The film nearly ruined Disney, but it started a legacy and remains, adjusted for inflation, one of the highest-grossing films on record.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Many at the time had concerns about the film. As noted here<\/a>, \u201cWalt Disney\u2019s decision to make Snow White<\/em>, which was the first animated feature to be produced in English and in Technicolor, flew in the face of the popular wisdom at the time. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Naysayers, including his wife Lillian, warned him that audiences, especially adults, wouldn\u2019t sit through a feature-length cartoon fantasy about dwarfs.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n As already noted, the film performed very well. Perhaps people needed a whimsical fairy tale with a happy ending in the last years of the Great Depression, with both Japan and the Third Reich looming on either side of the country. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Though an exceptional achievement in the worlds of filmmaking and animation, those familiar with the work cannot help but note some glaring issues with the story. Or rather, the issues related to how the story adapted the source material.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The original story of Snow White, like many fairy tales, is a delightful mix of whimsy, folklore, and entrepreneurship. The story was just one of many popularized by the Brothers Grimm, Jacob and Wilhelm (William in English). <\/p>\n\n\n\n These two brothers met a man named Clemens Brentano in 1806. Brentano wanted to collect German legends and folk tales across what at the time was still The Holy Roman Empire and put them into writing for posterity. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Remember, such stories were often passed down orally by storytellers and parents alike. Also, bringing the various stories together would mean they could be translated into one language.<\/p>\n\n\n\n From the various languages, dialects, and traditions of central Europe, by 1810, the Grimm\u2019s provided forty-nine stories. Many of those stories are familiar to modern audiences; Sleeping Beauty, Rapunzel<\/a>, Rumpelstiltskin, Hansel and Gretel<\/a>, and, of course, Snow White. Unfortunately, Brentano dumped the stories in a monastery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Fortunately, the Grimm Brothers had copies, which they released in 1812. Funnily enough, none of the stories depict any fairies. That moniker came later. <\/p>\n\n\n\n At the time, the stories were called, translated as literally as most German is, \u201cChildren\u2019s and Household Tales.\u201d Definitely more accurate, though a little long, and the German is tricky to pronounce.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In any case, the Brothers released several editions over the years, and the stories got tweaked over the years, including Snow White. The general premise remained pretty consistent, though, and it was a far cry from the family-friendly content of Disney.<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"Snow](\"https:\/\/positivenegativeimpact.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/nintchdbpict000309323229-1024x722.jpeg\")
Making Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Glaring Differences From The Snow White Fairy Tale<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Glaring Differences From The Snow White Fairy Tale<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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