Disney movies bombed at the box-office because they didn't stick to the original story in the first place...as we can see in the last pics of Snow White. The story didn't have to be changed in the first place. These are a sure things (cut & paste).
Respect the casting of the original ones and get on with it...but noooooo.
When the star of your upcoming Disney film berates the original incessantly...
How does Disney not pull her aside and politely say: "Ahem... SHUT. YOUR. FACE."
Whether you "like" Disney's 1937 take on Snow White or not, I think it's clear that:
1) Its fairy tale timeline would place it centuries ago, when gender roles were well defined. There's nothing wrong with portraying that world view, especially in the 1930s
2) The 1937 film was NEVER meant to be a western world specific social commentary on the problems with a male hierarchy. The male characters in the original film all adore Snow White, and she is NOT oppressed by any of them.
3) The original story and Disney 1937 take is NOT about Snow White trying to become the leader her father always knew she could be. That's NOT THE STORY, that's not the character's personality. The character is a pure, loving, caring and innocent/naïve young woman who is oppressed by the FEMALE hierarchy in her world, for vanity's sake.
4) Finding your true love is a universal truth, as is the "man rescues the damsel in distress" paradigm. It's OK to make movies about them.
5) The 1937 film was a SEMINAL event in both motion picture and animation history in terms of it's groundbreaking animation, use of color, sound and music. While not flawless, it is essentially "perfect" for what it is. It is one of the anchors upon which modern cinema is based and as such it is timeless. It stands with other such great film landmarks: Citizen Cane, Gone With the Wind, The Wizard of Oz, The Searchers, The Maltese Falcon, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Psycho, Jaws, Star Wars, Superman, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Alien, Dances with Wolves, et al. Disney's 1937 film deserves to be called a masterpiece; to outright DISMISS it (again, whether you like it or not) shows a severe ignorance of film history and accomplishment.