Snow White -The Underappreciated Masterpiece
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- Опубліковано 26 січ 2021
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This particular video was made because I personally feel that Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs is quite undervalued today. Something I consider unfortunate. Hopefully gushing about the positives of the film can convince you otherwise!
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I have always loved this movie, and hated how people called Snow White a maiden in distress, when she is a hard worker that wishes for her dream to come true, but never expects it without a price. She cleaned up the dwarfs cottage because she knew she couldn't just stay for free. She is a symbol of a hard working person in the great depression. And ofc she's gonna be helpless sometimes. 14 or not she is still young, and you can tell. Plus she handled herself quite well for being young, and hiding from a mad woman trying to kill her. BTW I just love this movie. My favorite scene is definitely the spooky forest scene. It captures her anxiety, and fear so well.
snow white is so incredibly important to me, vying for the top spot as my favorite princess next to cinderella and jasmine. she holds a different kind of strength than someone like merida or moana, and the values of hard work, kindness, and optimism will never go out of style. i wonder if you've seen there will be fudd's video titled "why snow white is (still) the strongest disney princess"? he hits on a lot of the same points you do, and it's so nice to see others appreciate both the artistry and work put into the movie, and don't discredit it. there's a reason that it's the benchmark for 2d animation, and in storytelling. there's nothing wrong with a simple story when it nails the emotional story beats the way snow white does!
This analysis is so important right now amidst the whole Rachel Zeagler fiasco. Someone send this to her so she can educate herself.
And here comes Disney to absolutely ablitterate this masterpiece after almost a century later
I adore this film. I watched it constantly on repeat as a child. It's a shame that people take it for granted now a days
i watched it a lot as a kid too.
This movie came out during or not long after the Great Depression. Disney wanted to show a protagonist that still smiled and remained optimistic and hard working despite the fact that she had just lost everything and was in the lowest point of her life. The scene in the forest after her panic attack really shows her strength. This character was intentioned to be that one voice of optimism shown to an audience living in the most difficult time in history. Snow White isnt a role model because shes a beautiful princess, shes a role model to young and old that works hard and smile through a song. This is something modern Disney has forgotten and it saddens me deeply.
I found it amazing that every time Snow White made a wish, it came true. There were consequences, but...
The movie opens with Snow White singing into a magic wishing well and wishing that her prince would find her today. He did--and the Queen flipped out and ordered Snow White's murder.
What happened to Grumpy when Snow White wished that he'd like her? The result was that Grumpy's heart was broken when Snow White succumbed to a poisoned apple.
Speaking of the apple, since it was a magic wishing apple Snow White wished it was spring and that her prince would take her to his castle. This broke the hearts of her dwarven friends again, but they were happy that she had found happiness.
It may have been this wishcraft that caused the Queen to seek Snow White's death. Traditionally, witches gain their powers when they become adults. The German word for fair/bright/brilliant is "hell." Snow White was shining, all right! Was that storm caused by Snow White when her friends were in danger?
The crazy thing is the animation in the 30s is better quality than anything today....
Exactly
this and Sleeping Beauty will just always have my heart.
Snow white may be a "basic" movie compared to what we have today in the animation landscape, but its such a enjoyable experience. I made sure to show it to my little cousins at the beggining of quarantine and it was really funny to see them actually get invested in the story and sad when they thought snow white was dead, l can only imagine how the people watching it for the first time back then were feeling.
Anyways, this was a very enjoyable video and l got really surprised to see that the views werent higher! The algorithm brought me here and, imo, it should push this video harder, it clearly deserves!
Is it wrong that I prefer snow white and a lot of the older stuff to a lot of the newer stuff that we have now?
@@Leamichellefan2244 Not by a long shot. Snow White possesses its own qualities, both the film and the princess herself. She shows compassion, joy, happiness no matter what the circumstances and even manages to have the Seven Dwarfs answering to her. To a great extent, Snow White becomes head of that house and the way she makes those tiny guys wash their hands is absolutely badass (excuse my french). To me, Snow White has aged admirably well and hasn't lost any of its appeal, despite its age or its "basic" plot. For that, she is still The fairest princess of them all. Did I say "princess"? She's the Fairiest Disney Queen.
@@raulsaavedraviolante4350 oh no, no no you don’t have to excuse anything that’s one of my favorite parts of the movie because she basically looks at him and she goes look you either march outside clean up or you’re not getting anything to eat I love that because she’s basically saying look I cooked for you I cleaned for you. Yes, you agreed to help me out and I appreciate it but the least you could do is reciprocate and have some manners. That’s basically what she saying and I love that.
