Ben Shapiros Head EXPLODES Over Snow White Reveal
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00:00 If you're a redhead in Disney
00:01 universe, then they'll recast you,
00:03 but now they're recasting everyone.
00:05 So they've cast Snow White.
00:07 Snow White is now going to be
00:10 played by Rachel Zegler.
00:12 Okay, now Rachel Zegler,
00:13 you may know again,
00:14 her name is Snow White.
00:16 Now you might consider that racist,
00:18 but that's also the name of
00:19 the actual fairy tale.
00:20 And in the actual fairy tale,
00:22 it says skin, I mean,
00:24 this is from the original 1936,
00:26 Snow White.
00:27 Skin as white as snow, right?
00:29 That is literally in her name,
00:31 that's why she has her name.
00:33 So I guess just to screw with
00:35 people, they're casting,
00:36 Rachel Zegler is a very talented
00:38 person, I'm just,
00:39 it's weird casting, you might say.
00:41 I don't understand,
00:42 there's certain parts that
00:44 are racially specific.
00:45 I mean, very clearly so,
00:46 it's very strange to me.
00:48 And if you cast Alexander Hamilton
00:49 as a black person,
00:50 that's totally fine.
00:51 But if you cast Martin Luther King
00:52 as a white person,
00:53 that is totally unacceptable.
00:54 >> Okay, so he wanted originally
00:57 to just make this about Snow White,
00:59 but it became very clear what he
01:00 really wanted to talk about there.
01:02 So Rachel Zegler is going to be in
01:03 Snow White, and so
01:04 they all have to freak out about it.
01:06 They're required to freak out
01:09 about it, it's their job,
01:10 it's why the paychecks are signed
01:12 for them, but
01:12 also it really bothers them.
01:15 The fact that Rachel Zegler was
01:17 only chosen to play this role to
01:18 mess with people, even though he
01:20 himself acknowledges she's
01:22 extremely talented.
01:24 And also, I don't know,
01:25 can we bring up a picture of her?
01:27 She looks exactly like Snow White,
01:28 I don't know what the,
01:30 it's Snow White, I get that.
01:31 I don't think they were
01:33 referencing, and thus she can only
01:35 be cast by someone who fits into
01:37 the social construct of white as
01:39 a race as of 1600s, like Poland or
01:41 wherever this thing came from.
01:43 That's not actually how it works.
01:46 She very much looks the part, but
01:47 he has to have a problem with it.
01:49 Disney's not allowed to do
01:50 anything, and certainly no one is
01:52 allowed to be cast in anything
01:53 without everyone on the right
01:55 losing their minds over it.
01:56 He didn't say that,
01:57 he didn't start this furor over
01:59 Rachel Zegler, it's been around
02:00 since the casting was originally
02:02 revealed.
02:03 I am sure for Rachel Zegler,
02:04 this has been unbearable for years.
02:07 But to her credit, she is trying to
02:09 move through this to be able to do
02:11 this role, which she feels she
02:13 earned, I'm sure.
02:14 And also to be an inspiration to
02:16 people who don't necessarily fit
02:18 the very narrow demographic
02:20 category that he thinks should be
02:23 able to care about this.
02:24 She tweeted,
02:25 extremely appreciative of
02:27 the love I feel from those
02:28 defending me online.
02:29 But please don't tag me in
02:30 the nonsensical discourse about
02:32 my casting, I really truly do not
02:33 want to see it.
02:34 So I leave you with these photos.
02:36 I hope every child knows they can
02:37 be a princess no matter what.
02:39 The idea being that representation
02:41 is good because everyone deserves
02:43 to see themselves reflected online.
02:46 She's incredibly talented,
02:47 she can sing, she can dance,
02:49 she's going to do a great job,
02:50 she's going to look the part,
02:52 Jesus Christ, move on.
02:53 Anyway, Michael, what do you think?
02:55 >> I mean, I think that when you
02:57 point to somebody saying Snow White
03:00 in 1936, the rise of the Third
03:03 Reich and what were American
03:06 politics were, I mean, to herald
03:08 that as meaning anything is absurd.
03:11 I don't know who Rachel Zegler is,
03:13 I wouldn't know if she was sitting
03:15 in this kitchen.
03:16 But the fake outrage is both
03:19 directed at Disney, who is their
03:21 whipping post now.
03:23 And the fact that anything that was
03:25 something can't be changed because
03:27 our country has changed is absurd
03:29 and frustrating.
03:31 And he'll look like an idiot,
03:33 this guy Shapiro, in a matter of
03:35 years, people will look back and
03:37 say, I can't believe that this guy
03:39 existed.
03:40 >> I mean, you would hope that
03:41 they already do.
03:42 This is the guy that was so
03:45 enraged by the fact that some
03:48 people, including black people,
03:51 were watching the Panther and
03:54 felt like it was awesome to see
03:57 themselves reflected in these
03:59 heroic figures and to see this
04:02 realization of an advanced
04:04 futuristic African inspired
04:07 civilization that he had to tweet,
04:10 Wakanda isn't real.
04:11 This intellectual gladiator,
04:14 the New York Times tells me,
04:16 had to, I can't swear, had to S on
04:19 because for once, black people had
04:22 a superhero.
04:23 >> Right. >> And
04:24 they were happy about it.
04:25 >> Yeah. >> That could not
04:25 be allowed.
04:26 These are broken,
04:27 pathetic individuals.
04:28 That's all they are.
04:29 >> Ben Shapiro's a racist.
04:30 That's all.
04:31 >> That's it.
04:32 The movie could be good,
04:35 the movie could be bad.
04:36 I don't know, I feel like most of
04:38 these live action remakes have not
04:39 been particularly good, although I
04:41 did think that Beauty and
04:42 the Beast was pretty good.
04:43 And it also brought in a ton
04:44 of money, by the way.
04:45 But anyway, just give her a chance,
04:47 she's talented.
04:47 I'm sure she'll be fine.
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04:59 >> Yeah.