So the Disney Live animated version of Snow White is out, having been pushed back for years, and is being panned by the critics. I don’t watch much TV or movies but one movie I have seen is of course the original Snow White. In fact I bought the four Disney classics, Snow White and the seven dwarfs, Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty and Beauty and the Beast on DVD as I don’t trust Disney not to alter them on Disney+ to make them more woke, therefore depriving my children of the original classic version. I have told you before to purchase the entire trilogy of Lord of the Rings on DVD as streaming will not protect you.
Anyway I am not going to rehash here why the new version is monstrous – the stupid woke “non-dwarf” – CGI dwarfs, the casting of all-round fool and egomaniac Rachel Zelger as Snow White who trashed the original version that everyone loves. I just want to focus on one scene, the one where Snow White kindly cleans up the little cottage while singing “Whistle while you work.”
In the 1937 film, Snow White has escaped her abusive step-mother and certain death by the huntsman who spares her life. She finds refuge with the twelve dwarves who kindly let her stay indefinitely. Do they put her up in an IPAS centre? No they do not. Do they charge her rent? No they do not. Do they say, guests are like fish, they go off in three days so yes you can stay for three nights but after that you will have to find yourself somewhere else to stay? No.
The twelve dwarfs – Dopey included – offer Snow White indefinite sanctuary, kindness, hospitably and safety. They go to work every day in the mines (a dangerous occupation) and she ‘keeps house.’ Like any long term guest she wants to make a contribution to the smooth running of the household so she makes sure everything is spick and span for when the dwarfs come home. This is what a normal woman would do.
The critical point about this scene is that not only is Snow White doing the right thing by keeping the cottage clean, she is happy to do so. She takes fulfilment from it. Now, if you ask me she does rather exploit the poor squirrels, deers and other assorted animals that do much of the dusting with their tails but they are also happy to do it, as they are inspired by Snow White. Snow White is so efficient in fact that she whips that place into shape all while wearing her long yellow skirt and what seems like heels to me.
Snow White does it all while singing, she ‘whistles while she works.’ I have also found the housework easier to do, to music. Sometime I choose Beethoven’s 5th now and again if I am feeling a bit tired I’ll choose some Ed Sheeran. Do I occasionally moan about doing the housework – sure. But deep down I am happy to clean my kitchen after dinner. It gives me a sense of fulfilment.
Fast forward to 2025 and Snow White is a selfish, self-obsessed shrew who has shacked up with the ‘non-dwarf’ dwarfs. They still go out to work every day and provide Snow White bed and board free of charge. And what does she give them in return? She hands them a brush the minute they get in the door. That’s gratitude for you.
This just tells you what a bunch of sociopaths the folks at Disney are – and why you should never have them as house guests. They probably never cleaned a toilet in their lives as they have a couple of illegal Mexican maids to do that for them, hence why they can produce monstrosities like Snow White 2025. The problem is that the culture matters. And it’s this kind of monstrous depiction of Snow White that contributes to turning women into resentful, whining, ungrateful shrews.
I’m not saying we should all be doormats. If your family takes advantage of your innate kindness, sense of duty and love for them then you should tell them so. I have said before that children in particular should do more around the house. And if you are in one of those topsy – turvy relationships where ‘yer man’ stays at home and the wife goes out to work then yes he should do the majority of the housework. Likewise if you have just had a new baby etc, etc, the mother’s job is to look after the tiny infant totally dependent on his mother’s love and care and the father should do the hoovering. Out of love. None of this should have to be said but I feel the need to say it.
If however, you are a refugee/asylum seeker/ internally displaced person or a person who is fleeing abuse or a mere house guest and you live rent free indefinitely in someone else’s house, especially the house of seven little people who will struggle to vacuum then you should offer to help. And not only that you should be happy to do so. Only the seriously unhinged and miserable people at Disney would think otherwise.