Disney's Ideological Editing
Breakpoint
Colson Center
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🗓️ 2 August 2023
⏱️ 1 minutes
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Summary
Disney has decided, again, to reimagine a classic. Instead of the traditional seven dwarves, the new Snow White will be accompanied by seven "magical creatures" of all ages, sizes, and genders. Of course, Disney has always been rather liberal with source material. Few Disney movies follow the original plots of the Brothers Grimm or Hans Christian Andersen.
Even so, a recent Tweet thread highlighted how this kind of ideological editing can move from a quirk to a crisis. Its author noted the passion with which progressive commenters reject anyone saying anything nice about the Middle Ages. More than poking holes in romantic views of the past, everything must be all filth, all sickness, all the time.
This is more than bad history: It's willfully bad history. Progressivism is built on a wholesale rejection of older ways of doing things, especially anything reflecting a Christian worldview. A better take is one that allows for real progress, while never assuming that the newer is always going to be better.
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| 0:00.0 | With a woman to look at culture from a Christian worldview, I'm John Stone Street with the point. |
| 0:04.1 | Disney's decided again to reimagine a classic. Instead of the traditional seven doors, |
| 0:08.3 | the new Snow White will be joined by seven magical creatures of all ages, |
| 0:11.9 | sizes, and genders. Of course, Disney's always played rather loose with source material. |
| 0:16.0 | A few Disney movies follow the original plots of the brother's grimm or Hans Christian Anderson. |
| 0:20.8 | Still, a recent tweet thread highlights just how this kind of ideological editing can move from |
| 0:25.4 | a quirk to a crisis, noting the passion with which progressive commentators reject anyone saying |
| 0:30.6 | anything nice in history about the middle ages, more than poking holes in romantic views of the past, |
| 0:36.5 | everything is portrayed as all filth, all sickness, all the time. That's more than bad history, |
| 0:41.1 | it's willfully bad history. It's because progressivism is built on a wholesale rejection of |
| 0:45.9 | older ways of doing things, especially anything that reflects a Christian worldview. A better take |
| 0:50.3 | is one that will allow for real progress, but never assume that the newer is always going to be |
| 0:55.0 | better for the Colson set. I'm John Stone Street. |
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