Set photos from the studio's upcoming remake of the 1937 classic "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" went viral earlier this month, revealing the studio had recast Snow White as a Latina actress and the dwarves as "magical creatures" of various races, heights and genders to "avoid reinforcing stereotypes." "There’s nothing wrong with casting a diverse crew, but Disney is refashioning a classic fairy tale merely to virtue signal," Finley wrote. They don’t want to have to screen shows and movies before showing them to their kids," the opinion piece read. Instead, the company has chosen to browbeat parents with woke messages to "curry favor with the cultural left." She argued this focus on putting liberal messages in kids' entertainment would only continue to hurt the company financially.

Source: Wall Street Journal July 24, 2023 19:16 UTC