I think people watching it for the first time knew she's not dead though, the fairytale was very popular even before the movie came out (at least in Europe, I don't know whether it was the same in the US).
Oh, how I wish Disney had the kind of sincerity shown in this movie AND video essay instead of opting for beating the dead horse of deconstructing their IPs and legacy.
You are not rabbling on, Sir. Please, never apologize for having passion, respect, and affection for groundbreaking works in any performance medium. I would rather watch Snow White, Cinderella, and Sleeping Beauty than any "animation films" of the "modern era."
including puss in boots 2, both spiderverse movie, or httyd?
This is so underrated wth, i was actually caught off guard when i saw the viewcount
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed the video!
The story about Walt telling Ub to draw Mickey on a napkin, you said you wanted a source? Well, I first read about that in the book Walt Disney: the triumph of the American imagination by Neal Gabler, page 178. And the endnotes source it from another book, The Hand Behind the Mouse, cowritten by Iwerks' granddaughter. The story was originally told by Ub's wife.
Oh wow! Thanks for sharing! I've been looking for a source since I made the video! Looks like I have some new books to check out as well.
Snow white is imo the best Princess. When we are first introduced to her she's in rags yet she's pure and optimistic, basically making the best of her circumstances. Then when she flees from the huntsman terrified and the animals greet her, who is she more concerned with? The animals she actually apologises to them, again showing pure kindness and empathy. Then she learns from the animals how to get through a hard time by singing. Teaching us all again no matter how hard life gets you can get through it, if you make the best of it which would have been so pertant during the great depression. Then she thinks the dwarfs are orphans and again she thinks of them first. Then when she hopes to live with them she doesn't expect something for nothing she's willing to do something for it again teaching us not to expect something for nothing in life, we have to work hard. Contrast that with a lot of modern princesses who start of doing okay often, but want more out of life, often obsessed with identity or doing more with their life, and then go of on a grand adventure. Its not that the latter is bad, it's just a bit more ego driven. Snow has things happen to her and her strength of character gets her through she never looses her hope, remainds kind and compassionate, and grateful for what she has and far more relatable. None of us are going to go on grand adventures but all of us will come up against hard times and its how we choose to work through it that makes us who we are. I think she's such a misunderstood character and tbh if we had another character like her we could learn a lot from her. Plus I think her character will endure. Messages of hard work, endurance, strength of character, will live on. Doubt that people will be humming along to moana, or frozen nearly 100 years from now.
But no disney is instead obsessed with deconstructing their films, correcting what they think are flaws and having another what ironically ends up being another boring one dimensional character that imo does reflect society. We are all obsessed with self identity now, all obsessed with ourselves, how we have be wronged rather then how we can do better etc. Not everything that comes later I think is actually progressive or helpful. Don't get me wrong I wouldn't want to live the the 30s but I think we could take some lessons from them in terms of stop being so self obsessed and do your best with life rather then wallowing in self pity or resentment which seems ro be in the water in the culture now.
I hate how people say oh Snow White is so weak. No, she’s not physically strong, but she certainly mentally strong. If you if you ask me that’s even better.
(Your drawing sketch has it titled "and the Seven Dwarves", though the film is called "and the Seven Dwarfs". It wouldn't be until J.R.R. Tolkien coined the variant spelling that we now more commonly use.)
Nice video!
I love Snow White just not just a movie, but the princess, her self and people really ridicule her so much. It drives me insane. I mean she’s sweet she’s kind she’s caring. She’s got a lovely voice. There’s nothing wrong with her and just because she’s not physically strong doesn’t mean she’s not strong I mean hello. She practically tells the door of that if they don’t wash their hands, then getting dinner, and then she apologizes to the forest animals for her scaring them even after she just got the crap scared out of her. oh, and I meant to say, she tells the dwarves that if they don’t wash they can’t eat.
I watched the film recently for the first since the VHS days and I finished it sobbing. The music, the animation, and the characters really make it special. There were so many details I noticed watching it now and I have come to appreciate the film a lot more. Although it's very different from something like Beauty and the Beast, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs will always have a special place in my heart
Snow White is outdated I somewhat agree but it made such an impact to the animation world that it’s somehow nit outdated. No other disney film has made this type of major impact. ( i do hope they can one day) Also great Video essay! Subbed!
Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed the video! I'll try and have another essay done relatively soon (currently I'm tied up with finishing university, but I'll be able to work on essays again afterwards)!
"But there's a difference between a film not aging well and an audience refusing to meet it on its own terms, and I feel like the most common complaints lobbied at Snow White tend to be misguided expectations that the film has no business trying to fill."
