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‘Snow White’, Poisoned By Controversy At Box Office, Won’t Have A Happy Ending With $115M Loss: What Went Wrong (deadline.com)

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[–] [email protected] 33 points 3 days ago (2 children)

It’s so easy to blame “controversy” for the failure of a movie people just aren’t interested in seeing. This is all too common a tactic of movies and games these days.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 days ago

The Ghostbusters method.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 3 days ago

I agree that this was a movie that really just did not need to be made. However, I think casting a character whose main trait is that she is white as snow with a character who is not super white is akin to casting a white person or a black person to play Mulan.

Not that I would be interested in the movie one way or another. I just see how it was an intentionally controversial choice.