The Selfish Dwarf 

The seven dwarves aren't stupid savages living in a cave. They are hard working guys who mine treasures, have fun personalities and live in a lovely cottage.

“How dare dwarves play dwarves and make a living from it, that is so backwards. Only I can do that” - Peter Dinklage.

Peter Dinklage seems to have conveniently forgotten the ‘fairytale’ part of the film. The dwarves in the original film weren’t just short people living in a cave, they were the mythological variant of dwarves that mined treasure, had warm hearts and actually lived in a nice house.

Dinklage doesn’t want to risk one of the other dwarves being more charming and losing his status as most expensive dwarf actor.

So Dinklage climbed the hollywood ladder playing dwarf roles, and once he rose to stardom, he kicked down the ladder for other aspiring actors. So brave, so stunning.

The Dwarves were business owners, kind, loyal and brave. They did more to help Snow than the Prince. THEY are the HEROES in that tale.

Disney had the chance to give 7 actors with dwarfism the role of their lifetime, but instead decided to take the soul out of one more classic and give the role to a bunch of people who have nothing to do with the story or culture. Truly inclusive.

Another Dwarf that came out against what Dinklage said was Dylan Postl also know as Hornswoggle in wrestling. he went on Piers Morgan's show and made a good point that not only is Disney taking away seven roles from Dwarf actors, but also stunt work for people in the Dwarf community.

Their daughter's hair was black as a raven, her lips were red as blood, and her skin was white as snow.

This was Walt Disney's baby. It was the first full length animated film to be released. Walt Disney was very involved in the process. He even voiced some of the characters and brought them to life during the storyboarding sessions. He even won a special Oscar for this film. It's what put his studio on the map and allowed Disney to become a major studio and allowed animation to be taken seriously as a film medium and an art form. Without snow white, Disney would not exist. I feel like Walt Disney would be rolling in his grave to see what his company and this movie has become

Not only could they have found enough little people with lots of talent, they could have found a diverse amount of them too.

When I was a kid the dwarfs were my favorite characters of the whole movie! They were kind to Snow White, offered her safety, they each had their different personalities. They are lovable characters. I lament that opportunity for little people to show their own personality in these roles.

Peter Dinklage seemed to forget that the dwarves weren’t people with dwarfism but rather the mythological dwarf species. Which by the way was how Peter Dinklage got his first major role as the main dwarf from The Narnia film Prince Caspian

*The Seven Dwarfs:* • Are diligent/hard-working. • Are talented craftsmen capable of making anything from cottages to finely cut gems to glass coffins. (Yes, they live in a cottage. Not a cave. A cottage.) • Are friendly and can get along with each other despite their differences in personality. • Understand the values of teamwork, cooperation, strength in unity and safety in numbers. • Are compassionate enough to take in a homeless stranger, hide her from someone who wishes her harm and offer her aid and protection as she needs them. • Are possessed of gratitude when that woman compliments them graciously and covers their shortcomings in cleanliness and housekeeping. • Aren't afraid to sing in unison. • Are brave enough to avenge their new friend by pursuing the villainess who succeeded in harming her through deceit and treachery, even though that villainess is physically larger than they are and possessed of magic powers. • Are steadfast enough to stand watch over their fallen friend until help arrives. *Peter Dinklage:* "That's insulting!" Really, now.... 🤨

*Disney makes a bad adaptation* Brett: Fine. I'll do it myself.

The thumbnail is gold, "Her skin as white as snow, her lips as red as blood & her hair as black as ebony" Brett fits the description 1000 times better than what Disney is putting on.

I guess I'm a horrible human being, when I first saw the photos, I thought it was a comedy sketch remake😭

The dwarves were hardworking, loving, loyal, brave and compassionate. It shouldn't be an insult to play these characters. They opened their home and their hearts to a stranger in need and did their best to protect her... that seems like good representation to me.

Now that DW+ announced their Snow White movie version… I wonder if the thumbnail of this video was some kind of a hint (with Brett dressed as Snow White) 😂

honestly i never saw the dwarves as human small people at all when i was a kid. They were like another race to me-like in any other fantasy movie/game.

