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Disney slap troubled Snow White remake with bizarre ‘woke’ trigger warnings – including one about ‘ominous trees’
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DISNEY’s woke Snow White remake has been slapped with a series of bizarre trigger warnings ahead of its release on Friday.
Viewers are being warned that “a woman is deliberately poisoned” and that the £200million film features “ominous trees”.
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It’s reported the British Board of Film Classification also warned that “a character threatens to shove something up another’s backside during a comic exchange,” and that “characters drink alcohol briefly at a party”.
The remake of the 1937 classic has been shrouded in criticism, including from its lead actress Rachel Zegler who said she believed the original Prince Charming acted like a “stalker”.
Rachel, 23, also said she refused to sing Snow White’s song, Some Day My Prince Will Come because it was “weird”.
She added: “I was scared of the original version. I think I watched it once and never picked it up again.”
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Disney bosses were also criticised for using CGI dwarves instead of casting real actors.
Actor Choon Tan, who has appeared on stage productions of Snow White said: “There really is nothing wrong casting someone with dwarfism as a dwarf in any given opportunity.”
Game Of Thrones actor Peter Dinklage however blasted Disney for stereotyping.
He said: “I was a little taken aback when they were very proud to cast a Latina actress as Snow White, you’re still telling the story of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.
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“Take a step back and look at what you’re doing there. It makes no sense to me.
“You’re progressive in one way and you’re still making that f**king backwards story about seven dwarfs living in a cave together, what the f**k are you doing, man?”
Kiss scene from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs 1937 animation film
Gal Gadot, who plays the evil Queen, is also said to have “tensions” with Rachel over their differing political views.
Disney scaled back the usually glitzy premieres it has for its films.
Last week, the European premiere was held in a castle in Northern Spain.
Meanwhile, the Hollywood premiere was a low key afternoon event on Sunday.
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