Rachel Zegler and Why Hollywood Loves to Blame 'Difficult' Women

Hi ho, hi ho, it's back to blaming women of color for your movie failing

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On Tuesday, Variety published an article looking into the “fiasco” of Walt Disney’s latest live-action remake, Snow White, and just why it bombed with a domestic box office take of under $50 million. Instead of looking at reasonable explanations such as Disney churning out these live-action movies with all the automation and blandness of a shoe factory the “real” culprit turned out to be Snow White herself, actress Rachel Zegler.