Episode 137: Disney's Live Action Snow White

About this episode

The hosts discuss Disney's live action remake of Snow White, analyzing the backlash and story decisions.

Cassie, Laura, and guesting co-host Daurie finish up our second Snow White era with Disney's live action remake of their original animated feature film, starring Rachel Zegler and Gal Gadot. Cassie apologizes for how sick she sounds and how increasingly obvious it becomes that she is talking around cough drops, but it shouldn't hamper your enjoyment of our discussion about whether or not the original backlash was warranted, where the story decisions really went off the rails, and why you shou...

People in this episode

Hosts: Cassie Greenlee, Laura L, Matt Guion

Guest: Daurie Rothhaar

Topics covered

• Disney
• Snow White
• live action remake
• film discussion
• backlash analysis

Keywords

• Disney
• Snow White
• live action
• film
• remake
• Rachel Zegler
• Gal Gadot

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Disney's live action Snow White, original animated feature film

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