- There Will Be Fudd, Why Snow White Is (Still) The Strongest Disney Princess 2020
This movie deserves more love than it gets. It seems all society cares about now is having a girl boss. I don’t need a man type of character. Romance does not make a person weak. And the same goes for being kind. Thank your for giving this movie the praise it deserves. Snow White does not need to save the world to show that she is important. She is important because she does not have to prove anything. She gives kindness even trough the hardest times.
Agree. Snow White is a movie that I feel is very underrated. One of my favorites.
Snow White has been one of my favourites ever and a great role model for kindness optimism, hard work in a positive light and helping others. I made sure Snow White was part of my daughter's childhood and she enjoyed it from the first watch.
One of my favorite movies, too. It is a masterpiece of piece of art.
23:43 Oh my goodness SOMEONE WHO UNDERSTANDS. Maybe it’s because the song is in my favorite key, maybe it’s because this is my favorite Disney movie of all time, maybe it’s because the dwarfs are some of my favorite Disney characters ever made, but I just LOVE THIS SONG. It even pains me that it’s so short.
Great video! I love learning more about the history of the Disney movies I grew up watching. As a child I didn't rewatch Snow White as often because I was obsessed with Sleeping Beauty, but I still loved it. I watched it recently for the first time in eighteen years or so and I was surprised by how much I enjoyed it. I was very impressed with how scary and creepy the forest and the evil queen's transformation were. In a way it was like watching the film for the first time, since I could appreciate the music and the artistry in a way I couldn't have as a child.
I love Snow White I always have, and always will. I honestly I prefer the classic Disney princesses to the modern ones and don’t even get me started on how they’re trying to remake the classics to make them more modern that really irritates me.
What this video mentioned about the extreme mood whiplash in the movie reminded me of this quote from Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens.
It is the custom on the stage, in all good murderous melodramas, to present the tragic and the comic scenes, in as regular alternation, as the layers of red and white in a side of streaky bacon. The hero sinks upon his straw bed, weighed down by fetters and misfortunes; in the next scene, his faithful but unconscious squire regales the audience with a comic song. We behold, with throbbing bosoms, the heroine in the grasp of a proud and ruthless baron: her virtue and her life alike in danger, drawing forth her dagger to preserve the one at the cost of the other; and just as our expectations are wrought up to the highest pitch, a whistle is heard, and we are straightway transported to the great hall of the castle; where a grey-headed seneschal sings a funny chorus with a funnier body of vassals, who are free of all sorts of places, from church vaults to palaces, and roam about in company, caroling perpetually.
Such changes appear absurd; but they are not so unnatural as they would seem at first sight. The transitions in real life from well-spread boards to death-beds, and from mourning-weeds to holiday garments, are not a whit less startling; only, there, we are busy actors, instead of passive lookers-on, which makes a vast difference. The actors in the mimic life of the theatre, are blind to violent transitions and abrupt impulses of passion or feeling, which, presented before the eyes of mere spectators, are at once condemned as outrageous and preposterous.
This is a great film, and the one from Walt's Golden Age that better holds up.
While it's not a particular favorite of mine, I can understand why Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs would be someone else's. There's not much it does badly. It's just that it follows conventions that are no longer used in storytelling(Some of them come from the operetta and the pantomime), so it's not as popular nowadays. Kind of sad really.
Thanks for the review! ❤
Snow White didn't need to fight against 50 people or possess supernatural powers to show she was worthy of her salt. With a firm and yet loving hand she managed to become the head of the Seven Dwarfs house; and showed she could be feminine, selfless, valiant and accomodating as well. That many traits of hers were hardly found or replicated by the princesses of the Disney Reinassance, let alone those ones of recent years; therefore, I consider Snow White not only the fairest princess, but the Fairest Disney Queen.
The passion of this analysis is clear, thanks!
wait wtf?? how does this only have a small amount of views your videos are amazing!!
I hope this video will blow up, you deserve it! Love this movie too and you were spot on about everything
I really enjoyed this! Ty! Ty for making this video explaining the genius of this masterpiece!
The original voice of SnowWhite was FULLBLOODED Italian!! Adriana Caselotti. I love her. Cause, I'm also Italian!! And, Pinto Colvig. The "original" voice of Goofy, was in it to.
THANK YOU!! I loved how you brought up how the evil queen's appearance as an old hag pulls from older misogynistic imagery! It's something I've noticed after doing extensive research on the Salem Witch Trials but it's something that I've never seen anyone else bring up before now! You've just earned a like, and a subscriber ;)
I don’t think the Disney staff had an malice in mind when it came to the peddler woman design. The film’s aesthetic design is inspired by old European illustration and they wanted it to be authentic as possible.
