Snow White and the Seven Controversies

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🗓️ 21 March 2025

⏱️ 27 minutes

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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

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0:00.0	Today, explain Sean Ramos from here with Naderah Gough staff writer at Slate.
0:05.1	Nadira, Disney's got a new movie coming out this week. Is everyone enchanted?
0:09.0	No.
0:11.7	I think that there is a lot of confusion and a lot of controversy around Snow White.
0:17.4	Magic mirror on the wall. Who is the fairest of them all?
0:21.6	But yeah, it's safe to say that not everyone is enchanted.
0:25.6	This is my father's kingdom.
0:27.6	A place of fairness?
0:29.6	Wipe the queen.
0:31.6	Change everything.
0:33.6	Now I have to ask, as a student of the Brothers Grimm, how many controversies are there?
0:39.6	Well, you're in luck. You're so lucky today as your lucky day, because there happens to be about seven.
0:45.8	Oh my goodness!
0:49.4	It's a human.
0:50.6	What did you think I was?
0:51.8	Nothing goes.
0:52.8	Snow White and the seven controversies
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