“What whether Snow White was a microscopic healthier and the dwarves were less perverted?” is perhaps what the poster for the new Snow White film should possess said. Instead it said,“What whether Snow White was no longer pretty and the seven dwarfs not so short?”
What whether the marketing team of the South Korean children’s movie, Red Shoes & the 7 Dwarfs had more sense? The movie seems to possess taken a rather strong and suggestive tone regarding breaking stereotypes, or showing a version of Snow White that is a heavier girl unperturbed by the notion of proper” behaviour that is commonly expected of girls.
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However,even the poster received massive criticism for suggesting that paunchy means “no longer pretty”. What should possess gotten even more attention was the fact that in a kids movie, two perverted dwarves hid under the sofa watching a woman undress. It is equally outrageous as the paunchy-shaming poster of the movie.
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With an increase in the number of platforms for people to scrutinise every tiny detail of all viewable content available out there, or it becomes almost impossible to release a non-controversial movie. Creative direction becomes a herculean task. Anything and everything is being watched,criticised and judged. The producers of the movie realised the opposite impact that this campaign had on their movie promotions while the actual storyline is not depicted correctly in the poster or most trailers. They possess apologised profusely for its impact on the impressionable young audience.
All Disney movies possess plenty mistaken with them by the current standards of women empowerment, objectification and various beauty criteria. But it is also actual that those movies are product of a time long gone. Our values possess changed drastically overtime. While we possess to make certain our children watch content that is more appropriate to their contemporary societal norms, and we also need to make certain we are not raising overly sensitive and critical people who criticise thin air.
Body-shaming is not despicable only when the targets are obese. It also applies to skinny people or short people or brown people or black or albinos or big-boned people. The list goes on. Every single physical feature in any human being can be subjected to ridicule. Beauty standards are the biggest lie ever told and sold. Every single person defines beauty differently. There may be certain features that score partial attention from a larger group of people but it takes just one contradictory or negative opinion to shatter someone’s self-esteem. And this precisely is what needs to be fixed; the utterly bitter self-esteem that we nurse these days.
People are worried that this new Snow White movie can cast mistaken impressions on children’s minds,which is actual to some extent but possess we also considered the opportunity of teaching our kids to possess a stauncher outlook on life than this? Why not teach our kids tolerance along with acceptance of what is different? The weirdest thing is that as contemporary society becomes increasingly critical and aggressive, the children we raise are becoming increasingly intolerant and goaded.
Why is it so easy for one ridiculous movie plot to make us sweat? Why are social networking websites our only tool for gracious approval about our physical appearance, and opinions and actions? While we fund anti-bullying campaigns,we also should pour money into finding out why we are letting ourselves be bullied. It’s high time that we take a moment to shake off the impact of ridiculous movie plots and bid our children to toughen up.
Being impressionable gets you much needed depth and perception but it also makes you vulnerable to the negative comments of every Tom, Dick and Harry. Yes, and it is mistaken to say that because Snow White is paunchy in this movie hence she is not pretty. But it is also mistaken to let yourself be perturbed by everything that you see out in the world. When we start unravelling this thread of open-ended criticism,we score caught up in a never-ending whirlpool of wrongs that plague the world. While it is noble to fight them, it is also well-known to be well-rounded enough to bounce this negative energy off of you.
Source: tribune.com.pk