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Today, Explained
Snow White and the Seven Controversies

I mean, some people online have probably called her that, considering that any time these days that there is a remake or an adaptation of popular beloved IP, especially where in which the main character, the titular character, is white, you will always have a contingent of more conservative traditionalists, let's say, who are going to push back against any sort of diverse castings.

Today, Explained
Snow White and the Seven Controversies

I mean, some people online have probably called her that, considering that any time these days that there is a remake or an adaptation of popular beloved IP, especially where in which the main character, the titular character, is white, you will always have a contingent of more conservative traditionalists, let's say, who are going to push back against any sort of diverse castings.

Today, Explained
Snow White and the Seven Controversies

This surprised me because it's Snow White, whose skin was described as white as snow. I don't know what they're going to call Snow White.

Today, Explained
Snow White and the Seven Controversies

This surprised me because it's Snow White, whose skin was described as white as snow. I don't know what they're going to call Snow White.

Today, Explained
Snow White and the Seven Controversies

This surprised me because it's Snow White, whose skin was described as white as snow. I don't know what they're going to call Snow White.

Today, Explained
Snow White and the Seven Controversies

Is it still going to be Snow White? Critics, this choice represents yet another example of Hollywood prioritizing diversity quotas over staying faithful to the source material. And so people were always going to be angry at the idea of Zegler portraying Snow White, Zegler being half Colombian, half Polish. And she did receive some incredibly racist pushback from that online. The trolls are mad.

Today, Explained
Snow White and the Seven Controversies

Is it still going to be Snow White? Critics, this choice represents yet another example of Hollywood prioritizing diversity quotas over staying faithful to the source material. And so people were always going to be angry at the idea of Zegler portraying Snow White, Zegler being half Colombian, half Polish. And she did receive some incredibly racist pushback from that online. The trolls are mad.

Today, Explained
Snow White and the Seven Controversies

Is it still going to be Snow White? Critics, this choice represents yet another example of Hollywood prioritizing diversity quotas over staying faithful to the source material. And so people were always going to be angry at the idea of Zegler portraying Snow White, Zegler being half Colombian, half Polish. And she did receive some incredibly racist pushback from that online. The trolls are mad.

Today, Explained
Snow White and the Seven Controversies

The trolls are sad. The trolls think Rachel will be bad. But it's not just that she's not as white. It's also that she likes a fight.

Today, Explained
Snow White and the Seven Controversies

The trolls are sad. The trolls think Rachel will be bad. But it's not just that she's not as white. It's also that she likes a fight.

Today, Explained
Snow White and the Seven Controversies

The trolls are sad. The trolls think Rachel will be bad. But it's not just that she's not as white. It's also that she likes a fight.

Today, Explained
Snow White and the Seven Controversies

Yeah. So outside of the more culture war type of pushback, Rachel Zegler has also upset seemingly everybody on the Internet at one point regarding this particular film. She told Extra TV.

Today, Explained
Snow White and the Seven Controversies

Yeah. So outside of the more culture war type of pushback, Rachel Zegler has also upset seemingly everybody on the Internet at one point regarding this particular film. She told Extra TV.

Today, Explained
Snow White and the Seven Controversies

Yeah. So outside of the more culture war type of pushback, Rachel Zegler has also upset seemingly everybody on the Internet at one point regarding this particular film. She told Extra TV.

Today, Explained
Snow White and the Seven Controversies

And also, funnily enough, that she was terrified of the original as a kid. And so she only rewatched the movie for the first time in years in order to prepare for the upcoming adaptation. And fans definitely did not love that the star of the remake of one of their childhood favorites was so critical of it that it seemed like maybe she wasn't even a fan of the original movie.

Today, Explained
Snow White and the Seven Controversies

And also, funnily enough, that she was terrified of the original as a kid. And so she only rewatched the movie for the first time in years in order to prepare for the upcoming adaptation. And fans definitely did not love that the star of the remake of one of their childhood favorites was so critical of it that it seemed like maybe she wasn't even a fan of the original movie.

Today, Explained
Snow White and the Seven Controversies

And also, funnily enough, that she was terrified of the original as a kid. And so she only rewatched the movie for the first time in years in order to prepare for the upcoming adaptation. And fans definitely did not love that the star of the remake of one of their childhood favorites was so critical of it that it seemed like maybe she wasn't even a fan of the original movie.

Today, Explained
Snow White and the Seven Controversies

So that definitely didn't sit well.

Today, Explained
Snow White and the Seven Controversies

So that definitely didn't sit well.

Today, Explained
Snow White and the Seven Controversies

So that definitely didn't sit well.