Author Topic: Snow White and the "little men". More PC Absurdity (Read 817 times)

Dago · « **on:** November 12, 2004, 06:45:30 PM »

Watching television this morning before going to work when I saw a guy being interviewed on the local NBC affiliate. He was representing Marshall Fields, a large somewhat upscale retail department store. They put on a unique and festive Xmas display each year. The local store is doing a version of Snow White and the 7 Dwarfs with a Christmas theme. BUT, the guy kept referring to the dwarfs as "the little men". What?

Yep, numerous times referred to "Snow White and the Little Men". Then he also explained the "little men" are to be a group of diversity, with a mix of white, black, asian and hispanic little men. Give me a freaking break, it's one thing to be sensitive to peoples race, gender, disabilties and handicaps, it's a whole nother thing to completely mess with a classic fairy tale.

Wait till I tell the boys in the militia about this!

dago

Vudak · « **Reply #1 on:** November 12, 2004, 06:51:42 PM »

Yep, sad.

Nash · « **Reply #2 on:** November 12, 2004, 06:54:02 PM »

Why the half measures?

Just get it over with and re-title it to 'Snow Person and the Seven Little People'.

Lizking · « **Reply #3 on:** November 12, 2004, 06:56:05 PM »

You are a numerist as well as bigoted against height challenged persons. It must be named "Snow-person and some others"

vorticon · « **Reply #4 on:** November 12, 2004, 07:11:09 PM »

and the evil witch, must be renamed, differently aligned magic practicioner.

Fruda · « **Reply #5 on:** November 12, 2004, 07:16:10 PM »

Yeah, crap like this is getting out of hand.

Nash · « **Reply #6 on:** November 12, 2004, 07:21:39 PM »

I'm going to make a formal challenge to the name of one of the little people; Dopey.

It's a slight against drug addicts everywhere.

Since Dopey was, for all intents and purposes, an idiot... and since he was the only one to be completely bald and beardless, I submit this petition to rename him "Drippy".

Torque · « **Reply #7 on:** November 12, 2004, 07:25:31 PM »

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Originally posted by Lizking
You are a numerist as well as bigoted against height challenged persons. It must be named "Snow-person and some others"

Inertist...

Thrawn · « **Reply #8 on:** November 12, 2004, 07:34:36 PM »

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Originally posted by Nash
Why the half measures?

I don't appreciate you using he term "half measures" in a tread like this.

capt. apathy · « **Reply #9 on:** November 12, 2004, 09:17:40 PM »

keep up, the proper term is "vertically challenged"

GRUNHERZ · « **Reply #10 on:** November 12, 2004, 09:21:03 PM »

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Originally posted by vorticon
and the evil witch, must be renamed, differently aligned magic practicioner.

And the character changed to a middle aged heterosexual white male, preferably a practioner of christianity...

john9001 · « **Reply #11 on:** November 12, 2004, 09:33:27 PM »

the little peoples names have been changed from sleepy, grumpy,sneezy, doppy to whitey, blacky,beaner, etc

i think a movie about a young white female virgin and seven little men living together sounds like a porn flim.

hi ho hi ho it's off to "work" we go

Meatwad · « **Reply #12 on:** November 12, 2004, 11:34:28 PM »

Shoot next thing you know, you cant call it Snow White any more. It will be labeled as saying the title is racist against blacks.

Montezuma · « **Reply #13 on:** November 12, 2004, 11:37:32 PM »

When Snow White was made, blacks and Jews weren't allowed to work at Disney.

Lizking · « **Reply #14 on:** November 12, 2004, 11:44:28 PM »

That is a bold statement, got any facts to back it up?