"But when the studio is run by people you believe boys need tampons, you get such nonsense. Don’t be looksist or whatever they call it now."
"When my mother took me to see Snow White, everyone fell in love with Snow White. I immediately fell for the wicked Queen. —Woody Allen in Annie Hall, 1977"
"It is not kosher to begin a newsletter quoting Woody Allen because he married his daughter or something like that. OK, it was his crazy girlfriend’s daughter but he was always creepy and that was his entire schtick as a comedian. Annie Hall was his best comedy. It should have been his last comedy because he had reached the age where creepy no longer is funny but criminal.
"As readers know, this was the weekend Disney finally dropped its mega-costly bomb, Disney’s Snow White. It was a remake of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, the film that turned a small cartoon shop into a movie studio which eventually evolved into the world’s largest media corporation.
"Relish the results, dear readers.
"Chris Agar reported, “Snow White’s Disappointing Box Office Opening Could Match Dumbo.”
"Did they have a donkey play Dumbo?
"Alison Willmore reported, “I Don’t Know Why, But Snow White Is Totally About Lefty Infighting.”
"You would think that would attract conservatives.
"IMDB reported, “A princess joins forces with seven dwarfs to liberate her kingdom from her cruel stepmother the evil Queen.” (The character’s name is just the Queen.)
"So now the storyline is an inheritance battle between a surviving child and a second wife. You might call it a battle of wills.
"The original film is a classic because Walt Disney was the Elon Musk of fairy tales. Walt surrounded himself with masters of animation and music. Someday My Prince Will Come, Whistle While You Work and I’m Wishing are songs seldom heard on the radio but are always in our hearts.
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