It's not misogynistic. It's human nature. We are not drawn to un asymmetrical faces which is a signal of illness by nature etc. This evolved into pretty much every mythological genre displaying unattractive characters as evil or bad or at least not be be trusted. May not be a progressive troupe but it doesn't come from no where and was never exclusive to female characters. Its an easy way for characters to recognise evil. Many old myths also display incredibly attractive women as evil as well, but guess what the same troupes are used for men as well.
Lots of comments: not one mention of Marjorie Bell or Marjorie Belcher or later known as Marge Champion. There would never have been the Great Snow White movie with out her dance steps. No one had in 1936 1937 the youth and training in dance that Marge had at the time taught by her Dad Ernest Belcher.
Thank you fir putting respect on snows name. She's not a weak person and her life's meaning doesn't end on the prince like people think
She's so kind and gentle that even a man paid to murder her can't do it she meets the dwarves and is selfless
She's also a teenage girl. A very young girl
Is she supposed to whip out a sword or what
First saw this movie in 2021 loved it i had a crush on Snow White back in 2019 before i even saw the movie haha 😆
What a wonderful video!
Not sure when my parents would have seen this for the first time? He was born late 1935, she was born early 1939
Is it nostalgia?
Hell to the capital N-O.
Snow White was (and still IS) a beautiful piece of escapist entertainment with charming, likeable (and hateable) characters, catchy songs and animation that still manages to hold its own against the so called 'juggernauts' of the modern era
In summation, it's a goddamn masterpiece that has aged like a fine wine and only gets better as the years fly by
your video is very good, but I would like to correct one thing, disney did not use rotoscoping in its animations, it used video as a reference to make the movements more logical with reality.
there is a video of Tonico Pantoja that explains the difference between rotoscoping and reference video, if you want I can give you the link
So neat 😃💕🌹🌹!
How come you only saw it in 2018?! This is so shocking!
Basically, I was more of a Beauty and the Beast and Aladdin fan when I was a kid, so I didn't get to the classic catalog until later
All I could hear was Gurenge playing in the background of your closing lol
Demon Slayer is the next video! Hopefully done soon if I can manage it lol
@@NeptuneCactus take your time! Things are more enjoyable when the creator rests well and takes care of themselves! Have a wonderful day!
Thoughts on the stuff Rachel Zegler, the live action remake actress, has said about this movie? Id love to see you talk sbout it or cover the remake when it comes out!
I don't have particularly strong opinions on any of the marketing for the remake, and if the strike isn't over next year when it releases I'll be waiting until it is if I even decide to cover it at all. That being said if I can touch on it briefly, the fact that it's being remade at all is really interesting to me, because in my brain it's like trying to remake something like The Wizard of Oz (which was also inspired by Snow White's tone / direction). Both movies were so groundbreaking that if remaking them is on the table at all, especially so far after the fact, the end point is to inevitably make an incredibly different movie out of it. In the video you can see that I'm clearly a fan of Snow White's arc, and how showcasing kindness being rewarded after hardship is something I find very satisfying and appealing, even if it's not conventionally interesting / popular with the rest of the Disney animated canon. So inevitably the two will be such different experiences that in retrospect I can only assume it will highlight what works for me in the original movie even more. And it's not because Snow White (1939) is flawless (I touched off this in the video), but it's probably because I just think it's a story that doesn't need to be more complicated. It's simplicity works as is, so to change that changes a considerable bit. The existence of an official remake doesn't tarnish the original at all.
What background music are you using at the 15min mark? Its really good
Corridors of Time from Chrono Trigger!
@@NeptuneCactus I SWEAR I thought it was Chrono Trigger or Dragonball Z Legacy of Goku 2. Lol. Thanks
@@jnkazee2526 no problem!
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Okay I love this movie genuinely and have always valued it for its masterful animation as well as music and storytelling. I liked a lot of what you said, but your comments about the working conditions for the film kinda overlook the fact it was a huge recession and the ones about dopey mocking learning disabilities feels so super wokey and reachy preachy. not necessary.
Love original Disney Snow White new one sound bad
waiting year 2024 disney princess live action rachel zegler as snow white upcoming movie
"Underappreciated" ?... Snow White ???... Where do you come from for God's sakes ?...
It used to be talked about a lot, but it’s barely mentioned today and taken for granted. Snow White as a character is especially underestimated and unappreciated.
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