The film is a giant middle finger to Walt Disney himself. He never wanted anyone to mess with Snow White. He even fired staff for making a sequel behind his back! Iger and his crew hate Walt like how Amazon hated Tolkien: “Screw you! WE’RE telling the story now!”

The best rebuttal that I have seen is from former WWE wrestler Hornswoggle, who is also a little person. He said Dinklage does not speak for all of them, and that most little people would be honored to be able to play as one of the seven dwarfs, and it would be excellent exposure for them.

Brett Cooper in the thumbnail, dressed as Snow White... The hints were teasing us for months in advance.

“It makes me so sick to my stomach to think that there are seven roles for dwarfs that can't get normal acting roles, or very few and far between roles, and now they are gone because of this guy. Peter Dinklage is the biggest dwarf actor probably of all time but it doesn't make him king dwarf.” - Dylan Postl, aka WWE’s Hornswoggle This film will not be watched by me. The best thing about ‘Snow White & the 7 DWARFS’, was the 7 freakin dwarfs, and their individual personalities! They were the hero’s of the story, but you think changing those characters was the best thing to do!? So, Peter thinks people from the dwarfism community would be perceived badly in this FANTASY tale, so they decide to change the best characters in the story! Congrats Peter you are a twat. People do not perceive the dwarfism community badly cause of 7 heroic fantasy dwarfs. People would, however, perceive them badly if they thought they were all as stupid as Peter Dinklage!

The dwarves in Snow White are never depicted as savage or stupid. They go mining for diamonds and gold, they’re shown as hard workers who watch out for one another and take in a woman who needs a home, welcoming her as one of their own. Plus, the dwarves in the folklore and the movie are magical creatures, not really human dwarves. And even if they were, making a live-action film would allow for real dwarves the chance to be cast in those roles. All Dinklage is doing is taking away the chance for others to shine bright like he has.

Peter Dinklage knew what he was doing. He was threatened by the idea of potential competitors in Hollywood. This film would've been an opportunity for a Dwarf to display some great character moments and create a name for themselves, potentially taking an already rare role and opportunity from him.

Im old enough to have seen the original animated version in the theater. I and my friends LOVED the dwarves, they cared about her and helped her and she loved them. It was my first introduction to the fact there are small people in the world. Forever after i saw them as caring humans not oddities. Disney gave me that. Now they want those charming characters wiped out. Its very sad.

Warwick Davis made a great point where he basically said he didn't mind taking roles of dwarves and things because he chose to do it but it does at times feel exploitative when people are made to be a spectacle just because they are different.

I'm a dwarf, and I'm not happy about this at all. I've commented on this situation a lot, I've known about it for awhile now, and the irritation just continues to grow. At first I was just angry at the fact that they were taking jobs from 7-14 little people, I say -14 people because they might have body doubles? I'm not aware if someone who is popular in Hollywood is aware of this but for regular little people, getting a job isn't that easy, most things in this world are built for the average person, which in the country where I live, the average height is 5'4" for a woman and 5'9"-5'10" I'm 4'0" and while there are ways to adapt, it's not that easy. Not only am I much shorter than people around me, I'm also slower and weaker, and the worst part is, it's much worse for other people with different types of dwarfism that makes working more difficult for them than mine does. I'm not trying to say that people can't do normal work, or make excuses, I'm just pointing out the reality of the situation, and a lot of people with dwarfism end up getting into or at least trying to get into the entertainment business and this is a huge reason why. Now you have it where once again 7-14 little people could have had jobs, could have gotten their foot in the door, but now? And what about that representation that everyone talks so much about? We could have had 7x the representation but instead we're getting 1? I hope that guy at least gets a significant role. If I wasn't like 7 years old when the GOT show came out I would have auditioned for the role of Tyrion and none of this would have ever happened! I'm jk about that, though being in that show would have been cool, I'm just so irritated and I don't have the maturity level to handle this amount of rage like a reasonable adult so making jokes of the situation is the best I can do. Edit: I just remembered another thing that irritates me, I find it a bit insulting that someone would think this is exploiting little people, like we don't have brains and can't make reasonable and logical choices for ourselves.

