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Unlike Snow White and the Evil Queen, theyve been fully animated into CGI monstrosities.
These dwarfs do not resemble humans of any size.
Their plasticky skin has an artificial sheen that makes them look like theyd crack if they fell over.
At best, they recall garden gnomes enchanted to life by a particularly sadistic witch.
How did we get here?
Disney countered with acarefully vetted statement.
As a number of actors with dwarfism pointed out, they had now been deprived of potential roles.
Others interviewed used less loaded terminology, but came to the same conclusion.
Take Dopey, whose bumbling, silent rendition in the 1937 film has led toretrospective diagnosesof a developmental condition.
Was Dopey enough of an issue to require this kind of reinvention?
No one will be offended, but no one asked for this, either.
Apart from being eyesores, they actively makeSnow Whiteworse.
