{"id":474684,"date":"2021-05-05T14:20:44","date_gmt":"2021-05-05T18:20:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=474684"},"modified":"2021-05-05T14:20:47","modified_gmt":"2021-05-05T18:20:47","slug":"disneylands-snow-white-ride-sparks-leftist-outrage-over-lack-of-consent-in-cartoon-kiss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/disneylands-snow-white-ride-sparks-leftist-outrage-over-lack-of-consent-in-cartoon-kiss\/","title":{"rendered":"Disneyland\u2019s \u2018Snow White\u2019 Ride Sparks Leftist Outrage Over \u2018Lack Of Consent\u2019 In Cartoon Kiss"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdisneylands-snow-white-ride-sparks-leftist-outrage-over-lack-of-consent-in-cartoon-kiss%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=474684&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-469184558-1200x800-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p><span>Move over Pepe Le Pew \u2014 the amorous skunk isn\u2019t the only cartoon Romeo sparking outrage these days.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>When Disneyland reopened its doors last week after a year-long closure due to the pandemic, it unveiled a major revamp to an original attraction. The ride previously known as \u201cSnow White\u2019s Scary Adventure\u201d has been transformed to a less-frightening version, now known as \u201cSnow White\u2019s Enchanted Wish.\u201d Updates include LED black lights, laser projections, and new animatronics. What hasn\u2019t changed, though, is the magical smooch that awakens the pale princess from her slumber. And that fantasy trope, as old as fairytales themselves, has some culture critics up in arms.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In a travel piece for The San Francisco Chronicle\u2019s digital publication, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfgate.com\/disneyland\/article\/2021-04-snow-whites-enchanted-wish-changes-witch-16144353.php\">SFGate<\/a>, Managing Editor Katie Dowd and writer Julie Tremaine complained that Prince Charming plants \u201ctrue love\u2019s kiss\u201d on the sleeping Snow without her consent. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201c[The kiss] <\/span><i><span>cannot possibly<\/span><\/i><span> be true love if only one person knows it\u2019s happening,\u201d the pair write, asking, \u201cHaven\u2019t we already agreed that consent in early Disney movies is a major issue? That teaching kids that kissing, when it hasn\u2019t been established if both parties are willing to engage, is not OK?\u201d They then suggested Imagineers come up an alternative ending that departs from that of the 1937 film.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The essay caught the attention of Fox News, referencing it as an example of cancel culture run amok. One representative exchange came when \u201cFox and Friends\u201d Anchor Ainsley Earhardt briefly asked Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) for his thoughts and Kennedy replied, \u201cI don\u2019t know where these jackaloons come up with this stuff.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Several Left-wing outlets then claimed the coverage was nothing more than Fox creating a tempest in a teapot.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Daily Beast Editor Justin Baragona<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/fox-news-finds-its-new-dumb-outrage-claims-woke-mob-is-canceling-a-snow-white-theme-park-ride?ref=scroll\"><span>called<\/span><\/a><span> the coverage \u201cobsessive,\u201d and Huffington Post Senior Culture Reporter Curtis M. Wong accused the network of building a \u201cbogus cancel culture narrative.\u201d Not to be outdone, Media Matters\u2019 Matt Gertz<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MattGertz\/status\/1389231619597381633?s=20\"> <span>assembled<\/span><\/a><span> screenshots of Fox\u2019s reporting on the topic, sneering, \u201cAll morning long. Because someone wrote a take for the the San Francisco Gate.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>But Dowd and Tremaine <\/span><span>aren\u2019t<\/span><span> alone<em> i<\/em>n casting the iconic kiss in a non-consenual light, and the other people bringing it up are hardly anonymous Twitter users.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In 2018, at the height of the #MeToo movement, Frozen voice actress Kristen Bell told<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.parents.com\/parenting\/celebrity-parents\/moms-dads\/kristen-bell-questions-disney-princesses-as-she-reads-to-her-daughters\/\"><span>Parents Magazine<\/span><\/a><span> she had a hard talk with her daughters about Snow White, asking them, \u201cDon\u2019t you think that it\u2019s weird that the prince kisses Snow White without her permission? Because you cannot kiss someone if they\u2019re sleeping!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The year before, Osaka University professor and author of a book on sexual harassment, Kazue Muta,<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/fabulous\/5259958\/disney-princesses-like-snow-white-are-sexual-harassment-victims-says-professor-who-slams-the-obscene-movies\/\"><span>argued<\/span><\/a><span> that movies like \u201cSnow White\u201d and \u201cSleeping Beauty\u201d promote sexual violence. And Middlebury College hosts a<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.middlebury.edu\/disneyprincesses\/perpetuation-of-rape-culture\/\"> <span>website<\/span><\/a><span> devoted to the deconstruction of Disney princesses and rape culture, citing the classic fairytale ending as an example of \u201cTaking away a woman\u2019s authority and sense of self by allowing men to dominate them sexually and emotionally.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Disney\u2019s previous capitulation to such woke complaints may be emboldening demands like Dowd and Tremaine\u2019s. Self-described super-fan and blogger Jonathan Vanboskerck said that the Mouse House\u2019s decision to remove Trader Sam from the Jungle Cruise and the bride auction from Pirates of the Caribbean is<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/disney-super-fan-wokeness-is-ruining-the-theme-park-experience\"> <span>ruining<\/span><\/a><span> the immersive fantasy experience his family has come to expect from the theme parks.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Given these concessions, critics have good reason to expect results if they push for more.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>Megan Basham (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/megbasham\">@megbasham<\/a>) is the entertainment reporter for The Daily Wire. She\u2019s a Rotten Tomatoes-approved critic who was previously an entertainment editor and podcast co-host for World Magazine.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><i>The views expressed in this opinion piece are the author\u2019s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. 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