In many roles Dinklage has played he comes off as self absorbed, condescending, and angry. He always comes off as a villain and I'm not surprised he has this attitude in real life.

Should Dinklage really have this much of a say, in the name of short people, since he played a GIANT sized space dwarf in Infinity War?

Saw the trailer of your Snow White! I am excited for your portrayal of the true Snow White! I find it funny how in 2012 there were two different Snow White movies by two different studios, now 12 years later in 2024, two different Snow White movies by two different studios. Funny how the universe works with repeating history. Edit: I realise now that the movie has been moved to 2025 so my previous comment has become outdated, fast 😂

The one thing that bothers me the most about this live action is not even the dwarves--it’s the fact the director thought it was a good idea to erase the love plot and turn Snow into a rebel. Like, God forbid a victim of abuse to be rescued from a problem she literally cannot solve by herself. Bloody hell, why do people see “being saved by a prince” as a sign of weakness?? Abuse victims often cannot save themselves, and that’s OKAY!

Peter Dinklage must be an angry elf…😂😂😂

Surprised they didn’t change the name of the movie to just Snow. Also, did anyone else picture Will Ferrell’s angry elf scene from Elf when Brett was talking about Dinklage? Could just be me 😂

Brett was dropping a HUGE hint with this thumnail!

As a child, the Snow White is the only Disney character I could ever see myself in. I have dark hair and am pale to the point where other children would laugh at me. People still comment on my paleness and are outraged by my skin colour now that I've been an adult for quite a while. My grandma used to call me Snow White, when I was a kid. She thought it was cute. I never even met someone looking like me. This is wrong.

The seven dwarfs are some of the loveliest, most iconic characters in Disney. They rescued Snow White and took care of her, not a single bad soul in them. And their statue only adds on to their cuteness, what more could you ask for in terms of characters to be played! Then in comes Peter Dinklage, who cashed in majorly as... oh dwarves

Dinklage wants the monopoly on all LP roles. If he can't have it, no one can. He is the complete opposite of Warwick Davis, who actually is supportive of other LP actors and tries to get them more roles.

You absolutely should be able to see yourself represented on screen no matter what you look like….. but not in every film you watch.

As I've just written in a comment to Matt Walsh's video: - Dwarves are present in Old Norse sagas since the 1200s, tales that were later taken up by Germanic folklore. They belong in European sagas such as the tales of Siegfried and Dietrich von Bern, where they have their own individual personality, both for good or for evil. Peter Dinklage disappointed me a lot: I wish he had used his star status to lobby for seven "real" dwarves, and for their history to be told as it is in European sagas, with all their dignity and culture and nuances. - PS: I forgot to tell Matt that this is appropriation of my European culture, and that it takes away jobs for actual little people. Peter himself, but also Meredith Eaton, Martin Klebba and my personal fave character actors, Lisa Hammond and Danny Woodburn, not to mention the legend Warwick Davis. We're already at 6... was it so difficult? Much love.

Love that Dinklage is gate keeping 7 dwarf roles that will never be filled ever. I can't name another dwarf actor off the top of my head, but at least old Petey's feelings were spared!

The thing is, the dwarves in Snow White do not represent human beings with dwarfism but are supposed to be actual fairytale dwarves from the European mythology. It literally has nothing to do with Dinklage.

Seriously, if I'm feeling even a little bit down, I watch your Vids. Listening to your expalnation on the Disney - Snowed-out and Smaller people issues - is hilarious. Keep up . keeping up!!!

Also,Peter Dinklage did an amazing thing in epitomizing how a person of short stature can play and badassify the decidedly limited number of roles that will unfortunately, but understandably, be available. Then he pulled the ladder up behind him.

Peter Dinklage' stance is "don't hire me because I'm a dwarf" but has made a career of being said dwarf. He's not only ruined his career but the careers of other little people who didn't have the same opportunities he has had.

