Over the decades, Disney has tried to remake their first ever feature animated motion picture Snow White & The Seven Dwarfs (1937), but found screenwriting challenges in trying to modernize the nearly century old material. Disney executives weren't sure how to handle potentially sensitive material, such as the handling of the dwarves, but they were determined to figure things out, especially considering their live action remakes were raking in billions.
One of the earliest controversies from Snow White (2025) stems from Peter Dinklage, who said that the story was an insult, "fucking backwards". He thought the film, if it cast real dwarves, would reinforce negative stereotypes and be a detriment to the community. Disney, ever so careful of their image, decided to agree & made the characters CGI instead.
The controversy didn't let up however, as a leaked photo from the set surfaced. It showed seven people, of diverse heights & ethnicities, in a field. Conservatives had a field day with this, with one right-wing website making an article with the headline EXCLUSIVE: Snow White and the Seven … Politically-Correct Companions? There were sooo many people talking about how the dwarves were woke, dei, liberal (insert random buzzword) and it turns out this image was of different characters who were also in the movie, also there were eight of them, but the fake outrage sites cropped the photo for clicks.