Wee Man Rips Disney For Not Casting 'Dwarves' in 'Snow White' Remake

Jul 21, 2023 14:03

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‘Jackass’ stunt performer Wee Man (real name Jason Acuña) is ripping Disney for swapping out "dwarves" for taller actors in the upcoming live-action version of "Snow White" ... he says it's another existential threat facing his community.

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janetdkd July 21 2023, 19:00:26 UTC
Is this tittle of Lana del Rey album?

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benihime99 July 21 2023, 19:07:11 UTC
I thought they didn't cast LP to avoid Backlash over stéréotypes
Didn't Peter Dinklage go on a full rant?

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queenursula July 21 2023, 19:09:58 UTC
He did and the other little people actors are pissed at him for doing that because he has opportunities they don’t.

https://www.indiewire.com/features/general/peter-dinklage-snow-white-and-the-seven-dwarfs-backlash-little-people-1234695983/

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benihime99 July 21 2023, 19:15:01 UTC
Ah that sucks

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escalena July 21 2023, 19:42:10 UTC
hmmmmm interesting because they do have a point tbh.

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emptyobsidian July 21 2023, 19:17:37 UTC
I'm not even sure how you do the seven dwarves without being offensive somehow nowadays, or stereotyping somehow. My impulse would be to have a diversity of people, but also carve out just as many roles for LP, both as the "dwarves" and as other characters in the movie.

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sillyskinny July 21 2023, 20:16:52 UTC
Idk. They could be related. Also, people do seek out people who are like them. Therefore them being seven itself is not really a problem.

Now when it comes to them being her sidekicks... yeah, now we're on thin ice.

Then again, now we have a "diverse" cast of sidekicks. Does that make it better?

Guess that's why we need GOOD writers.

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likegunfire July 21 2023, 23:05:29 UTC
would be pretty dope if there were other little people in the film other than just the seven of them.
Like why can't the Prince be a little person? they exist in their world

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anterrabre July 21 2023, 19:20:08 UTC
I'm of two minds about it. On the one hand, stereotypes. On the other hand, lil people getting paid? It's very delicate.

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imightbewrong4 July 21 2023, 21:37:11 UTC
I don't even understand the stereotypes argument.
The characters were named after personality traits: sneezy, lazy, happy... are these somehow linked to dwarfism in a way that I'm not aware of?

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anterrabre July 21 2023, 21:40:53 UTC
I guess the fact that dwarfs are little people? I don't know.

In the fairytake each dwarf had a personality type. I would have just hired little people and let the different personality types shine.

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elevatorshaker July 22 2023, 01:02:13 UTC

There wasn't a lazy. That was Sleepy, man, and he was just tired.

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bossm July 21 2023, 19:25:52 UTC
Disney shouldn’t have casted the people for the dwarfs like they decided to do. They should have casted dwarfs for the roles and made them storylines where each character would have shined a little bit on their own.
It would have been a new way to tell the story of Snow White.

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