Disney’s new live action Snow White has a little something to upset everyone, from casting to Israel-Palestine to President Trump. Slate’s Nadira Goffe and Vox’s Constance Grady explain. This episode was produced by Devan Schwartz, edited by Amina Al-Sadi, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Patrick Boyd, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram. Transcript at vox.com/today-explained-podcast Support Today, Explained by becoming a Vox Member today: http://www.vox.com/members Disney "Snow White" actress Rachel Zegler joins Sneezy & Sleepy on the red carpet for the movie premiere in Hollywood. Photo by Phillip Faraone/Getty Images for Allegra. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
What controversies surround Disney's new Snow White?
Today Explained, Sean Ramos from here with Nadira Goff, staff writer at Slate. Nadira, Disney's got a new movie coming out this week. Is everyone enchanted?
No. I think that there is a lot of confusion and a lot of controversy around Snow White.
Magic mirror on the wall. Who is the fairest of them all?
But yeah, it's safe to say that not everyone is enchanted.
This was my father's kingdom. A place of fairness. But the queen changed everything.
Now I have to ask, as a student of the Brothers Grimm, how many controversies are there?
Well, you're in luck. You're so lucky today is your lucky day because there happens to be about seven. Oh my goodness!
What did you think I was? Nothing. Ghost.
Snow White and the seven controversies coming up on the program today.
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