are-you-doing/958359/400 "2023-07-16T15:10:16Z")
> [@flurb](#): > > These films are clearly aimed at a mass audience, and their biggest earners are the “reimagining” of films from Disney’s 90s animation renaissance which pull in nostalgic Gen Xers. and older Millennials. ---
**Author:** ![Novelty\_Bobble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Novelty\_Bobble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Novelty_Bobble)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2023, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-dinklage-rips-disney-for-snow-white-remake-what-the-f-k-are-you-doing/958359/401 "2023-07-16T15:13:48Z")
> [@flurb](#): > > I should have been clearer, I was _agreeing_ with you. These films are clearly aimed at a mass audience No problem, I couldn’t quite tell which direction you were coming from. > [@flurb](#): > > their biggest earners are the “reimagining” of films from Disney’s 90s animation renaissance which pull in nostalgic Gen Xers Sure, and I’m sure the temptation is to keep doing the same thing. Mind you their orignal content hasn’t set the world on fire either. > [@flurb](#): > > That’s a reason why I’m not sold on _Snow White_ – there almost no one left who was around for the original release for whom this could be a trip down memory lane. Fair point, I wonder if that age factor correlates to other live action remakes. ---
**Author:** ![doreen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/858c86/32.png) [@doreen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/doreen)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2023, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-dinklage-rips-disney-for-snow-white-remake-what-the-f-k-are-you-doing/958359/402 "2023-07-16T15:25:42Z")
yep - I know a bunch of people who went to see the live action _Little Mermaid_ without bringing kids .Even some who had kids the right age. But _Snow White_ - sure it was re-released in the late 80s/early 90s but I don’t remember it being the sort of popular that the 90s Disney movies were - my kids had everything from pajamas to sheets to dinnerware to lunchboxes with _Little Mermaid_, _Lion King_, _Beauty and the Beast_ , _Aladdin_ and _Pocohantas_ themes. Nothing with _Snow White_ , in fact I don’t think my kids ever saw it, even on home video. ---
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No I haven’t. But I object to the generalization that the dwarves in Snow White are somehow demeaning and degrading to all of dwarfdom by their very existence, That’s what Dinklage seemed to be saying. Anybody can be poorly represented in a movie, that doesn’t mean the role itself should be considered taboo. Look at Dinklage in GoT, he was routinely mocked, called ‘HalfMan’, was not a virtuous character at all, but through the story shown to be loyal, courageous, and heroic in nature and spirit. From the sound of Dinklage on this subject he would have eliminated his character in that show altogether. That’s my only point. ---
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I’m imagining myself as a Disney executive. Team, we have this vast library of past property to exploit, leverage if you want. Easy to play on redos of ones current new parents grew up with. Just enough twist to make it fun and give the public something to debate (Omigod Flounder is different!) What about the OLD stuff? The name will pull attention from the old farts who control the news feeds but team, they aren’t the market. _Troll them_. Get publicity. And then make me something _fresh_. Edgy dark? Funny? Winks and nods to the old stuff? This is _not_ a faithful remake, it’s “leveraging.” Surprise me. Go. No idea if that’s Disney’s perspective but it would be mine. As to the photograph? Two look like individuals with achondroplasia to me. The caption says several are stand ins and not the actual actors. Lots of ways to play it for not insulting humor in the movie. Again just me, but I’d work a not subtle jibe at Dinklage in there … [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=19) [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=21)