7 dwarfs, as it turns out, are not just a convenient number of short individuals to keep a cottage running smoothly but also a surprisingly effective guide to life. Doc, for instance, is the one who pretends to know what he’s doing, which is a highly useful skill in adulthood. Grumpy is proof that you can complain about everything and still save the day when it matters. Happy exists to remind us that relentless cheerfulness is either a gift or a highly effective coping mechanism. Sleepy demonstrates the vital importance of naps, a lesson tragically ignored by most of modern civilization. Bashful proves that social anxiety is not a barrier to friendship, only a mild inconvenience. Sneezy is living proof that allergies can be a personality trait. And Dopey, well, Dopey is a reminder that one can navigate life successfully with absolutely no spoken dialogue—something many of us aspire to during early Monday meetings.
This, of course, is all neatly packaged within Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, a film so groundbreaking that even Walt Disney himself wasn’t entirely sure people wouldn’t just wander out of the theater in confusion. It was the first full-length animated film, painstakingly drawn by hand and responsible for the birth of the modern Disney empire, which, if left unchecked, will likely own the entire planet by 2050. Snow White herself, at just 14 years old, is the first and youngest Disney princess, which makes the entire storyline of her running away to live with seven strangers in a forest somewhat concerning. But the heart of the story is simple: kindness wins, evil queens tend to lose and if you clean enough houses and sing to birds, you might just get a happily ever after—though the logistics of marrying a prince you met once remain dubious at best.
This, of course, is all neatly packaged within Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, a film so groundbreaking that even Walt Disney himself wasn’t entirely sure people wouldn’t just wander out of the theater in confusion. It was the first full-length animated film, painstakingly drawn by hand and responsible for the birth of the modern Disney empire, which, if left unchecked, will likely own the entire planet by 2050. Snow White herself, at just 14 years old, is the first and youngest Disney princess, which makes the entire storyline of her running away to live with seven strangers in a forest somewhat concerning. But the heart of the story is simple: kindness wins, evil queens tend to lose and if you clean enough houses and sing to birds, you might just get a happily ever after—though the logistics of marrying a prince you met once remain dubious at best.
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