Snow White, Rewritten in a Minor Key
Despite the film’s efforts to reframe its heroine with modern complexity, a certain emotional distance lingers.

One day a mysterious lady appears at Detective Henry Chandler's office who wants to know everything related to the Froggy, an extraterrestrial race that plans to invade Earth to find the Krown crown, which grants certain powers to control time. Unfortunately, Chandler is not a highly skilled detective.
Despite the film’s efforts to reframe its heroine with modern complexity, a certain emotional distance lingers.
In a film where a Black couple is framed to be the lead characters, they still managed to get shuffled off to the sidelines. The enthusiastic cast delivers well on goofy bits- but can only go so far before they begin to fall flat.
A bond between a girl and her dog takes an unexpected twist as the dog is not what it seems.
Disney remakes have often gotten a bad rap for their consistent reliance on the originals and overuse of CGI. However, Mulan is a remake that is able to transcend beyond Disney's other remakes with a confident and bold earnestness.
Animation as a medium of storytelling can be thought to be open to all ages and as I hope my readings will reveal, they could be interpreted as transgender stories.