Adaptation Sources: Snow white & The Seven Dwarfs Vs. Mirror, Mirror

 

·         Social History

Published by aquinasmedia View all posts by aquinasmedia, aquinasmedia, P. by, Aquinasmedia, & aquinasmedia, V. all posts by. (2016, May 13). Gender values in Snow White and the Seven dwarves. aquinasmedia. Retrieved October 4, 2021, from https://aquinasmedia.wordpress.com/2015/06/16/gender-values-in-snow-white/#:~:text=This%20is%20reflective%20of%20the%20culture%20of%20the,while%20they%20went%20off%20to%20work%20each%20day.

This source talks about Snow White fitting the description of an American housewife during the Great Depression in which the time the film was made.

Wikimedia Foundation. (2021, September 11). Mirror Mirror (film). Wikipedia. Retrieved October 4, 2021, from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirror_Mirror_(film).

The Wikipedia page explains how this version of Snow White in this plot is way different and defies the 1930s version of a American Housewife.

Pendidikan, S. (2013). THE SNOW WHITE’S CHARACTER’S TRANSFORMATION IN “SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS” AND “MIRROR MIRROR” SEEN FROM FEMINIST THEORY. Repository, 1–36.

The Journal explains how the feminism movement peaked in the film Mirror, Mirror and how it changed the perception of Snow White.

·         Genre

Wikimedia Foundation. (2021, October 2). Snow White and the seven dwarfs (1937 film). Wikipedia. Retrieved October 4, 2021, from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snow_White_and_the_Seven_Dwarfs_(1937_film).

This source depicts the genre of the 1937 film as an animated musical fantasy.

Wikimedia Foundation. (2021, September 11). Mirror Mirror (film). Wikipedia. Retrieved October 4, 2021, from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirror_Mirror_(film)#:~:text=Mirror%20Mirror%20is%20a%202012%20American%20fantasy%20comedy,and%20Jason%20Keller%2C%20with%20music%20by%20Alan%20Menken.

This source depicts the genre of the 2012 film as a fantasy comedy.

Maio, K. (2012). Beauty Fades, but Fairy Tales Never Die. Fantasy & Science Fiction, 123(3/4), 204–210

This article talks about the key differences in both genre and plot of both Snow White characters.