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SNOW WHITE – Jeff Morrow, Benj Pasek, and Justin Paul
Original Review by Jonathan Broxton
In 1937 producer Walt Disney and his team of artists made history when they released Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, the world’s first ever feature-length animated motion picture. It was based on the famous fairy tale ‘Schneewittchen’ by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, and tells the story of a kind and beautiful princess who is abused by her wicked stepmother, the Queen. When the Queen’s magic mirror announces that Snow White, and not the Queen, is the ‘fairest of them all,’ the jealous and vengeful Queen banishes Snow White to the forest to be killed by a huntsman; however, the huntsman takes pity on Snow White and secretly releases her, and she eventually begins a new life with seven dwarf miners who live nearby. However, when the Queen learns that Snow White is still alive, she hatches a plan: to poison Snow White with an enchanted apple, which will place her in a death-like sleep, from which she can be awakened only by true love’s kiss. Read more…
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