For example, the D23 Exhibition In 2022, Rachel said, “The original cartoon came out in 1937, and that’s quite obvious. A big focus is on her love story with a guy who is literally stalking her. Weird! Weird! So we didn’t do that this time.”
In the face of the backlash, many rushed to the star’s defense, as it was repeatedly pointed out that several other stars have said far worse things about projects they were involved in without facing the same harsh response.
Earlier this month, Disney gave a sneak peek at the iconic “Whistle While You Work” scene at the D23 Expo, which eventually leaked online before being deleted.
In the cartoon, Snow White comes across a house with lots of wild animals from the forest. It is empty and when she sees the small furniture, she thinks that children live there.
Snow White then enlists the help of all the animals and assigns tasks, saying, “Now you wash the dishes, tidy the room, clean the chimney and I’ll use the broom,” before she starts singing.
Then the dwarves return from a day’s work in the mines and are confused – and suspicious – by their clean home and dinner cooking on the stove.
However, in the indicated excerpt from the live-action film, the animals do not seem to be in the house. Instead, Snow White gets the dwarves to distribute the housework.
A viral tweet that has been liked over 18,000 times states: “In the original Snow White, she cleans for the dwarves to show her appreciation. In the new one, she breaks into their house and forces them to clean for her. Creating a feminist version of a character always means turning her into a nagging, ungrateful witch.”