"Somewhat white and the affirmative action hires!" 😂🤣🤣

05:50 When they say they are coming for your children they are not KIDding. LOL

When I showed Matt Walsh's video on this to my mom, she jokingly said, "No asians? I am offended on behalf of all Asia!" And I responded with, "Spoken like a true liberal."

7:22 the Critical Drinker insert was perfect

"They look like they are about to go rob a wholefoods" 😂

You always do it well Brett - keep up the good work.

Low key want a DW Snow White remake with Brett as Snow White. Matt Walsh can play grumpy.

The seven dwarfs were a brilliant piece of story telling, representing multiple personality types and interests, many of which (or all) were easy for children to comprehend and attach to. So for 90yrs and 5 or 6 generations of movie goers, this is the joyful memory of the Brother Grimm fairytale. A princess badly treated and because of her good nature is permitted to survive the huntsman. She needs to change and grow as an individual spending time with her new friends, to be worthy of the dwarfs story retelling following her permanent sleep. The shows the prince her as a wonderful young woman and he wants to rescue her. Great storytelling, and modern Disney needs to f*** it up! Unbelievable. STOP giving Disney your money. They don't deserve it. No streaming, no theme parks, no movies.

"He's an angry elf." - Buddy the Elf

“Go to the needle exchange program” - I snorted loud enough to scare the dogs, good one!

Let’s not forget a great live action version has already been made. Anyone remember Mirror Mirror with Lily Collins and Julia Roberts? Fantastic movie in my opinion. Did not shy away from the original fairytale but also put a new, fun spin on it. And there were 7 dwarves, as there should be!

In the story that my parents used to read for me before bed, the Queen picks her finger while sewing and when she sees her blood drops on the snow, she made a wish: "How I wish that I had a daughter that had skin as white as snow, lips as red as blood and hair as black as ebony."The tale starts even before Snow White was born. It’s crazy that they keep changing other cultures’ stories to play into the woke shenanigans just because they’re too lazy to find stories from those cultures they’re so desperate to promote

That was a nice bonus at the end lol :)

Disney had such a good thing going with Hercules, Tarzan, Fox and the Hound, Peter Pan. The classic Disney is why they became so damn huge. Business 101 says that if it ain't broke, don't fix it.

Oh yeah. I remember when Dinkwad said this. I can't believe how badly he misrepresented the dwarves in Snow White too. Those lads were the heroes of the story and lived in a cozy cottage in the woods. They mined gems for a living like fantasy dwarves do.

In most of the fantasy stories we are familiar with (Lord of the Rings etc.) the dwarfs are an entirely different species. They are not small humans. They are an entire people unto themselves with their own culture, language, and traditions. This also how it is in many games like Dungeons and Dragons and all the other games it inspired. Tolkien even started using the word dwarvish instead of dwarfish, so these people were called dwarves instead of dwarfs. This has become the standard usage in most fantasy fiction and games.

‘Snow Latino & The Seven Drunken Travellers’ that should be the name for this

The nod to the casual drinker was icing on the content cake. Well done.

Kudos Brett for including the Critical Drinker's "Nah, it'll be fine" line. Love the Drinker's take on movies!

Come on Brett, bring on the Critical Drinker. That would be a hell of an episode! "It'll be fine!!"

I love the Critical Drinker. LOL I like that part. LOL

Brown Sugar, the 6 Hobos and the 1 Token Dwarf.

Imagine how good a live action remake of Snow White could potentially be? With even halfway charismatic real little people, the dynamics could be amazing. A slow, dramatic pace, kinda or very gritty and dark but with just the right amount of hope and beauty… hopefully it’ll be done properly someday.

I like Link's point about kids wanting to see themselves represented in media. Kids with dwarfism deserve to see themselves represented by more than just Peter Dinklage. I feel especially bad for little girls with dwarfism bc you never see them in anything other than reality TV

Brett is just magnetic. I cannot pull myself away frow the screen.

