microrobert
03-30-2012, 05:24 PM
Snow White's Strange Cinematic History
Mirror Mirror is the latest telling of a tale that's inspired the most influential animated film of all time, a deeply racist kids' show, and scores of other adaptations.
If an enterprising Hollywood executive asked a magic mirror which fairy tale made the fairest box office-gross of all, the answer would undoubtedly be "Snow White." Even for the fairy-tale film genre, the character's history is unusually rich and varied: IMDB currently lists 91 films and TV shows featuring a character named "Snow White," which is dozens more than other comparable fairy-tale heroines, including Belle of Beauty and the Beast and Sleeping Beauty of Sleeping Beauty.
Hollywood has banked on Snow White's success for decades, and this year, two rival studios are independently banking on it again. Does Mirror Mirror, the new, Julia Roberts-starring adaptation of the Grimm brother's classic tale, have anything to add to a story that's been around for more than 200 years? To find out, we'll have to dig into the long, strange history of Snow White adaptations:
http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2012/03/snow-whites-strange-cinematic-history/255222/
Mirror Mirror is the latest telling of a tale that's inspired the most influential animated film of all time, a deeply racist kids' show, and scores of other adaptations.
If an enterprising Hollywood executive asked a magic mirror which fairy tale made the fairest box office-gross of all, the answer would undoubtedly be "Snow White." Even for the fairy-tale film genre, the character's history is unusually rich and varied: IMDB currently lists 91 films and TV shows featuring a character named "Snow White," which is dozens more than other comparable fairy-tale heroines, including Belle of Beauty and the Beast and Sleeping Beauty of Sleeping Beauty.
Hollywood has banked on Snow White's success for decades, and this year, two rival studios are independently banking on it again. Does Mirror Mirror, the new, Julia Roberts-starring adaptation of the Grimm brother's classic tale, have anything to add to a story that's been around for more than 200 years? To find out, we'll have to dig into the long, strange history of Snow White adaptations:
http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2012/03/snow-whites-strange-cinematic-history/255222/