Critics Say "Snow White" Is About Lefty Infighting
Critics—like Vulture's Alison Willmore—have surprising takes on the controversial live-action adaptation of Snow White.
Willmore’s take on the film is the ultimate plot twist. She believes that Snow White is an unintentional satire of leftist infighting. “The funny thing about [Rachel Zegler’s] take on the storybook standard,” she writes, “is that, in the context of the movie, the character is effectively a normie lib dithering about how to fight back against the fascist takeover of her kingdom by her stepmother.” That’s right—according to Willmore, Disney’s newest princess is less of an idealistic dreamer and more of a cautious institutionalist, paralyzed by indecision as the Evil Queen (played by Gal Gadot in what Willmore calls an “incredibly stilted” performance) consolidates power.