0:16 I almost choked on my coffee 😂

Gal Gadot who is casted as the evil queen, looks more like the original Snow White description than Rachel Zegelar

I saw an interview with Dylan Mark Postl (Hornswoggle in the WWE). He definitely does not feel that Dinklage speaks for him. He made an even better point, however, when he mentioned this is not just 6 dwarves out of a job; they need stunt doubles as well, so is is probably at least 13. And when Hollywood is not exactly making a lot of movies for people his size, to see these spots that should have been made for them taken away because of Dinklage really does not please him.

Peter is an angry elf.

I just have to say, the way you shift from the topic of the video to the sponsors is actually really impressive lol

Just to put into perspective what the “outdated stereotypes” of the original film were; hardworking men, working daily to mine out gold and precious jewels, all living in complete harmony with each other despite their differences in a beautiful cottage in the forest, who were more than willing to help a girl they didn’t know the first thing about, and went toe to toe with a witch for her. Now that’s terrible stereotyping if I’ve ever seen it.

To Me, "Mirror Mirror" is still the best live action telling of the Snow White story. It was comedic, visually stunning, the character growth of Snow White was amazing, and the dwarf actors were fantastic.❤❤❤

HAHAHA "Needle exchange program"

Poor Peter Dinklage. To quote Buddy, “He’s an angry elf!”

“They look like they’re about to go rob a Whole Foods in San Francisco and go to the needle exchange program.” I was actually belly laughing, especially because that just rolled off her tongue as a throw away line as she just kept right on talking, which made it exponentially funnier. That was golden!!! 😂

Honestly it breaks my heart, because we all know what disney was capable of, and the sheer quality of their old work. I know for sure that I’ll only show old disney movies to my future kids

Your thumbnail tricked me. Brett in Snow White costume would've made me re-fall in love.

Girl you are the centrist Queen I didn’t know I needed!! ❤️❤️

Dwarfs in fairy tales are a creation of fantasy and completely badass. No idea why anyone would be offended at being able to play such a role. Strange.

Dinklage is the kind of dwarf who kicks other dwarfs down to secure his own role(s) as the only dwarf in Hollywood. EDIT: The dwarf community shaking their fists in the air screaming "DINKLEBERG"

I am excited for brett playing snow white

Wow! That segway into the Carzing ad was top tier. :)

For some reason Peter Dinklage was okay with taking a role from Disney in "Avengers: Infinity War" where he plays a dwarf giant.

Wasn't Dinklage's character in GOT called dwarf like every other episode, he didn't seem pissy then. Also the seven dwarves are carrying pickaxes which made me think they were based on the mythical race of miners who crafted the best armor and weapons, not little people.

I think this is what happened: Dinklage applied for the role. Disney rejected it. Dinklage got sour and spoke against casting of dwarfs in Dwarfs roles (yeah, confusing I know!). Disney STILL didn't accept Dinklage for a role, but did this fiasco to shut him up.

The dwarfs represented different feelings/moods and helped children to understand and control their emotions. I guess that is not necessary anymore in the kind of society they want to build. PS. I wonder what they have done with Dopey.

I have nothing against Rachel Zegler. She’s an amazing actress and an amazing singer. But of all the Disney Princesses that they could’ve cast her as that would make so much more sense, or they could create a new story for her. They have it in them-Encanto was Disney’s most profitable release in the last 5 years and not only is it an amazing film, it’s an original story.

When I was a child, the last thing on my mind was seeing myself in movies and T.V. I loved to meet new people and get to know what they were like.

I had a flash back to the 80's Remember the song "We can Dance if we want to." (Men W/O Hats)

Well if he is a dwarf in 7 dwarves then he is probably Grumpy

Loved the "Naw, it'll be fine" bit.

Does anyone else remember the live action version with Lily Collins? She was the perfect casting for Snow White!

Anthony Mackie! Yes!! 👏🏼😂 xxx

You remind me of a Snow White that I saw in a Disney parade in Disney World. I am a lot older and would not look like the handsome prince. I was in my mid-twenties. She was waving to the crowd and as her float passed by me, she looked right at me a waved and had the prettiest smile. I waved back with a smile. This really made my day. You are very pretty and really do remind me of her. The years are all wrong anyway. You are pretty but it is Disney who turned ugly.