Woke with a Kiss: The Media Controversy over Disneyland's “Snow White's Enchanted Wish” Ride

[摘要] sexual assaultconsentsubstituted judgment“When all the world is a hopeless jumble,”1 we can nestle into fairytales with happy endings, such as Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, and others. One iteration of Snow White, however, seems to be stuck in the craw of critics. We're referring to the flap over a Disneyland ride with animatronic characters and other effects. The kiss planted on the sleeping princess's lips is the offensive action. There was actually no kiss in the Grimm Brothers' Snow White story.2 The kiss was spliced into Disney's 1937 Snow White film from the Grimms' other tale, Sleeping Beauty (“Briar Rose”). Disclaimer: We have not personally experienced the ride, called “Snow White's Enchanted Wish.” Significant portions of it can be seen online,3 especially the prelude to the happy ending, “True love's kiss awakened Snow White.”.

[学科分类] 儿科学

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