In 2024, Disney's live-action Snow White sparked significant controversy. As a remake of Disney's first-ever classic princess animation, it was expected to be a blend of tradition and innovation. However, it ultimately became the center of heated public debate. Many viewers were dissatisfied with the film's changes to character settings, particularly the removal of the iconic Prince Charming and casting a non-white actress as Snow White. Were these changes reasonable, and how did they impact the story's structure?

Admittedly, the core spirit of Snow White lies not in her skin color, heritage, or even appearance, but in her kindness, innocence, and inner strength in facing adversity. The character's charm comes from her ability to maintain a pure heart in the face of the Evil Queen's persecution, inspiring those who help her with her sincerity. Her outward traits—“skin as white as snow, lips as red as blood, hair as black as ebony”—are external features, not the entirety of her character.

However, the main conflict of the story begins with the Queen's jealousy of Snow White's beauty, specifically her “skin as white as snow, lips as red as blood, hair as black as ebony.” The focus is on the Queen's desire to be the fairest of all, caring only about her beauty, not her kindness. To make the casting choice logical, the live-action film altered the Magic Mirror’s definition of beauty to “kindness,” which rendered the story absurd. It's obvious to any viewer that Snow White’s appearance doesn’t surpass the Queen’s. Would the Queen really be so superstitious in this version? Are we to believe that the Queen, who is obsessed with being the fairest, wants to kill Snow White because the Queen was once the “kindest” in the land? Is this kingdom in such a dire state that the Queen’s kindness was the pinnacle? Was Snow White less kind than the Queen before turning fourteen? Did she suddenly become “the kindest”? This is completely “logic fail.”