Studios increasingly take beloved, recognizable properties and strip out the very elements that made audiences love them, then act shocked when nobody buys tickets. The move is strategic exploitation: borrow the brand equity of 'Snow White' or other classics for instant recognition while replacing the story with something the original audience never signed up for. When the product underperforms, the blame shifts outward—to sexism, racism, or 'the wrong audience'—rather than inward to a mismatch between what was sold and what was delivered.
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