Growing up, being a princess used to be something to look forward to for some girls. Who wouldn’t want the beautiful dress, the schweet crib, often times furry animal friends, or small human ones. Magic, wands, witches, ogres, gnomes sprites, and fairies. Even before the advent of video, fairy tales were there for a reason. For entertainment, sure, but also as cautionary fables about the power of good vs evil, the honor of virtue, and to explain the odd bump in the night.

Now, to be honest, the fairy tales of the 20th Century are much more accessible, heartwarming, and nowhere near as terrifying as those told to Victorian children, or even the original Grimm versions of some of our favorites. Have you ever read the original Beauty and the Beast, say, in a Collier’s “Young Folks Library” collection? Holy smokes – you’d hardly recognize the story.

Whatever illustrations might have accompanied the texts, a little girl’s brain was still free to insert herself into the story, let her imagination take flight from there. Imaginations are things to be constantly encouraged, nurtured, and cherished. They have to be worked to develop. They must have material and flights of fancy to use as a launch pad. Disney animation helped give those daydreams wings.

How many princesses came to the door at Halloween when you were growing up? Pumpkin carriage loads full, I’ll bet.

Walt Disney somehow managed to tap into that love of romance, adventure and princesses who ultimately triumph as no one else did. His vision and his company gave visual form to so many mythical young ladies who became part of the consciousness of growing up as a little girl. I still have the Cinderella watch my parents bought when the movie first came out. I couldn’t even read a watch, but I guess I had to have the princess one.

Things haven’t changed a lick in all those decades, or with all those subsequent celluloid Disney royalty come to life. Little girls have loved them as soon as they hit the screen, regardless of race, or religion. For two straight years, Halloween trick or treating at stores downtown was dominated by Elsas of every hue, age, and size – all wreathed in that beautiful “Frozen” blue and shimmery white.

Those little girls were gorgeous. And, most importantly, you could tell they thought so, too.

That’s what mattered.

A beautifully animated scene – and a great song – from Disney's 1937 masterpiece SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS. I really admire the unflappable optimism of this and so many other songs written during the Great Depression. pic.twitter.com/2yaAfAVDpz

— Vincent Alexander (@NonsenseIsland) August 12, 2023

Then, in the blink of a woke eye…suddenly, none of it magical anymore.

It’s ugly and beneath contempt, worthy of revision and derision, and all this from someone whom lots of big and little girls are thinking should believe herself to be one of the luckiest people on earth.

She gets to be a princess – a DISNEY princess.

Why would someone like that take THIS job?

Rachel Zegler admitting she didn't like Snow White growing up, saying she had only watched it ONCE before getting the role is so sad to me. Out of MILLIONS of women who loved the character, care about the story and yet this is who we get. 🤡🤢 pic.twitter.com/IVKQN4FIHc

— Vara Dark (@Vara_Dark) August 10, 2023

Wait, whut?

This girl was given the chance of a lifetime to play an iconic Disney princess, a chance that millions of girls would kill for. And she decides to publicly take a dump all over Snow White & tell everyone how much she hates the fairytale. https://t.co/0eymZvQWGe

— Gina Bontempo (@FlorioGina) August 14, 2023

This begs the question, “Is it tougher work being a princess…or being something else?” She makes “something else” look so easy.

@rachelzegler You got paid millions for standing 18 hours doing your job. Meanwhile, millions of unprivileged are paid minimum wage for standing hours as cashiers, retail associates, restaurant servers, and factory workers, but poor YOU! #SnowWhitepic.twitter.com/4sRZSqGpvU

— Deadlock616 (@Deadlock616) August 9, 2023

“The 2024 remake of the classic fairy tale has been given a massive woke wash by Disney and its star actress, Rachel Zegler. This is a kind of beautiful princess no one’s seen before. She’s a man-hating Queen of Woke...”

'If Disney aren't careful, their woke fairy tale could end up turning into a commercial nightmare.'

GB News' @BenLeo444 joins @DanWootton to discuss Disney's upcoming "woke-washing" remake of Snow White. pic.twitter.com/howChaPbzX

— GB News (@GBNEWS) August 16, 2023

There are like-minded woke-ists already rushing to Zegler’s defense, quelle surprise. So it won’t be long before they’re working overtime to anoint her with “The Victim” wand, and maybe save the movie, too, any way they can.

…These accusations stem from two videos. One is a resurfaced interview from 2022 in which Zegler argues that her version of Snow White won’t be “saved” by the prince like the 1937 version. “It’s no longer 1937,” she said. “We absolutely wrote a Snow White that is not gonna be saved by the prince. And she’s not going to be dreaming about true love. She’s dreaming about becoming the leader she knows she can be.”

…Twitter and TikTok have since been overrun with comments and videos accusing Zegler of hating the character she’s set to play in next year’s live-action reboot (despite the fact that Zegler has shared several posts proving otherwise), as well as dissecting the “pseudofeminism” that makes some believe that Snow White prioritizing love is a bad thing.

I didn’t have to hear from Ms. Zegler to already hate what Disney’s allowed to happen to the movie. The dwarf controversy was enough for me. Her being as smug and “weird, weird” as she’s been in these different clips merely sealed the deal.

I mean…

The comments on Twitter weren’t much better as one person fumed: ‘sorry can rachel zegler and the rest of fake feminists stfu?’

…yeah!

COULD THEY, please, just stfu for once?! Leave something alone, untouched, unsullied by their unsolicited opinions and virtue signaling revisions?

RIP Snow White, and Disney killed her.

— AmericaAsFounded🍊 (@SinceWollman86) August 14, 2023