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Who wants a ‘girl boss’ Snow White?

The problem with Disney's remake is not that it's 'woke', it's that Rachel Zegler is so pious and sanctimonious

Deborah Ross
Cute but humourless: Rachel Zegler as Snow White © DISNEY ENTERPRISES, INC. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
EXPLORE THE ISSUE 22 March 2025
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Disney’s new Snow White is a live-action remake of the beloved 1937 classic that was cinema’s first full-length animated feature and is still regarded as Walt’s greatest masterpiece – even if fans of The Jungle Book will always have something to say about that. It stars Rachel Zegler, which set the cat among the pigeons, as she is Latino so doesn’t have ‘skin as white as snow’.

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